Jaguar Wiring Mayhem 🔧 Workshop Diary 5
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2023
- In this episode we work on the main wiring harness for a 1952 Foleshill-made Jaguar XK120 FHC 679514 including the rear pigtails and interior lights running through the sill. We then look at the rebuilding of 1961 Jaguar E-Type cylinder head number R1500-9. Finally we have a look at a project 1967 Jaguar E-Type OTS 1E15153 needing a complete post-purchase inspection and rewire the main harness behind the dashboard.
1967 Jaguar XKE Series I Roadster Sold for $120,000 on 4/18/22
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Your commitment of you and your father to the British Car Industry should be rewarded with a Knighthood.
Looks like that E-Type arrived in your shop just in time, before it either went up in smoke or killed its driver and occupants. I don't know how some people sleep at night, knowing such shoddy work has been done. A lesson for every potential buyer a classic car. Thanks for sharing, Richard.
I, so much, love seeing someone who insists on getting the wiring back to original and doing correctly.
RMO, wow! Beyond impressed. Your knowledge and detailed workmanship is worth every penny that your customers will pay you. Nice job (on both cars)!
Love your work dude. Even better I get to see cars from time periods that I don't get to see anywhere else
Good on you for finding and fixing all those problems with the E-Type. I am sure the owner will be very happy with everything you do. Cheers
Very impressive, sir. You certainly know your way around these cars. I suspect the owner of the E type is going to be well out of pocket.....
Great Job Richard... But Wiring is a job for Ron.... Much Later (R)on..... Electric is a nightmare for me..... As my Dear Old Dad used to say "You can`t see it, you can`t smell it and it can Kill you!!! " And I have a 13 mm Snap-on spanner with a huge chunk out of it to prove the point... :-))
An XJS 12 caught fire here in Melbourne a few weeks back...made the TV news...felt quite sad as it was a lovely example
It·s manificent for me ...
Oh, I forgot to write: Another lovely video, thumbs up
Thanks.
Wiring a dash is definitely a young man's job!
A professional "cable snake" speeds this process enormously.
Dear Richard and Dad, I wasn’t sure about the buff gold paintwork at the beginning of this series, (it looked rather dull brown on the original photos) now I think it is utterly exquisite and as you refit the ancillaries, it just becomes even more beautiful. The engine looks gorgeous too. This series is sublime. Thank you! 🇬🇧
The enthusiasm just never wanes. Keeps me watching. Thanks. :)
I'm going to confess, Richard, that I didn't give you much chance at all of getting that grommet onto the wiring loom!! Great job as usual, keep the enthusiasm coming!
Hello Richard! It's always a pleasure to watch you fix everything with great skill👍. Best regards from Hans and Cheers🍻🇦🇹.
Whilst I am sure you have been through this before with the wiring, , like you I struggled for hours trying to figure out where the wires go and how they go on my MKII, I did get some wrong but you don't find that out until it too late.
Glad you are putting in a new harness and not going for the dangerous patina wires.
I love your enthusiasm at getting the case over the wire sheathing at 7:59
Classic Jaguars rule #1 “Do not contemplate having your restorative work done by RMO unless you are prepared for absolute perfection” (No grey areas!) 😁- live long and prosper Owens 🖖
Wow - that E-type seems to be a superficially gorgeous death trap! It will be just full-on gorgeous when you guys have finished with it!
Tha master of attention to detail 😊
worth watching! Autosparks is good but our Riley RM Club´s Spares Secretary suggested I try "The Wiring Harness Company". I have a relatively rare LHD 1950 RMA and the firm only took the job when I told them I have a wiring diagram for a LHD IN COLOR. The only trouble was they got the hoky Postcode in the UK wrong...(sent it to ST9 5RZ instead of to my engine builder outside Birmingham in ST19 5RZ) but the harness went back to sender and was dispatched a second time to the correct postcode. Share your values on workmanship and wish you and your Dad well. Bye the way: I loved the Gold job on that Jag cyl. head with the custom hoist points. Will make a similar plate for the middle four studs of my small 1 1/2 liter engine as well...like your style and craftsmanship...brings my blood pressure down while I move up the learning curve with you!
amazing episode - thanks!
Richard. The way you cleant the brushs contacts is totally fine, but important is also to clean the gap between the contacts. I use a glass fibre pen (or how ever you may call it in your language) which worked quite well so far. Glass fibre pens are als quite handy for cleaning other contacts.. Greetings, Chris
Another great video thanks. Those interior door handles on the E Type should be pointing downwards. I’m sure you know that. The ammeter set up on the E Type is always vulnerable because the full charging current runs through it. Any short on that is going to result in major damage. That’s why later cars have a volt meter instead - low current.
Like packing lunch? Well, it'll have currents in it one day!
Love the dedication and perfection of your work, nice to see the finished work, i don't have a Jag, only a humble sprite, but i like the work and explaning of all the things you do
Great catch on that wiper assembly being upside down. What a nightmare it would have been to assemble the dash and turn on the wipers and see them going in opposite directions. Take care.
Opposite direction was the aim of the change.
I feel your pain. Sorting out the mess someone else has made is the the hardest part of any restoration, or even sometimes just making it safe! Im Now retired but i worked as an electronics engineer for all my working life. Some very valuable/rare pieces of equipment that has come to me over the years just made me cry because of the "shocking" pun intended, workmanship that Ive had to put right, I’m all for trying to learn and advance someones skill and knowledge but at least do it under the tutorage of someone who has done the hard yards, don't say you can can't, admit the mistakes & point out where you think you could have done better, In all just be truthful, its seems that making a fast buck is all that counts to some people, I’m just glad that there are people like you around with integrity and passion to do it right, If you want to own and use something thats rare and valuable and not just put it in a display case, be prepared to pay the price of a craftsman not a bodger!
A real nightmare!!
Lucky you.
Great work Richard 👌🍺
When buying collectable vehicles it is always "caveat emptor", buyer beware.
There is a lot of bodged junk about.
Thanks for the inside tips on Jag electrics assembly Richard.
Nice job.
Looks cool here
What's the latest on this jag? Would love to see a video of the rebuilt engine running?
Its not about the faults you can see, but the ones you cant, I would bet my house on the paint work is excellent over a RUSTY and fillered shell, that has more holes in than a colander
The early Jaguar metal is very thick. This car was completely sand blasted which tests for metal fatigue.
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Drop chromed items onto chromed items and you will compromise the coating. OK, only $20 worth but I think the pieces deserve a little tenderness.
You should see my chrome box :)
That's a seen better days E-type. It is shocking what some repairers will do. I hope the owner did not go silly bidding on it. He has shown very good judgement by bringing it to you. The bill may scare him but that's the cost of learning.
Some so-called restorers clearly just aren’t capable of working - even to Richard’s minimum standards. The problem is, often the first thing you see is a wonderful paint job and just like with cupids arrow, it’s very hard to get past love at first sight. (Show me someone who hasn’t been there?)
Mustn't make Lucas Electric jokes... mustn't make Lucas Electric jokes... (Got to type another 98 of 'em)
Ask youtuber BigClive for advice on the voltage regulator.
Why is it so difficult to mend the voltage unit? They are the first item an auto electrician learned to work on even in the seventies! Lots of books out there still! All post war British cars had wiring looms like this and they were only awkward when lying upside down on completed vehicles!
Would those be knockoff knockoffs? 😂
Richard, I noticed that the regulator/control box is a 9 post. I watched John Twist repair one of these for a MG TC. The nine post for those is not available. He purchased a box from Moss that was for a 5 post and removed the windings from inside and transferred to the original 9 post. Here is the link to his video. I hope this helps as to keep the original would be the desired option. ruclips.net/video/0wKLGMfE1p4/видео.html
I've been generally impressed by the ability of BaT to weed out bad cars. This is just my experience, but the only comments I've seen flagged as non-constructive are just ridiculously belligerent posts that don't even make sense. I have seen a number of posts from recognized experts on hundreds of cars that nicely eviscerated the seller's claims and ended up with a car RNM or way down on price, and I think that's a lot better than rolling the dice at a Gooding auction or something. But I agree, BaT is still very much caveat emptor and buying a six figure car with no PPI from a marque expert is a fool's errand. There's way too much money sloshing around in the BaT environment to go buying something without a PPI. I've raised legit concerns about cars I'm very familiar with on BaT and didn't get flagged. BUT--here's an interesting bit--as soon as you mentioned BaT, I paused your video and searched for Series I XKEs. THIS CAR IS BEING OMITTED FROM BAT'S LISTING OF COMPLETED AUCTIONS. I appreciate you adding the link because otherwise, it would have been invisible. $120k and I'm guessing wildly he'll be in it for another $40k to make it right. Whew. And by the way, thanks for your way underappreciated channel and your meticulous work. It's such a pleasure to watch and learn from you. If I had ever had the coin, I would buy an XKE from you.
I will add that I recently saw an auction where the seller and some buddies (I guess) were aggressively flagging a marque expert's questions as non-constructive, so I guess it does happen with certain bad actors. But logic won the day and bidders saw through it and started calling out the seller. Ain't online selling fun?
Youre right, he should ask for some money back, appalling restoration job to the informed, like you. I suspect he will be extremely lucky to achieve that sadly.
Better rename. Bring a trauma instead of trailer.
How about lose brake caliper bolts? This car is really something else.
@@RichardMichaelOwen taking responsibility for someone's poor workmanship is a gamble, as you may miss something that turns out costly to repair.