Nice to see you Megan working with dad to restore a Jaguar Mk2. Tha's one of my favourite car ever. I guess you worked so many hours to bring back to life this wonderful car. Thanks for sharing your experience on youtube. Your Dad s is a very good mechanich and loves old jaguars. Greeting from Italy.
Fun to watch, as I'd restored a 1962 MK 2 many years ago. I had a two post lift that allowed me to unbolt the subframe from the car with the engine and gearbox installed, then lift off the body before lifting the drivetrain off the subframe. No struggles to get the engine out and back in the small bonnet opening that way. Reassembly was the reverse, with plumb bobs hanging off the body at the subframe mounting points as the body was lowered back down onto it to make sure it all lined up.
Not many women get to experience the satisfaction of doing all this hard dirty work and then the reward of seeing the completion of assembly and driving the end result too! Good to see, alongside the obvious knowledge of the lead hand!! Cheers
Thoroughly enjoyed that Megan. Amazing attention to detail with that engine rebuild. You appear to have a North American accent, a Welsh name and your father does not have the same accent which is a tad puzzling. Are you UK or North American based. The car is clearly on UK Registration Plates. Be good to see more progress covered and background information adds further interest.
Thank you for your comment. I am American with an English father which is why he has a funny accent. We live in the US. It had a UK plate on the front and a California plate on the back when we bought it.
Great video from the start! I owned a 1968 3.8S in the early 80s out in So Cal , and I loved that car. Too bad it had a lot of rust on the underbody. It sold and eventually found itself in Trinidad. Thanks 😊
Great video Megan, you could not have picked a better car to restore. You will learn heaps on the way through. I have owned four Mark 2's over the years and my current 1960 3.8L Resto Mod is in it's eight year of building. I have a feeling you will do yours quicker.
Fantastic video! Your dad is a true craftsman and you are amazing for working/learning under his tutelage. Absorb as much as you can. Someday you could be working for an auto manufacturer or some car media creator such as Motor Trend. Good luck to you!
Megan, the usual way to remove the engine is to lower it downwards complete with the gearbox after removing the front subframe, a bit late now, as is a simple way to remove the cam buckets is to use one, put some oil on it's flat face and place it on the next bucket. The oil 'sticks' them together and they can easily be removed. Or possible a strong magnet?
Stand the cylinder head so the valves are vertical for grinding. When putting the engine in, when it's half was catch the centre mountain adjustable pin first then it goes up in place.
You took the right amount of care and preparation of all the engine components, excellent job all round. Than engine should last a long time and work well. Out of interest, are you based in the USA, or the UK, thanks and well done. I will be cocking an eye, to see how the restoration progresses.
i dident see you put any oil on the new shells on crank b for puting it back you dont put water to test its petrol you should tested it with as its thinner than water
Did you replace the valve guides and valve seats? The seats need to be changed because we don’t have lead in gas anymore to lubricate the valves. Looks like in order to save money you skipped a lot of normal restoration steps.
“..rocker cover bolts..” hmm, that didn’t bode well for the rebuild. Were those 9:1 pistons ? I wish I had a blonde assistant to help me with my 3.8. Learning on the job would be acceptable....
Nice to see you Megan working with dad to restore a Jaguar Mk2. Tha's one of my favourite car ever. I guess you worked so many hours to bring back to life this wonderful car. Thanks for sharing your experience on youtube. Your Dad s is a very good mechanich and loves old jaguars. Greeting from Italy.
Fun to watch, as I'd restored a 1962 MK 2 many years ago. I had a two post lift that allowed me to unbolt the subframe from the car with the engine and gearbox installed, then lift off the body before lifting the drivetrain off the subframe. No struggles to get the engine out and back in the small bonnet opening that way. Reassembly was the reverse, with plumb bobs hanging off the body at the subframe mounting points as the body was lowered back down onto it to make sure it all lined up.
This car and the hudson hornet is the benchmark that I’m trying to achieve on my 56 Chevy. Congratulations on your car!
Brilliant. I am about to do exactly the same with my son on the same car type.
Congrats, what a job!
Great video, Love seeing young folks doing this their fathers
Not many women get to experience the satisfaction of doing all this hard dirty work and then the reward of seeing the completion of assembly and driving the end result too! Good to see, alongside the obvious knowledge of the lead hand!! Cheers
Thoroughly enjoyed that Megan. Amazing attention to detail with that engine rebuild. You appear to have a North American accent, a Welsh name and your father does not have the same accent which is a tad puzzling. Are you UK or North American based. The car is clearly on UK Registration Plates. Be good to see more progress covered and background information adds further interest.
Thank you for your comment. I am American with an English father which is why he has a funny accent. We live in the US. It had a UK plate on the front and a California plate on the back when we bought it.
Great video from the start! I owned a 1968 3.8S in the early 80s out in So Cal , and I loved that car. Too bad it had a lot of rust on the underbody. It sold and eventually found itself in Trinidad. Thanks 😊
Great video Megan, you could not have picked a better car to restore. You will learn heaps on the way through. I have owned four Mark 2's over the years and my current 1960 3.8L Resto Mod is in it's eight year of building. I have a feeling you will do yours quicker.
Lovely to see the Jag engine come back to life.
Splendid job! Nice cooperation! You don't see that often... that engine will work great! After all this care it will sing and last forever!
Did an awful lot of work in one weekend eh?! Nice legs on that engine stand, never seen that model before!?
Great job, congrats and respect to all of you 👍👍👍!
My Dad and I also did a rebuild on this same 3.8 XK engine a few years back for his E Type. This was very nostalgic, thanks for the content!
Joe. I'm restoring a 1967 Mark 2 3.4 Liter. Very well done video, short, to the point, informative. Best of Luck Megan.
You have done a very difficult job. Thanks
Wow! Nice video! Just subscribed to see the whole project! Welldone
Fantastic video! Your dad is a true craftsman and you are amazing for working/learning under his tutelage. Absorb as much as you can. Someday you could be working for an auto manufacturer or some car media creator such as Motor Trend. Good luck to you!
What a great project, so much fun :)
Best video on you tube 👍🇬🇧
Great job, thanks for showing us. Mike Owen Owen Automotive
This is my dream car! I love old jags
Nice E-type in the driveway.
This is so cool!
Great video, I am in the Uk and have a MK2 3.8 manual that has disgraced itself by dropping a valve!
Great video Megan. I could sure welcome your help on my S-Type as they are so similar to your Mk2!
Wow! Amazing is right!!
Great video Megan, well done. Looking forward to the next instalment, hope it's not too long before you publish it.
This is amazing
Megan,
the usual way to remove the engine is to lower it downwards complete with the gearbox after removing the front subframe, a bit late now, as is a simple way to remove the cam buckets is to use one, put some oil on it's flat face and place it on the next bucket. The oil 'sticks' them together and they can easily be removed. Or possible a strong magnet?
Stand the cylinder head so the valves are vertical for grinding.
When putting the engine in, when it's half was catch the centre mountain adjustable pin first then it goes up in place.
I was wondering why an American girl would be doing the mk2 project. Then your dad came on. Great guy.
You took the right amount of care and preparation of all the engine components, excellent job all round. Than engine should last a long time and work well.
Out of interest, are you based in the USA, or the UK, thanks and well done. I will be cocking an eye, to see how the restoration progresses.
Maryland US.
The XK engine was one of the best 6 cylinder engines ever made (if not THE best)
You're mispronouncing micrometer. The emphasis is on the second syllable. That's a nice Jag. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Easiest wsy to get the engine out is by dropping the crossmember , lower it under the car, engine and trans as one unit.
The registration BCS118B is from Ayrshire Scotland.That car would have been supplied by Ritchies of Glasgow or Robert McCall in Ayr
i dident see you put any oil on the new shells on crank b for puting it back you dont put water to test its petrol you should tested it with as its thinner than water
We put assembly lube on the shells before the crank or conrods were assembled. Good spot.
What has happened to the next in the series?
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Did you replace the valve guides and valve seats? The seats need to be changed because we don’t have lead in gas anymore to lubricate the valves. Looks like in order to save money you skipped a lot of normal restoration steps.
“..rocker cover bolts..” hmm, that didn’t bode well for the rebuild. Were those 9:1 pistons ? I wish I had a blonde assistant to help me with my 3.8. Learning on the job would be acceptable....
Look like standard 8:1
Does it run?
Yes it does! it took some tries and fixing minor issues but she runs beautifully now.
DCS 118B =1964
Megan you have great legs!