Scott's Yellow Jaguar

 The last day of August, what a strange year so far.  I took a closer look at the rust area I was concerned about and was pleased to see that it was pretty limited and didn't penetrate the foot well floor.  I cleaned the area up and then treated with a rust encapsulator.  Scott was able to track down some Redline 75W90 gear lube for me and dropped it off today so I was able to change out the differential fluid.  I think highly of the Redline synthetic oils and am pleased that Scott was able to find it. I contacted SNG Barrett regarding the hoses and William Wigglesworth is going to take care of it for me, another reason I like dealing with SNG, the customer service has and continues to be outstanding. Thats it for today, Cheers, Lynn 1.5 hours

 Evening Folks,  First I want to say Happy Birthday to a Friend,  Harold is a WW2 veteran and turning 97 today.  My very good friends Ed and Michele are back in Boston to celebrate with Patty, Doug and Harold!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Today I finished installing the rest of the interior and replacing the coolant hoses,  unfortunately I found an area of corrosion that Scott will want to address at some point.  I was running the overflow reservoir and I noticed the passage was blocked with a  piece of metal that shouldn't have been there. Closer investigation revealed that someone had done a repair there presumably when the sill was replaced prior to Scott's ownership. The hose replacement has been pretty straight forward aside from that and that the hose kit doesn't include two of the primary to secondary manifold hoses.  We can either stop and wait or I can do them at a later date but it's up to Scott. Nothing else to share, stay well! Cheers, Lynn...

Today I installed the radio console and fitted it so the instrument panel will drop down to allow access for the fuses.  I thought today was going to be pretty straight forward but the previous owner hadn't installed the two upper bolts in the radio console so I had to try to find a couple of bolts that would look decent (at some point Scott may want to order a couple of chrome bolts and washers like it would have had but this will hold it in place and honestly they are hard to see).  The second problem was fixing the turn signal mechanism, Scott had asked me to see if I could fix his turn signal so that it would self cancel, usually this is a pretty simple fix of something that has slipped but not this time.  Who ever replaced the steering wheel had left off the pal nut that locks the steering wheel nut and the bracket that locks the adjustable steering column screw in place.  The pal nut wasn't a big deal but the bracket was as the lock pin/screw could have fallen ...

Hi There, Won't be a long post today,  in fact I'm going to do two posts today one for the work done on the 25th and one for today the 27th. The parts came on Monday but it felt a little like the Christmas when I was five and Santa forgot the bullets for my 'Fanner Fifty',  I got the hoses but the speedometer grommet wasn't in the shipment and I had been waiting on this piece so I could put the dash back together.  Well, it was either wait another week or so to reorder it or try to make one.  I'll let you be the judge of how it came out but I think it would take a pretty close inspection to see it wasn't OEM. After I installed the grommet then I could proceed with the dash top and so forth.  I'll let the pictures do the talking from here:   That's it for the 25th. Cheers, Lynn 3 hrs

Not an official blog entry just a few things that I took care of over the weekend while waiting for parts that are supposed to arrive today: These pictures are completely out of order but this picture is obviously of the seat bottom on the passenger side.  The rubber diaphragm will need to be replaced in the near future as they have become brittle with time and on the drivers seat the front has cracked/broken off so that it's unsupported.  I used a bit of bailing wire to bodge it and it may hold for a bit longer but suspect it will eventually rip through the rubber diaphragm.   The drivers side after cleaning The floors are very solid under the seats No Rust at all The bottom of the drivers seat with the missing clips, as I mentioned I reenforced this area with a bit of bailing wire but probably should think about replacing the diaphragms in the future The sun-visors where loose and wouldn't tighten up, investigating revealed that a screw that was to long had been us...

 Hi Ya'll, Very short day and a hot one to boot!  Got some parts ordered today from SNG, new coolant hoses, a couple of grommets for the fire wall and an 'O'ring for the heater control valve.  The turn signal activator bracket is also in and was shipped today, as I've mentioned this is a critical piece as it keeps the locking pin that holds the steering column in.  Work today consisted of lowering the exhaust system so I could get the transmission drain bolt out, draining the transmission and refilling with Redline MT90.  If you search Jag Lovers you'll find that this is considered a vast improvement over standard 90W gear oil and my personal experience has been good with it to, not cheap but the transmission will likely shift better. Looking for the access hole for the trany fill plug I found this 'mouse' hole,  just kidding.  I think that someone drilled this out so that they could install a new speedometer cable or angle drive. Needless to say it wo...