Reference ValveChatter – Heater This is the first of several posts about the Jaguar heater. See also parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and the 3D printed valve mount. One of the first components to be reinstalled in the engine bay will be the heater assembly. The original Jaguar......
See radio removal post. Modern car electronics — screen navigation, Bluetooth, streaming audio, digital radio, backup cameras, and so on — mark a sharp departure from the classic cars of the 1960s. Engines, suspensions, brakes, lights, instrumentation, and interior finish are, for the most part, pretty much the same as......
Nuts and bolts make disassembly convenient (as opposed to welded components), but the downside is that nuts come loose unexpectedly, usually due to transverse slipping (known as the Jost Effect), vibration, stress/bending, or hot/cold expansion. To counteract these adverse conditions, lock washers – typically the split ring type – are......
Cad plating batch #1 is back from Plating for Electronics – all in beautiful “white” cad. The first task is sorting nearly 500 pieces back into component or assembly groupings. Very tedious, and it took most of the day!...
Reference ValveChatter Entry 31 – Scuttle vent It wouldn’t be a Jaguar Mark II without the quirky center air vent affectionately known as the scuttle ventilator. Unfortunately, the air cavity (the plenum) is a perfect breeding ground for rust, and one of the screws holding the wire mesh had to......
Lucas provided window wipers and washers for many European cars of the 1960s, and these systems were all problematical. A rotating wire wrapped cable, driven by an electric motor, engages a worm gear in the wheel box that then moves the wiper shaft from side to side. Two small spray......
The heater has never been a Jaguar strength. The following story from the late 1950s is related by Tony Thompson, a U.S. Jaguar employee (from Sir William Lyons: The Official Biography by Philip Porter and Paul Skilleter; see also winter reading list). The [Jaguar XK150] was started up, and the......
Reference Jaguar Service Manual – Windscreen washing equipment Reference Jaguar exploded view – Windscreen washing Reference Screenjet data sheet Our Jaguar has the “older” Lucas window washer unit with the large glass reservoir and the mason-like jar top. The bottom of the glass says Made in Britain and the reservoir......
Radio At first inspection, it seemed like the AM/FM “solid state” radio in the center console, although not the popular Smiths Radiomobile installed in many Jaguars, was still original from 1961; but as evidence mounts from the disassembly progress, this may not be the case. The OEM radio installation featured......
