See also correct handle position and locking procedure. Old door locks sometimes freeze up or jam, and since original spare parts are quite difficult to locate the only recourse may be a repair of some kind. Such was the case with one of the rear door locks. The locks work......
Continue reading...Body shell
chassis, body, bonnet, trunk lid, doors, spats, bumpers, glass
Door moisture barrier
The Jaguar door inside face uses a so-called moisture barrier — a simple plastic sheet — to minimize water runoff from dampening the back of the upholstery panel and thus warping it over time. Many unrestored Mk2s, in fact, exhibit badly distorted panels, and some of this damage is due......
Continue reading...Door window installation
See also door window test fit and ventilator seal posts. The final fitment of the chrome window frames and glass requires remedies for the inevitable flaws that show up post-paint job. For example, one of the threaded holes in the right rear door was blocked by a broken tap; someone......
Continue reading...Rear door ventilator seal
There is a small gap between the top of the door sheet metal “shelf” and the bottom of the chrome window channel that must be filled with something to prevent water from spilling into the hollow door. The Jaguar Spare Parts Catalogue describes this as a Prestik seal — part......
Continue reading...Exterior front end milestone
After 25 months, the exterior front end is substantially complete. By comparison, the front end back in 2014:...
Continue reading...Glass installation
Installing the front and rear glass (the windscreen and the backlight, respectively) is one of those terror-filled but exhilarating milestones, like removing/installing the engine, the first engine start, and the first test drive. Backlight The initial step is to ignore the Jaguar Service Manual recommendation that sealer and chrome strip......
Continue reading...Glass preparation
Our front and rear windows have been packed up for about two years, but it’s now time to clean them up and get ready for the windscreen and backlight installation. The rear window is installed with the seal on the glass. The old seal was scraped off with a razor......
Continue reading...Bonnet center chrome bead
One might hope that the fastening system for the exterior chrome was designed around a few basic components to insure a simple installation procedure. Sorry … hopes dashed. Instead, we face a bewildering assortment of odd metal bits put together in what almost seems to be a random pattern. There......
Continue reading...Chrome moulding installation
See also discussion of chrome fasteners. Jaguar used a number of different methods for holding chrome mounting to the body. For example, the short chrome bead from the A-post to the trailing edge of the hood is attached with three special clips that screw into the body. Some moulding uses......
Continue reading...Tires
See also the wire wheels post. In the Operating, Maintenance and Service Handbook that came with the Mk2, Jaguar specifies 6.00/6.40 x 15 tubed tires (spelled tyres in Britain) and suggests pressures of 24 PSI (front) and 22 PSI (rear) for “normal driving”. However, in the Service Manual (fourth edition)......
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