The bonnet release cable is fixed on the passenger side dash in a small slot below the cubby box. The release cable then passes through the firewall in the 3rd from the top of four holes (the bottom hole is plugged), traces the top of the engine bay, and finally......
During test drives prior to disassembly, a bump in the road would sometimes result in a rattle coming from the boot, and the prime suspect was the wheel jack mounted against the forward wall (that is, immediately behind the rear seats). It is doubtful that this jack would actually ever......
In the middle of the center panel row of switches, there is the ubiquitous 1960s lighter referred to by Jaguar as “cigar”. The reasons why this label was applied instead of the more common cigarette isn’t part of any formal documentation, but perhaps it was because label space was limited,......
See also ventilator removal. The beloved Jaguar scuttle ventilator, probably designed by W. Health Robinson himself (the British counterpart to America’s Rube Goldberg), works in a somewhat counter-intuitive way. The vent lever operates a dual lid system. When the top (horizontal, colored green) vent lid is closed, no fresh air......
This is the second of several posts about the Jaguar heater. See also parts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and the 3D printed valve mount. The heater unit is attached to the body at five points: three vibration isolators — rubber-cushioned bolts — in the firewall, and two bolts......
View prior post about the damper-water pump conflict. As described previously, the rubbing between the damper and part of the water pump housing could potentially be resolved several ways. We started with the simplest remedy first: sanding off a little of the offending water pump housing and adding a chamfer......
