Just when we thought all the issues with the crankshaft damper were addressed, we made an unfortunate discovery. The new water pump housing is not exactly the same as the old one. Here is a profile comparison between the new and old water pump housings (front of the engine is......
See also background information about Solex. The 2.4 engine has twin Solex B32 PBI5 carburetors (the 3.4 and 3.8 engines have different S.U. twins) that need to be rebuilt. Each carburetor has over 80 parts, some very small, so it’s important to keep track of how the unit is put......
Bruce Murray, who has provided invaluable help on all matters Jaguar, located an excellent Mk2 in Pennsylvania and re-registered the car today. It’s great to have a Jaguar cousin down the road. Our short test drive today revealed no problems at all; very smooth shifting (not the original Moss gearbox),......
When the engine and gearbox/overdrive unit restoration is finished, the engine will be removed from the engine stand, lowered to the ground with the engine hoist, and then mated with the gearbox again. The 2.4 engine does not have a flat underside because of its lowered oil sump design, and......
See also Locking nuts. Tightening nuts and bolts to their correct torque specification is an important detail of final assembly. Torque is rotating force that acts over a distance, measured in newton meter (N-m) units where a N-m is the force of one newton applied to an arm that is......
The oil sump hose connects the oil filter to the bottom of the oil pan, and only early 2.4 models have this design. The original part is no longer available, so this is a good opportunity to explore the world of automotive hoses. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is......
The most recognizable Jaguar Mark II in the world is probably the one driven by actor John Thaw in the PBS Inspector Morse series produced between 1987 and 2000. The car has a somewhat checkered history (the early days are not well documented). Carlton TV, the producers of the Morse......
See also prior post about the distributor. The plan for today was relatively easy: install the new 123 distributor along with its holding clamp. Before the task had even begun, Eric dropped a small washer into the distributor mounting tube that communicates with the timing belt compartment at the front......
See also earlier Crankshaft damper and Crankshaft pulley replacement posts. The crankshaft damper, positioned at the front of the engine opposite the flywheel to reduce torsional vibration, was manufactured by Metalastik of Leicester in the UK. Jaguar used several Metalastik parts for mounts and other applications where vibration issues required......
The Jaguar 2.4 model with overdrive had two differential options, a Thornton Powr-Lok or a conventional one. There is no way to tell these apart from their outside appearance so Jaguar appended a small metal ID tag. The Thornton Powr-Lok unit was indicated by a BP-L code (for “British Powr-Lok”).......
