Thank you very much for posting this video. For what it's worth, that saved me a lot of misery. I had to replace the engine harness and I had one wire left and could not figure out where it went. Your video showed me where it plugged in (oil pressure sender behind the filter). Beautiful job. I don't think mine was that clean when it left the factory.
Hi Dan, Could you kindly advise what spray did you use to protect your engine/gearbox after your have blasted these two big parts? I have a friends that does blasting, but I am not sure what colour and what brand of the spray I should use to give my engine a nice fresh look like yours? Many thanks for your help, Marvin
cheers everyone thanks for seeing all the hard work i have dedicated to this British classic...put engine back in its place tonight, will take video tommorow...its been a hard few months. my mum and dad told me my brother and sister in february she has cancer, and unfortunately she passed away in march 22 thou she never suffered thank god. thou bit hard on my dad bless him it was going to be there 50th April 1st...My dad is doing much better know thou. I woke up 3.30 am the mornoing my mum died and at 4:30 my sisters Husband paul called me and said got some bad news your mum just passed away 45 mins ago so i knew my mum had passed on Funny how that life is its a lot more spiritual then we think. God bless her she was a great mum always thinking and helping of others beforeshe did herself...
I proud of your project... you pretty much understand the ins and outs of the engine... You really did beautiful work... actually made for a showroom or museum
Love to see this beautiful clean engine and compartment. Hope you are finished and driving around. Once a year I borrow my dads sovereign for a week or so for my daily commute, Love this car. Just don't look at the fuel gauge...
yes it's been finished did you see my video of it running few weeks after that video I got the car smog test past with flying colors it's been on road done about 20000 miles since.im having seats done with new upholstery and new cushions. thanks for watching cheers you in USA?
+TheSawyer10702 I found the video, well done! Super beautiful. I live in The Netherlands, the car is imported from california I was told. Steering wheel is at the left. Driving this thing makes me smile every time. I take the hit in the wallet without complaining.
+louwrentius very cool I have a mate that lives in Belgium win de pus he had a spitfire 73 I also have spitfire 77 I'm going to take a driving video soon if both cars jag and spitfire check back next week. u yes the jag puts a smile on the face. and the money is worth it I don't have any car payments so when I dish out some money's I don't complain I see has investing in my pleasure and a smile b on our faces lol chrers
For a 1975 XJ6C, what are easy ways to boost power and increase fuel economy? My goal is 280-300 hp. Anyone increased compression with the 9:1 pistons? Added fuel injection? Or is it better to take another Jag and swap in the engine, FI, rear end, etc.? What are good engine swaps? I'd prefer to stick with Jag engines. Ok, now to look for XJ6 dropped spindles
Thanks Ronald, well I never thought that neither until I did it lots of work, but worth it..you could quite easily do the same. If you need any ideas or other questions message me will be glad to help cheers
my uncle has a '86 xjs with a v12 that he inherited from his mother 11 years ago, and he had to have the heads redone on it when he first got it. he said it was a very big job and that he does not wanna do it again. he was also thinking about converting to a chevy engine if this one gives him trouble. I forget which engine, but he said people have done the engine swap with success, so it's a possibility.
Well there could be a lot of things going on with it. You should check out Scotty Kilmer channel particularly his videos on "how to fix an overheating car" and "how to fix a car that doesn't start" it's gotta be one of those. Could be any one of those. Check for vacuum leaks too.
Yeah and I have learned a lot from him over the years. Since u said your overflow tank is full u have a serious problem and u really need to fix that before u can safely drive the car anywhere. Did u bleed out the cooling system when u changed the radiator. If not, you may very well have air in the cooling system. And in that case have a mechanic pressure bleed it with a machine because that will absolutely get all the air out. As for the no start, you're gonna have to do some more diagnostic work on that. Have a mechanic hook up a dealer level scan tool and drive it around. And when it dies they can figure out exactly where the trouble is, that way u won't be just guessing.
Could be a weak fuel pump. Honda fuel pumps don't go bad often but pressure check the system and see if you have low pressure. As for the overflow tank u have something else going on there. Maybe a bad condenser fan or something to that nature. Maybe even check to see if the head gasket is blown. Scotty has a video on that also. I doubt it is that bc Hondas hardy ever have that happen now that they have steel gaskets, but try that test and see if it comes out positive or negative.
Well now that u say the head gasket was done already, are u sure it was done properly. Were all the bolts torqued down right did u have the cylinder head redone? If not u may need to check that over bc that may be the source of your problem. And honestly if you think you're getting way over your head, do yourself a favor and take it to a professional Honda mechanic. It sounds like you've spent a lot of money on this car already and have yielded no effective results, don't do it! Narrow it down first! Process of elimination is the key here.
Well rebuilding the engine is different and that's something I don't advise doing because engines are so complex that if you're off by even 1/1000 of an inch things can get ugly at any given moment. Unless he works at a factory where they do that kind of stuff all the time, he probably didn't do it right. I would bring it back to him and explain to him the issues you're having now. He's gonna have to go back and fix all of that
That looks absolutely incredible. WOW.. I can only imagine the work that went into that. Damn.
Great to see you back, Dan! That engine is gorgeous. I am green with envy :-). It will be great to see it back in the car and running.
Very nice...XK engine is a nice bit of kit and they look great all cleaned up. Great work.
RCBM thanks mate I appreciate your interest and viewing my video cheers
Dan very nice job on the detail work of the engine and transmission. I'm looking forward to seeing your car up and running. Thanks for the video.
That is a fantastic job. I appreciate what a technical engine they are. They have 2 cam shain assemblies, you never hear of them streching👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nicely detailed Dan. That is going to look the business under the bonnet when it is finished.
Great to see a video, that is beautiful workmanship and detail, fantastic, love to hear it running.
wow.. you went to town! it looks brilliant, . wonderful. .I can see the work you did.. awesome and big $$$ Thanks
Thank you very much for posting this video. For what it's worth, that saved me a lot of misery. I had to replace the engine harness and I had one wire left and could not figure out where it went. Your video showed me where it plugged in (oil pressure sender behind the filter). Beautiful job. I don't think mine was that clean when it left the factory.
Glad you got that solved it's great having videos has a reference. Thanks for watching my video mate and cheers
Stunning work. Amongst the best I've ever seen.
Thanks for looking the car runs now all bugs worked out cheers
That's a very nice job Dan, proper detail job that...like it :-)
Now you've got to get it back in without scratching anything!!!!!
Great detail work on the engine. It'll be nice to see it in the car.
Very nice job, wish mine was like that !! :)
Hi Dan,
Could you kindly advise what spray did you use to protect your engine/gearbox after your have blasted these two big parts?
I have a friends that does blasting, but I am not sure what colour and what brand of the spray I should use to give my engine a nice fresh look like yours?
Many thanks for your help,
Marvin
Very , very , nice !!
cheers everyone thanks for seeing all the hard work i have dedicated to this British classic...put engine back in its place tonight, will take video tommorow...its been a hard few months. my mum and dad told me my brother and sister in february she has cancer, and unfortunately she passed away in march 22 thou she never suffered thank god. thou bit hard on my dad bless him it was going to be there 50th April 1st...My dad is doing much better know thou. I woke up 3.30 am the mornoing my mum died and at 4:30 my sisters Husband paul called me and said got some bad news your mum just passed away 45 mins ago so i knew my mum had passed on Funny how that life is its a lot more spiritual then we think. God bless her she was a great mum always thinking and helping of others beforeshe did herself...
I'm so sorry for your loss!
looks great you have done a very nice job on this
Beautiful work!
Thank you. For looking at my video. Do you have a xj6.?
+TheSawyer10702 I had one but bought a 1974 XJ12L with V8 just to avoid the California emissions
Never had a problem smogging mine I live northern CA passed with flying colors.
I proud of your project... you pretty much understand the ins and outs of the engine... You really did beautiful work... actually made for a showroom or museum
very nice work your attention to detail is great looks awsome
Dan, I have the same car. Having trouble locating the voltage regulator. Any tips please?
voltage regulator is built into the Alternator.
Love to see this beautiful clean engine and compartment. Hope you are finished and driving around. Once a year I borrow my dads sovereign for a week or so for my daily commute, Love this car. Just don't look at the fuel gauge...
yes it's been finished did you see my video of it running few weeks after that video I got the car smog test past with flying colors it's been on road done about 20000
miles since.im having seats done with new upholstery and new cushions. thanks for watching cheers you in USA?
+TheSawyer10702 I found the video, well done! Super beautiful. I live in The Netherlands, the car is imported from california I was told. Steering wheel is at the left. Driving this thing makes me smile every time. I take the hit in the wallet without complaining.
+louwrentius very cool I have a mate that lives in Belgium win de pus he had a spitfire 73 I also have spitfire 77 I'm going to take a driving video soon if both cars jag and spitfire check back next week. u yes the jag puts a smile on the face. and the money is worth it I don't have any car payments so when I dish out some money's I don't complain I see has investing in my pleasure and a smile b on our faces lol chrers
Wow that's clean.. You going to enter it at Pebble Beach?...lol. Nice work Dan.
hi do you have the complete video of rebuild like removing step by step. i am planning to this in my 1984 XJ6
No sorry I don't but if you have a question please ask be happy to help out
+TheSawyer10702 OK thank you
+TheSawyer10702 OK thank you
+aneesh babu are you taken engine out did you start yet?
+aneesh babu where are you located I'm in northern california
What Place in Florida? I live here in Florida and am Looking at 2 XJ6 currently. One a 1983 xj6 BRGreen . And the other a newer 1997 xj6 .
Impressive!
For a 1975 XJ6C, what are easy ways to boost power and increase fuel economy? My goal is 280-300 hp. Anyone increased compression with the 9:1 pistons? Added fuel injection? Or is it better to take another Jag and swap in the engine, FI, rear end, etc.? What are good engine swaps? I'd prefer to stick with Jag engines. Ok, now to look for XJ6 dropped spindles
looking great
Thanks Ronald, well I never thought that neither until I did it lots of work, but worth it..you could quite easily do the same. If you need any ideas or other questions message me will be glad to help cheers
my uncle has a '86 xjs with a v12 that he inherited from his mother 11 years ago, and he had to have the heads redone on it when he first got it. he said it was a very big job and that he does not wanna do it again. he was also thinking about converting to a chevy engine if this one gives him trouble. I forget which engine, but he said people have done the engine swap with success, so it's a possibility.
Well there could be a lot of things going on with it. You should check out Scotty Kilmer channel particularly his videos on "how to fix an overheating car" and "how to fix a car that doesn't start" it's gotta be one of those. Could be any one of those. Check for vacuum leaks too.
Yeah and I have learned a lot from him over the years. Since u said your overflow tank is full u have a serious problem and u really need to fix that before u can safely drive the car anywhere. Did u bleed out the cooling system when u changed the radiator. If not, you may very well have air in the cooling system. And in that case have a mechanic pressure bleed it with a machine because that will absolutely get all the air out. As for the no start, you're gonna have to do some more diagnostic work on that. Have a mechanic hook up a dealer level scan tool and drive it around. And when it dies they can figure out exactly where the trouble is, that way u won't be just guessing.
Could be a weak fuel pump. Honda fuel pumps don't go bad often but pressure check the system and see if you have low pressure. As for the overflow tank u have something else going on there. Maybe a bad condenser fan or something to that nature. Maybe even check to see if the head gasket is blown. Scotty has a video on that also. I doubt it is that bc Hondas hardy ever have that happen now that they have steel gaskets, but try that test and see if it comes out positive or negative.
Well now that u say the head gasket was done already, are u sure it was done properly. Were all the bolts torqued down right did u have the cylinder head redone? If not u may need to check that over bc that may be the source of your problem.
And honestly if you think you're getting way over your head, do yourself a favor and take it to a professional Honda mechanic. It sounds like you've spent a lot of money on this car already and have yielded no effective results, don't do it! Narrow it down first! Process of elimination is the key here.
Well rebuilding the engine is different and that's something I don't advise doing because engines are so complex that if you're off by even 1/1000 of an inch things can get ugly at any given moment. Unless he works at a factory where they do that kind of stuff all the time, he probably didn't do it right. I would bring it back to him and explain to him the issues you're having now. He's gonna have to go back and fix all of that
Looks great but with Jags they are leakers and does this one still leak?
Thanks rand
most views on this video suprised i got almost 60 views in a week...
Sorry to hear about your Mum and sister… Blessed Be!
We miss you!
namaste
Go on a jag forum to get good info
long time!!
Don't think she is on here Michael