Very informative video ...you must of been the youngest jaguar owner at 15...I brought my 1st jag a S2 like yours but SWB and Man/od + full webasto sunroof, at 21 , lovely car ,wish I kept, yours looks pretty solid and yes they were made to work on , hope you get her on the rd to enjoy
@@jonwattracing2455 the manuals are proper drivers cars , that to say there's nothing wrong with auto's but the manual makes good use of the power out the 4.2 engine , much quicker , as well as being a rare beast
This is very interesting & informative These are the realities of owning an old Jag.BUT you said it urself - essentially the average person can work on this themselves. The SU carby is one of the simplest & you know they are becoming collectors pieces. Tje engines are bullet proof Thanks for showing the steps 👍
Great video.....considering that I am resurrecting my new barn find - a 1982 XJ6 that sat in a building for 20 years. Was interesting to see all the green stuff coming out of the gas tank. That confirms the need for my plan to flush the entire fuel system from gas tanks to cylinders and make sure it's all cleaned out. Did you ever find the gas tank plug in the grass?
Don't knock the BL build quality, it's survived over forty years! As for corrosion, someone's already bogged it that's not going to stop the any rust. My seventeen year old son just bought a 75 XJ6 L. Waterblasted the engine and started first try afterwards.
I believe the car is original, and the corrosion is just a result of age, misuse (when younger I used the car in all weathers, salt/snow etc.), and a lack of protection as they left lots of unpainted bare metal inside certain box sections. The sills for example are one giant hollow tube, that from the factory is unpainted, so it fills up with road grime and water, and then rots out.
@@jonwattracing2455 Unfortunately a lot of manufacturers had a policy if you couldn't see it, don't paint it. Assume they did dip the bodies though at least?
@@jonwattracing2455 I can't tell you how often I regret selling my first car (911e) It Makes me sick, especially considering I paid $1500 back then and it's worth north of $80k today. Don't make my mistake. ;)
Hi. Thank you so much for this video. Have an identical model and my son (17) is wanting to get it started. I’ve DMd you on messenger, hope you don’t mind. Please take a look.
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Very informative video ...you must of been the youngest jaguar owner at 15...I brought my 1st jag a S2 like yours but SWB and Man/od + full webasto sunroof, at 21 , lovely car ,wish I kept, yours looks pretty solid and yes they were made to work on , hope you get her on the rd to enjoy
what a lovely car, I very much wish mine was a manual.
@@jonwattracing2455 the manuals are proper drivers cars , that to say there's nothing wrong with auto's but the manual makes good use of the power out the 4.2 engine , much quicker , as well as being a rare beast
This is very interesting & informative
These are the realities of owning an old Jag.BUT you said it urself - essentially the average person can work on this themselves.
The SU carby is one of the simplest
& you know they are becoming collectors pieces. Tje engines are bullet proof
Thanks for showing the steps 👍
Absolutely the joy of old cars is that all the information is available and essentially anyone with enough patience can learn about and work on them.
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Hi Jon
Thanks for reply
Did you get the XJ going 👍
Great video!
thank you
Very very beautiful. The car is not too bad either.
Great video.....considering that I am resurrecting my new barn find - a 1982 XJ6 that sat in a building for 20 years. Was interesting to see all the green stuff coming out of the gas tank. That confirms the need for my plan to flush the entire fuel system from gas tanks to cylinders and make sure it's all cleaned out. Did you ever find the gas tank plug in the grass?
yes definitely need to flush the fuel system. Petrol goes bad surprisingly quickly and is horrible stuff once it does. Nope that plug is lost forever!
Don't knock the BL build quality, it's survived over forty years!
As for corrosion, someone's already bogged it that's not going to stop the any rust.
My seventeen year old son just bought a 75 XJ6 L. Waterblasted the engine and started first try afterwards.
I believe the car is original, and the corrosion is just a result of age, misuse (when younger I used the car in all weathers, salt/snow etc.), and a lack of protection as they left lots of unpainted bare metal inside certain box sections. The sills for example are one giant hollow tube, that from the factory is unpainted, so it fills up with road grime and water, and then rots out.
@@jonwattracing2455 Unfortunately a lot of manufacturers had a policy if you couldn't see it, don't paint it. Assume they did dip the bodies though at least?
Gorgeous car. use it. KEEP it, pass it on to ur kids one day.
Thank you, your right I would regret selling it and no longer having my first car, so I intend to keep this one.
@@jonwattracing2455 I can't tell you how often I regret selling my first car (911e) It Makes me sick, especially considering I paid $1500 back then and it's worth north of $80k today. Don't make my mistake. ;)
@@simontogo Ouch, I can't imagine the pain. Fortunately and unfortunately I don't think Jaguar XJ's will ever reach those kinds of prices.
Hi. Thank you so much for this video. Have an identical model and my son (17) is wanting to get it started. I’ve DMd you on messenger, hope you don’t mind. Please take a look.
Hi, your welcome, I'll have a look on messenger.
@@jonwattracing2455 that’s great! Let me know if you can’t see the message
Hope you would be using distilled water