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- BARN FIND | 1978 Jaguar XJ6 | Part 2
Welcome to our 1978 Series 2 Jaguar XJ6 barn find. The Jag was stored in a garage not far from us, only a couple of miles away, since 1999, 24 years ago, when it was taken off the road for maintenance by it’s previous owner.
In this episode we remove, refurbish and reinstall the fuel tank and get the car running and idling, however we discover some worrying issues.
The challenge we have set ourselves in this Jaguar barn find series, is to revive the Jag and to get the car back on the road again.
So let’s crack on, We hope you enjoy the episode
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great to see son and dad working together 100%
Love the way the son stops talking when the father wants to say something Respectful
Loving watching the Jag come back to life, but loving more the Dad and Son relationship and interaction. I lost my Dad some 13 years ago but would have loved a project like this that we could have tackled together. Still, I can live that via proxy through watching you both. Great honest vids with no "show boating" keep it going , so looking forward to seeing you both drive it on the road.
It’s lovely to see such a great father son relationship, you’re obviously both so similar. The Jag is a great project, it’s going to be interesting watching it develop.
Great video & a lot done, great it’s running from the new tank.
You guys are amazing craftsmen! The XK6 is a great car and I look forward to this one being restored way beyond how it left the factory!
I’m 66 and glad to see your dad working with you.
Cracking video when we seeing more action on the mini 👌 glad ya old man's still supping
Hi,
Thank you 😁👍 hopefully back on the Mini beginning of next year.
This brings back memories, In the late 70's, early 80"s I had the 4.2L version, fantastic motors. With the initial starting taking several cranks to start try the following. I did this myself after leaving the Jag parked for 6 months. Over night remove the spark plugs, put a little Red X in each of the cylinders, and cover plug holes, the remainder can go in the petrol tank. Next morning crank the engine over WITHOUT the spark plugs in, just to blow out the residue. Refit the spark plugs and start the car.
Great vlog, looking forward to pt 3
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Brilliant guys.. Just about to sit down to supper and eagerly watching..👍
Always an interesting and varied watch, very entertaining. XJ engines tended to get silt building up in the engine block particularly if the wrong antifreeze was used, might be worth flushing out when you're changing the thermostat. Looking forward to the next episode...
My favourite way of cleaning carbs is to cook them in a slow cooker of old-style antifreeze overnight. I usually strip off any rubber or plastic parts beforehand.
A bit late to this series but I am enjoying it.
Probable the one car I would have if I could would be the Series lll XJ. I am fascinated to be able to spend time looking at the Series ll. It is such a gorgeous looking car that really couldn't be improved on. However Jag sent one to Pinifarini who just kissed it in a few places and produced the Series lll, in my eyes, perfection, but it all depends on what was around when you grew up.
Anyway, crack on.
Great to see the old Jag coming back to life.
Hopefully the coolant issue is just a thermostat or blocked radiator. Many years ago I checked an head gasket by putting a few drops of vanilla essence in the header tank, then ran the car and the smell of custard from the exhaust confirmed my fears !!!
Cracking video and update. Gotta love the part when the Guinness came out the fridge. Your dad pouring them and then leaning on the bar, I mean shelving unit.
He looks at home and I can imagine the conversations you two have supping and chatting about the days working on cars. Love it.
Keep on doing what you do and enjoy your beers.
I am entrenched in the series Jags and today drive a very late Japanese imported series 3 V12 and it is simply the best car on the road anywhere today . That said a bout 10 years ago I had given up finding a decent series 2 and whilst walking one day , chanced upon a series 2 SWB manual gearbox Jaguar xj6 and the guy sold it to me for £350 ! . Didnt require much and I drove it for a while but couldnt take to the long throw clutch and baulky gearbox but as a rarity it was quite novel !
Yet another brilliant video, cheers chaps
A well earned beer guys thank you excellent episode. Cheers
Love it... Saturday morning watching the UpBuild boys with a mug of scald(tea). Heres hoping this Jaguar is for "The Chief" for some dommer cruising to local events and runs.. Tackle a bit more after some summer runs.. ⛄🎄🎅🎄🎊🎉
Its looking like the white vapour from the left hand exhaust may be a hint that the head gasket could be breached. The 2.8 and the 3.4 were notorious for head gaskets and warped heads. Great video ... Crack on !
The restored tank looks good after cleaning up and repainting. Nice job.
Great to see your Dad doing well. Maybe we'll have a Mini update video coming soon?
It's sounds good 👍🏴🥳 and happy Christmas 🎄🎁
Subscribing to see this done.
Earliest car I can remember my grandad driving was a blue series 2 XJ6 and I currently drive a blue X350 generation XJ6.
Looks to have been a Fern green car at some stage, would be lovely to put it back to that colour.
Great effort lads. I tell you though, I would have stepped in that bucket of oil if I left it where you did. You did well 😂
How lovely does that drivers door sound when closing it. Well done tho, it sounds really well, and a great icon car. Great video chaps. cheers Andy
That’s one of my favourite bits about the car, the lovely sound of the door clunks when they’re being shut 😁.
Excellent progress chaps!
Good Father and son team great work, and a nice project
Wow well done lads, that now sounds sweet.
Great episode, great camera angles, keep up the good work 👍
Great to see the two of you back after so long.
Love your videos I think it's brilliant you and your dad enjoying it together. Can't wait to see how the jag goes on .looks really solid and genuine so that's a good starting point. I'd perhaps check the timing with a strobe aswell if you haven't already because there's the odd miss fire. Or it could be the cards which you are sorting soon but it wouldn't hurt to check anyway. Take care and keep up the good work.
Hello great video 😊
Love watching you guys loving the jag too. Have you tried to flush out the rad when it's only getting warm at the bottom? I would changed the rad cap and thermostat first and a coolant and rad flush 👍
Very interesting.Great channel. 👍😎
Nice work boys...
I would have a look at the water pump too in case it's gunned up, but u 2 seem to have a great handle on it so far, brilliant watch
Originally Juniper green !
Good job guys lovely car
Your dad leaning on the bar reminds me of the only fools and horses scene 🤣🤣great video ! Be mindful you only have water in them now incase it freezes and causes more issues 😮 and is the fan shroud missing ? Or it may not have one but that won’t help it keeping cool . Merry Christmas to you both
Reg.plate worth about 800quid.... you're onto a winner 🏆
It's best to modify the AED with a manual cable-operated choke kit from Burlen Carburettor Services.
Alternatively, I get rid of the AED and replace the HIF SU carbs, which you have in your car, with 2" HS8 SU carbs and install another connecting rod between the two cards to pull down the main jets for cold starting, like on HS6 carbs on Jaguar Mk2 240/340.
I take a connecting rod from a Rover 2000TC and adapt one of the connecting brackets linking the rod to the carb, as the configuration is the reverse between a Jaguar and a Rover.
This involves chopping one pat of the bracket off and rewelding it back on the opposite way round.
I also have to make a new link arm that connects the throttle lever to the carbs, as it now needs to have a dogleg in it to accommodate the new connecting rod linking the two carbs.
This gives much more control over the choke in cold conditions, and ensures the choke can be shut off completely so that the engine is not running rich when it's up to operating temperature.
You must have a bird nesting in your workshop there... even HE thinks this is a cool project to watch. Of course, he gets a closer look than we do I think, but that's okay. Thanks for sharing this with us. I can hardly wait to see all the progress you are going to make on THIS build. I always loved Jaguars... the styling more than the electronics... lol.
Compression test to check head gasket. Flush the cooling system through. It's bound to have some unwanted nasties in there.
Brilliant videos, great to see progress😊
Another great episode. Those submersible fuel pumps were a pain. The later set up was better. I think your dads right about the thermostat. I’d check that first for the cooling. If not I found my water pump was quite gunged up so that might be worth taking off at some point if the cooling doesn’t settle down. Seems to run too good for a blown head gasket. I’m curious to see why it’s stuck in neutral though. Anyway, great work! Looking forward to next episode!👍
Great vid as always from TH-cams No1 Father and son team! Making great progress wit the old girl. One question, you sorted the right hand fuel tank, what's the left hand one like? does that need replacement too? Regarding the carbs I think she will start so much better when you get the choke sorted. Lets hope the cooling issues are radiator, radiator cap, thermostat and not head gasket! Nice to see the interior light working so well! keep up the great work, all the best
Great video, keei it coming and all the best.
nice "jaagggg"
Great video regarding you cannot move the gear selector on some Jags at the top of the selector look for a small hole or slot they can be hard to spot so look carefully if you find one a small blade screwdrive will go in the hole or slot and release the the gear shift I hope you have one as not all Jags do good luck I will watch for your next video best regards Andrew Allen.
This car is way to old for that,xj40 on only for that.sometimes the cable going from the selector jams.no brake pedal pushing to release the selector on these.way to old
Sorry I was wrong I was going back to my Mk 10 which was older than yours I thought that had a release of course that was back in 1970 it was a 1966 model so maybe I was just mistaken anyway thanks for your reply I am sure you and your dad will get it working as it should best regards Andy Allen.@@ivanfernyhough3851
An interesting vlog, if the car has been sat for a long period then the inside of radiator could be badly corroded, give it a good flush, if that doesn't improve the flow then fit a new core to it
Don’t you check the auto trans level while it’s running?? Good to see your Dad is doing well.
Yes you do
There was the odd pop, I wonder if there's an exhaust valve stuck?
Enjoying the videos! I know everyone is full of advice, but if I could just suggest you remove that trailer hitch ball while you are working on the car, I can almost guarantee it will save you a painful shin injury!
Dave
its running lean.....hence the cough back through the carbs.......double check the timing too!
Also, whip the thermostat out and test the stat in a bowl of hot water........
proper taste in beer, lads.
Great epsiode Fella's , really enjoyed this. You are doing the jobs I now need to do on ours to get tit the next level - our is running great but need to sort out the NSR tank and pump and also the refurb the brake calipers ; dad and I took it out for a run hoping theyd free off but instead we boiled them - what an adventure that was getting it home!! I'm intrigued as to whether you will go witht he AED or opt for the manual conversion (manual comversion requires the base of the unit to be in situ as it sits on top of it ). One thing to watch on the cooling system which has caught both my Dad and I out (DAd has a 29k from new XJ12) is that the bottom of the header tank becomes porous due to corosion and isnt always an obvious factor in losing coolant, plus my 4.2 has done 88k miles and the core plugs have also deterioted which were also contributing to collant loss (obvious nthe top of the cylnder head but less obvious on the sides of the block as some of them are very obscured... keep going boys and looking forward to the next episode ! cheers stew
Rare car so many 70s classics now were worthless in the 80s and banger raced to death. 😢
Lovely car. Great father n son project. I've fallen out with my old man. Keeps threatening with the police and courts 😂. No idea why.
maybe he just wants you out of the basement.
The body work looks to be I fair condition
It looks like its original colour was 'Fern Green' from inside the boot.
A fairly bland 70s colour.... was that the one on the Wheeler Dealers XJ6 Coupe ? The dark green respray looks respectable enough...
You have checked the oil in the dash pots on the carbs haven’t you? That can make a big difference
They did say that but it was in rapid "geordie" so you and many others might have missed it ! 🙂
I had a 4.2c back in the day,i swear when i used the kickdown on the motorway,i could see the petrol gauge move,but juice was only 50 pence a gallon.
Have you got oil in the carb dash pots?
I have the same car a 3.4l you can get parts for the car from sng barrels.
Ah that’s real interesting to hear from someone with the same xj6 3.4, it appears they’re quite rare. Can I ask, rough where does your oil pressure sit on the gauge at idle once the car is warm? Our start at half way when cold but then seams to drop very low once it’s warm.
Regards
Mark.
Setting up the firing order is one thing to be aware of, but you also need to be sure that the distributor has not been installed on the engine 180 degrees out of phase.
This can happen as it is easy to misjudge position the offset of the locating drive-lug cutout in the engine's distributor drive mechanism.
If the distributor drive shaft is 180 degrees out of phase then the XK engine will not start at all until it is corrected.
You have to be careful not to get the engine to hot they are prone to crack the block between 5 and 6 cylinder....
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if you are taking the N/S tank off there may be an additional obstacle.... even up till 1980s models there is a fitting, which takes Whitworth spanner, at the top. Some sort of vent-pipe iirc
so the linkages must have locked in park after you got home and parked , probably an easy fix
When are you starting back on the mini, Looking forward to see it finished.
Hi, we will hopefully be back on the mini at the beginning of next year.
If you need parts contact the banger racing boys they might be able to help you out
How about the water pump blades corroded and there is nothing left?
cabs may need oil in su as thats that nonarates flue
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Why.did you not do near side fuel tank and pump it.will be rusted.same as driver side?
We only had one spare tank to replace the pilot side, will do the drinker side tank later down the line. We just want to concentrate on getting the car running at this stage.
The right side already had a spare tank waiting....
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Why don't you lads treat yourselves to a 2 post lift?
Make sure the carbs are balanced correctly
I could have sworn l left a comment ! Maybe l forgot to post it !🤣 Don't get carried away and let passion get the better of your purse's . Unless ther'e particularly good ie immaculate you'll only get 3 to 4 k . But that mileage , if correct , is minimal . Take care both.
Want to sell it ?
How much? 😂
You open the garage bar way too late.
Why do they put the fuel pumps in the tanks? The series 1's were in the spare tyre well. So easy to get to. Modern is not always better. Once upon a time dependability through simplicity was the way to go. Today it's all about the speed, performance and the impression, ( V6 V8 & V12) whilst speed and performance is denied by law on our roads. So what is the motor Industries point. Blind faith and dreams sell cars today. Very little practicality and reality.
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