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Lovely looking car. I really fancy one especially with them being so cheap, but I'm scared of the mpg They're not too bad on petrol for a big car. I get 23/24 mpg running round on my 3.2 and approaching 30mpg on a run. I don't think the 4 litre uses that much more. It isn't great in city driving though, so it depends on what kind of driving you do and the number of miles of course. Big cars cost big money to do big miles! I haven't run one myself but I'd guess a 'series' Jag is quite a bit thirstier (the V12 is positively frightening) but then a nice one will be more expensive to buy too. They are beautiful though.
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heres my 40, i went to the scrappers in the end but great car. i put some bmw 18's on it.
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MK1 ESCORT MEXICO (fast and pretty)
MK1 NISSAN MICRA (hard and wide)
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Jan 30, 2011 15:27:38 GMT
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David! Thankyou, you are lots of help (as is the website). Gareth- no I have no S1 parts anymore. Rakas - lovely car, why scrap? I bought some parts.... A new tail light, as mine was cracked. The only damage on the car, I felt the lamp would tidy it a lot, as will tapping it out a bit, it will still be there but not so bad- A new wiper motor as mine was broken.
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Jan 30, 2011 15:42:07 GMT
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it just had too many issues, it ran on lpg on an ancient system that looked like there was a ww2 bomb in the boot. I've got a mate who breaks jags and he agreed that cubing it was the humane thing to do. the final straw was that it would start one day and i was ready to scrap it anyway so it wouldnt start and i saw the red mist, jumped out, slammed the door then kicked the door, hard, 3 times. no dent whatsoever. i couldnt believe it, proper nails. my mate that breaks them has banger raced them a few times, against regular saloons it just mashes them out the way, especially if you fill the sills with concrete. ;D
its a shame to say it but i reckon alot of these are probably worth more in metal than to sell.
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MK1 ESCORT MEXICO (fast and pretty)
MK1 NISSAN MICRA (hard and wide)
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dbdb
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Jan 31, 2011 19:18:38 GMT
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it just had too many issues, it ran on lpg on an ancient system that looked like there was a ww2 bomb in the boot. I've got a mate who breaks jags and he agreed that cubing it was the humane thing to do. the final straw was that it would start one day and I was ready to scrap it anyway so it wouldnt start and I saw the red mist, jumped out, slammed the door then kicked the door, hard, 3 times. no dent whatsoever. I couldnt believe it, proper nails. my mate that breaks them has banger raced them a few times, against regular saloons it just mashes them out the way, especially if you fill the sills with concrete. ;D its a shame to say it but I reckon alot of these are probably worth more in metal than to sell. You're right, the XJ40 is so cheap at the moment it is almost embarassing and seem to need a decent MOT to be worth more than their weight in steel!!! They are very strong cars, particularly for their age. Of their contemporaries, only a big Merc can match them. I saw this picture in a Flickr photo album. It shows an XJ40 demolishing a Cortina Estate. These Jags are a weapons grade banger. The Flickr caption reads: "I`d estimate 10 XJ40`s are dying like this every week. Their strength & cheapness mean they are 1 of the banger racers ultimate tools.... The funny thing is, alot of these banger racers are uuber-patriotic to the point of being elitist, yet they happily spend every weekend doing everything possible to destroy as many British historical cars as possible.... Very sad...
BTW, thats a Cortina Mk4 estate he`s just crushed like a tin can..." www.flickr.com/photos/londonitalian/3048310852/I guess I can see why a racer might want to pay £200 for one...
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Spent a lot of time today cutting grinding/welding for an mot. All drivers floor aera, why did they cotinue to use this curse word seme sealer which seems to actualy cause rust, they have been rusting in the same place since 1969 (S1) and still they did nothing... Just need to seal it and paint it now..
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A pic today as I had the wiper mech out again, the bulkhead looks rather good for one of these, was a fairly easy job too.
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Feb 10, 2011 22:33:15 GMT
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I thought this was my garden, DVLA said its a road, sorned.
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Feb 10, 2011 22:44:23 GMT
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Get onto the council and ask for a map showing the private and public area's
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Feb 10, 2011 22:52:35 GMT
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I did, its a public aera, but not a highway. It seems I'm in the wrong, but i didnt know untill too late. Ive paid now....game over.
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Feb 10, 2011 23:22:11 GMT
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Sorry to hear about this, do you have somewhere else you can put the car?
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There is no such thing as a curse word car just overstretched expectations................. Herald 10/10 Gasser 10/10 Total score 20/10
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Feb 11, 2011 15:59:58 GMT
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I would have cracked out the petrol grinder for that! Bloody Clamps! grrrr!
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Feb 11, 2011 16:12:35 GMT
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Lovely car....made to look a lot better by the sight of a lovely lady stood next to it!!!
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Feb 11, 2011 18:00:16 GMT
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Lovely the R wheels on that! and you have a sunroof too! Yes its got the rear pannel on it and the red rear lenses. As said the performance of the 4.0 is very nice but the 3.2 isnt bad at all. Il upload some S1 pics later, my internet is fannying about at the mo. I used to have some 16" lattices, but, I prefer the look of the R wheels tbh. The sunroof, quite rare to find a base model 3.6 with the sunroof. Because there was such a huge demand for the XJ40, when they were new, there was apparently a shortage of A/C systems available, hence the sunroof in lieu of A/C. You could, at the time, purchase the car and then purchase the complete A/C system later, which would then be a dealer fit arrangement. Sure, the dash had to come out but the wonderfully modular nature of the XJ40 design, meant it was easy to fit. I rather liked the colour coded grilles on the S models as well, along with a few other touches.... Never heard of the A/C supply problems- think it would be too expensive for Jag to retro fit?.Never heard of a car maker ever retro fitting such a major integral component - unheard of practice. The sunroof was a option extra on Jags many moons before -it was not specfic to XJ40 Also not many XJ40 specified with sunroof anyway Lovely looking car. I really fancy one especially with them being so cheap, but I'm scared of the mpg They're not too bad on petrol for a big car. I get 23/24 mpg running round on my 3.2 and approaching 30mpg on a run. I don't think the 4 litre uses that much more. It isn't great in city driving though, so it depends on what kind of driving you do and the number of miles of course. Big cars cost big money to do big miles! I haven't run one myself but I'd guess a 'series' Jag is quite a bit thirstier (the V12 is positively frightening) but then a nice one will be more expensive to buy too. They are beautiful though. My 20 year average town is 18MPG from an average of ......only 1800cc - 18mpg is same as what most V12 owners claim My 99 Mondeo 2.0 auto was only 16mpg - and 12 with a/c on.I have a long list of cars all under 2 litre -none managed your 23/24mpg If i had a Jag doing 23mpg town -it would be 13 miles of free motoring per gallon
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Feb 11, 2011 22:00:55 GMT
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I need to sell mine now. I'm asking a high price, so I hope it deosnt end up this way. Sad to read this, but good luck with the sale. They're great cars, but the market doesn't seem to appreciate them at all. I'm impressed with your bulkhead. Its a good one. Some late XJ40s have horrible rust there! Terrible luck with the damn clamper. To me, your car does look like it is off the road. Zealots, these clampers.
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Last Edit: Feb 11, 2011 22:02:20 GMT by dbdb
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Feb 11, 2011 22:15:25 GMT
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Never heard of the A/C supply problems- think it would be too expensive for Jag to retro fit?.Never heard of a car maker ever retro fitting such a major integral component - unheard of practice. The sunroof was a option extra on Jags many moons before -it was not specfic to XJ40 Also not many XJ40 specified with sunroof anyway Jaguar still offer a retro-fit A/C kit on the XJ40, either through a main dealer or direct from JDHT. It is breathtakingly expensive when fitted at the main dealer's hourly rate. They're not too bad on petrol for a big car. I get 23/24 mpg running round on my 3.2 and approaching 30mpg on a run. I don't think the 4 litre uses that much more. It isn't great in city driving though, so it depends on what kind of driving you do and the number of miles of course. Big cars cost big money to do big miles! I haven't run one myself but I'd guess a 'series' Jag is quite a bit thirstier (the V12 is positively frightening) but then a nice one will be more expensive to buy too. They are beautiful though. My 20 year average town is 18MPG from an average of ......only 1800cc - 18mpg is same as what most V12 owners claim My 99 Mondeo 2.0 auto was only 16mpg - and 12 with a/c on.I have a long list of cars all under 2 litre -none managed your 23/24mpg If I had a Jag doing 23mpg town -it would be 13 miles of free motoring per gallon The 23/24 mpg I get running round in my 3.2 is mixed driving comprising semi-rural and suburban use, and very little city driving. In pure city use - stop start commuting etc with no A-roads or motorways, the consumption would be much greater - maybe mid-late teens. A V12 would be struggling in low double figures purely in the city.
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Last Edit: Feb 11, 2011 22:16:24 GMT by dbdb
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Feb 13, 2011 23:45:04 GMT
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Never heard of the A/C supply problems- think it would be too expensive for Jag to retro fit?.Never heard of a car maker ever retro fitting such a major integral component - unheard of practice. The sunroof was a option extra on Jags many moons before -it was not specfic to XJ40 Also not many XJ40 specified with sunroof anyway Jaguar still offer a retro-fit A/C kit on the XJ40, either through a main dealer or direct from JDHT. It is breathtakingly expensive when fitted at the main dealer's hourly rate. Read more: retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=94903&page=4#ixzz1DswXUkMNThat may be - but I imho find it hard to believe that brand new factory fresh cars would need retro fit from dealer Even BL in their darkest days weren't that bad!
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That may be - but I imho find it hard to believe that brand new factory fresh cars would need retro fit from dealer Even BL in their darkest days weren't that bad! Part number JLM11610, plus assorted A/C components. It is still available, though parts alone will come in at a couple of thousand pounds before labour, so you'd have to really want it. I l know of someone who had it done though. As I understood it, it was retrofitted to XJ6 cars which did not come with A/C as standard, if the owner (second owner?) decided he wanted air conditioning on a car on which it had not originally been fitted, rather then because of supply problems.
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This car was a pita this week, its always been a slow starter and had varied charge rates on the dash, this week it had a total fail for the engine to turn. If you own an XJ40 this is worth reading. The starter didnt even click, I knew it wasnt the battery as there was no power drain when I tried to start it, H/lights stayed bright ect. First suspect, inhibitor on the selector, stripped/bypassed/checked - no. next- All fuses, fuses controll funny things on late 40s, some are not maked as somthing they do. - All good. Starter relay- good and ignition switch working. I tested the wire to the solonoid and it went live when key was turned, so I connected the solonoid to the starter direct- nothing! First thought was starter dead. The main lead had good voltage to it, and I could see the engine earth was in good condition. But I still wonderd about it in hope, as I didnt realy want to remove the starter for nothing. I put my jump leeds from the engine to body and it started...ahhh engine earth. I then put one end to the earth strap and one to the body - nothing, one end to engine one to earth strap- vroom. so its where its bolted to the gearbox. I couldnt understand it as it all looked clean, so I removed the strap, cleaned it/and the bolt/gearbox , tried it before tightening, works....tightend it up and positioned it, nothing? ? I noticed then it was touching the dipsticks, when I pulled it away it works??? so I insulated it, checked the other earths and all is well, fires up quickly turns quicker and the volts are stable. No idea why the dips steal the earth effect, but they do. Worth checking if your XJ wont turn. The starter is newish, so I wonder if this happend before and they thought it was the starter, once it was changed if the earth was repositioned by chance they thought they solved it? I wonder how many have changed starters/batterys and removed immobilisers for this fault.
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