Jaguar World Monthly Forum - My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)

Anjum Junior Member Offline Posts: 81 N London Gender:	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #15 - 05.01.2012 at 23:19:59 Back home for reasembly
Back to top	IP Logged

M80XJR Junior Member Offline Posts: 74	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #16 - 06.01.2012 at 22:48:35 very nice looking car its credit to you.
Back to top	IP Logged

Rolys mk10 Senior Member Offline BI-POLAR gone "tits up" Posts: 7384 forest of dean.glou/mon border Gender:	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #17 - 07.01.2012 at 00:20:42 M80XJR wrote on 06.01.2012 at 22:48:35: very nice looking car its credit to you. I agree.. but are there any close up pics of the welds?
Back to top	1994 xj81 majestic 1990 4 litre xj 40 mk10 3.8 man http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Agu_vrh5deo Don't let someone become a priority in your life, when you're just an option in theirs' IP Logged

Anjum

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 81
N London
Gender: male

Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)
Reply #18 - 07.01.2012 at 02:03:26

There are lots of pics below but not very close up.

I've been welding for 30 years now (on and off, not professionally) and my welding, although not pretty, is very sound. I grind the welds back on visible bodywork and then apply a hammer to check that they are strong! Where not visible or not visually important I leave them alone but still apply the hammer test.

I also use weld through primer and galvanised metal (cleaning off the galvanising locally to the weld) and epoxy primer/ por15 in all accessible areas prior to closing off. I then waxoyl/ dinitrol thoroughly through access holes.

I hate rust!!!! I can't beat it but I'm giving it my best shot!

Back to top

IP Logged

JulesJag Senior Member Offline Posts: 1243 SUSSEX Gender:	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #19 - 07.01.2012 at 20:24:25 It looks like the project's coming together nicely. When's your estimated completion?
Back to top	JULIAN, SUS5EX&&1990 XJ-S 3.6 Auto, Gunmetal Grey&&1997 Saab 9-5 2.3t SE Auto, Silver WWW IP Logged

Anjum

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 81
N London
Gender: male

Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)
Reply #20 - 08.01.2012 at 02:39:15

Is a project ever completed??? My Saab isn't!!!
I plan to get it driving within a few weeks then have the leather seats refurbished hopefully.
Just been fitting the boot carpet loosely back in, I need some spray adhesive or carpet tape, still don't remember where a couple of bits fitted. I also fitted the rear bumper.
I broke one of the clips to hold the sunvisor in and one of the square side indicator lights.
Can't see why they changed from the earlier ones as they look much better IMO.

Does anyone know what bulb/fitting goes into the glovebox light. It's not a t10 or anything else Ive got lying around.

Back to top

IP Logged

Anjum Junior Member Offline Posts: 81 N London Gender:	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #21 - 06.02.2012 at 12:16:44 Ok figured out what the "light fitting" in the glove compartment is!! Snow stopped play yesterday.....
Back to top	IP Logged

Chris95celebration I've just arrived Offline Posts: 1	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #22 - 06.03.2012 at 15:18:33 Very lovely job, the paint just gleems. I wish I knew how to weld. I'm new to the board and a very young XJS owner, 23 but adore Jaguars, especially the XJS. Well done for getting one looking so lovely!
Back to top	IP Logged

Anjum

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 81
N London
Gender: male

Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)
Reply #23 - 10.03.2012 at 05:25:25

Thanks

Looks better now with snow cleared off and most of the chrome back on. Carpets and interior cleaned and those wheel centres fitted.

Get yourself to a short mig welding course or buy a reasonable 2nd hand welder and a auto-dim mask and gloves. Get some old panels and practice. It's really not that difficult. Join Mig-welding.co.uk forum for some great advice.

Back to top

IP Logged

Anjum

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 81
N London
Gender: male

Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)
Reply #24 - 30.07.2012 at 03:12:50

Some missing pics drom the painting process

Freddie the painter posing

Further work done

Replaced front shock absorbers

Rebuilt steering rack tower as it was leaking at a vast rate!!

MOT passed with just two advisories, Sad

steering rack leaking, which turned out to be a crack in the steering fluid reservoir, now replaced,

and slight corrosion on bodywork. I looked underneath and the only slight corrosion I could see was on the front lower wishbones and spring bottom, not really significant to warrant an advisory Angry

but it bugged me so I took care of it

Rust treatment applied after wire brushing etc.

Painted with rustproofing paint

I will apply some underseal later as well.

Have also sourced and fitted new seats for the front in excellent condition, thanks Southwestjags.

All the electrics work as well, no more niggles!!!

Back to top

IP Logged

Anjum

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 81
N London
Gender: male

Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)
Reply #25 - 22.02.2013 at 17:02:42

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Since the original project thread there's been more work done.

New windscreen, quite a palaver with the windscreen company who hadn't done one before, but looks nice now.
New front shocks
The car has been dinitrol thoughly!
The interior has been redyed with two like new front seats.
The interior now looks excellent
Power steering rack tower rebuilt
Cracked the power steering resevoir in the process and had to replace it!
Passed MOT, due for a new one now but it will pass no problem.
All electrics now working

What's it worth as I need to sell it , unfortunately, to fund my XJC project? Sad

Back to top

IP Logged

SV8Predator Ex Member	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #26 - 23.02.2013 at 12:17:41 Anjum wrote on 22.02.2013 at 17:02:42: What's it worth as I need to sell it , unfortunately, to fund my XJC project? You'll need to get it fully finished, on the road, full MOT, then a value can be placed upon it. With a proper description, list of work carried out, it should do OK at an auction.
Back to top	IP Logged

Anjum

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 81
N London
Gender: male

Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!)
Reply #27 - 23.02.2013 at 13:45:32

It's finished, taxed, insured, on the road and still has a couple of months MOT left but I will put a new MOT on it when I sell it. It's also got a full main dealer history until I bought it and has only done 1k or so miles since then. I've changed the oil. plugs. rotor arm and cap, power steering fluid.
Just trying to get an idea of price to set it at given the work I've put in to it. I wasn't going to sell this originaly but the xjc came up and ..........

Back to top

IP Logged

Anjum Junior Member Offline Posts: 81 N London Gender:	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #28 - 26.02.2013 at 00:11:30 More photos!!
Back to top	IP Logged

Anjum Junior Member Offline Posts: 81 N London Gender:	Re: My XJS Restoration Project (picture heavy!) Reply #29 - 26.02.2013 at 00:15:47 And some more.. Haven't done much with the engine bay. A bit different from when I first started!!
Back to top	IP Logged