Vic, as a former owner of a 1963 mk2, I appreciate your experiences and comments. I had the great pleasure of preparing my car for a backroad and river rafting trip from Southern California to Northern Idaho carrying the raft on rooftop surf racks. The only failure was the electric fuel pump. Big fun.
If you need any parts my father is in st George he has a mk2, Xk150, daimer 250 and garages full of spares. He also has quite a lot of parts that came with the car that get lost the tool boxes and Jack's etc..
Hi, Got a MK2 myself, I think you will find that hammering in and air gunning up the rear axle pinion flange isn't a good idea in the long run as it's pre loaded, The Salisbury diffs have a collapsable pinion pre load spacer, You need to mark the pinion nut and count the turns off and put it back on vice versa, HTH, Cheers.
The earlier Salisbury axles , like the one on this car, don't have collapsible spacers, they have a certain amount of shims to set the preload. So provided the axle is torqued up to the specified setting , it should be ok. Having said that, I would have pop marked the the nut, and tightened up to the same position just to be sure.
I bought my mark 2 2.4 automatic in 1977 for £700 it had only done 43 thousand miles from new in 1964 it had belonged to chivas regal the whiskey 🥃 company paisley Scotland 🏴 it had been garaged and chauffeur driven it entire live it was absolutely mint it was a dark maroon with red leather I used it as my daily driver for 2 years until I was forced of the motorway by a french lorry driver who never stopped sadly my beautiful jag was written off
I have a 64 S type 3.8. Coolant was getting into the cylinders, lots of coolant. It wasn't a cracked head or block or head gasket or inlet manifold gasket. So what was causing it Jag guys ??
All those poor Americans with 4 post lifts in their garages just don't know what fun we Brits have working under our cars ... preferably on a sloping driveway in the rain ;-)
OK I know I am going to state the obvious but please spend more money and buy some decent tools it saves a lot of hassle and also dump the diff oil it's shot and full f water.
Vic, as a former owner of a 1963 mk2, I appreciate your experiences and comments. I had the great pleasure of preparing my car for a backroad and river rafting trip from Southern California to Northern Idaho carrying the raft on rooftop surf racks. The only failure was the electric fuel pump. Big fun.
great from all aspects: info, humour and motivation.
Good video mate.
If you need any parts my father is in st George he has a mk2, Xk150, daimer 250
and garages full of spares. He also has quite a lot of parts that came with the car that get lost the tool boxes and Jack's etc..
Hi, Got a MK2 myself, I think you will find that hammering in and air gunning up the rear axle pinion flange isn't a good idea in the long run as it's pre loaded, The Salisbury diffs have a collapsable pinion pre load spacer, You need to mark the pinion nut and count the turns off and put it back on vice versa, HTH, Cheers.
Exactly right.
Exactly right.
@@jeffreyprice773 Thanks, worth knowing
The earlier Salisbury axles , like the one on this car, don't have collapsible spacers, they have a certain amount of shims to set the preload. So provided the axle is torqued up to the specified setting , it should be ok.
Having said that, I would have pop marked the the nut, and tightened up to the same position just to be sure.
You’re wrong this vehicle has shims to create pre load no crushable spacer,
Great video mate!
I bought my mark 2 2.4 automatic in 1977 for £700 it had only done 43 thousand miles from new in 1964 it had belonged to chivas regal the whiskey 🥃 company paisley Scotland 🏴 it had been garaged and chauffeur driven it entire live it was absolutely mint it was a dark maroon with red leather I used it as my daily driver for 2 years until I was forced of the motorway by a french lorry driver who never stopped sadly my beautiful jag was written off
Sounds like a great find! Sorry to hear it was written off
Your tool supplier must love you :)
I have a 64 S type 3.8. Coolant was getting into the cylinders, lots of coolant. It wasn't a cracked head or block or head gasket or inlet manifold gasket. So what was causing it Jag guys ??
Only washer fluid left to leak haha
All those poor Americans with 4 post lifts in their garages just don't know what fun we Brits have working under our cars ... preferably on a sloping driveway in the rain ;-)
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I reality you had a case against SC. You tried to mitigate , In a small claims court I think you'd win.
OK I know I am going to state the obvious but please spend more money and buy some decent tools it saves a lot of hassle and also dump the diff oil it's shot and full f water.