XJ40

I've been chatting to another owner who also replaced a water rail and in his car, a 93MY. On his car, the water rail was refitted WITHOUT gaskets, just silicone :o - apparently, because that's how it looked when he took it apart. Just silicone. Now in my case, my car (94MY) was also found to have ...

A friendly comment for your safety: those springs are supposed to come out before you remove the sub-assembly. :shock: The dampers are presumably wedging the wishbones from extending further? This post provides a good explanation of the danger associated with removed XJ40 front crossmembers which h...

I suspect these may need a bit of work to make them fit. The support bar on the rear of the back box looks to be welded in the wrong place?

Mine work, but I'm not entirely convinced they make much of a difference.

i have a 1994 3.2s car, it has exhaust back boxes with a specific part number does anyone know why these are different and in what way , and will earlier , and lats say it, cheaper back boxes fit , even if needing modification ? BB There are detail differences between the late type DBC10969 and the...

If no one has one available, they're still available from Jaguar - BCC8451 or BAC6543 at £2.53+VAT and post. I believe the late bumper mounts can corrode making the bolts difficult to remove, so I hope it doesn't fight you too much. https://www.jaguarclassicparts.com/uk/jaguar-xj6-xj12-parts/exterio...

Interesting, this.

I'm surprised by that. Are you sure the brochure wasn't a 1994 model year brochure published in 1993? - The 94MY XJ40 came out part way through 1993, as was Jaguar practice at the time. I have always believed the passenger's airbag was introduced with the 1994 model year changes (the ones with the r...

So an interesting article in this months JWM about a 1993my XJ12 ordered from new with a XJR Bodykit. Apparently the R bodykit was available on all models?? This car...…. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ-XJ8-XJR-XJ12-6-0-V12-Morroco-Red-Full-Jaguar-Specialist-Hist-1992-XJ40/264058280381?hash=it...

Its still for sale https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-Daimler-6-litre-V12-XJ-40-SPARES-OR-REPAIR/292821462521?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140107083358%26meid%3D6a449bd7d655458b857b326bb22f994f%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D292821404154%26itm%3D292821462521&...