Brake buster wrote:mine is 703869 registered April 94
just for info
BB
Mine is 705787 and April as well.
Brake buster wrote:mine is 703869 registered April 94
just for info
BB
richard1983 wrote:
My car is chassis 676860 - so that makes it a 1993.25MY car then.
If the 1993.25MY cars were introduced in December 1992 - mine must have been manufactured in early 1993(ish).
I wonder what happened to it for a year then?
Perhaps I should get a heritage certificate - just to nail to build date down and find out!
naki_k wrote:That’s good to know Richard.
I haven’t had to do a security ECU yet on these. But it seems any of the electrics on these are liable to soldering issues then?
Have you tried a new battery in the Fob? I find they can work much better with a new battery.
Also check the contacts are clean.
XJ6Paul wrote:For what it's worth, my XJ12 with a 4/93 build date on the VIN sticker is 682205. So March, 1993 sounds about right for your car. All XJ81s are considered to be 1994 model year in the US for some reason though.
richard1983 wrote:naki_k wrote:That’s good to know Richard.
I haven’t had to do a security ECU yet on these. But it seems any of the electrics on these are liable to soldering issues then?
Have you tried a new battery in the Fob? I find they can work much better with a new battery.
Also check the contacts are clean.
Yes, the solder in the ECU was the usual blend of dry connections and basically not enough solder on the connections in the first place.
There is a new battery in the fob - but the contacts are in very poor condition. I might try some foil to improve things a little. The second remote is totally out of commission - looks like it was kept underwater for a few years!
Might try one of my fobs from the Sovereign on it too to test.
naki_k wrote:richard1983 wrote:naki_k wrote:That’s good to know Richard.
I haven’t had to do a security ECU yet on these. But it seems any of the electrics on these are liable to soldering issues then?
Have you tried a new battery in the Fob? I find they can work much better with a new battery.
Also check the contacts are clean.
Yes, the solder in the ECU was the usual blend of dry connections and basically not enough solder on the connections in the first place.
There is a new battery in the fob - but the contacts are in very poor condition. I might try some foil to improve things a little. The second remote is totally out of commission - looks like it was kept underwater for a few years!
Might try one of my fobs from the Sovereign on it too to test.
I think it must have been the type of solder used in those days, since all the 40 electrical components are made by different manufacturers/ companies, but they all seem to be going the same way sooner or later?
Anyhow. Well done for getting to grips with it all.
naki_k wrote:richard1983 wrote:naki_k wrote:That’s good to know Richard.
I haven’t had to do a security ECU yet on these. But it seems any of the electrics on these are liable to soldering issues then?
Have you tried a new battery in the Fob? I find they can work much better with a new battery.
Also check the contacts are clean.
Yes, the solder in the ECU was the usual blend of dry connections and basically not enough solder on the connections in the first place.
There is a new battery in the fob - but the contacts are in very poor condition. I might try some foil to improve things a little. The second remote is totally out of commission - looks like it was kept underwater for a few years!
Might try one of my fobs from the Sovereign on it too to test.
I think it must have been the type of solder used in those days, since all the 40 electrical components are made by different manufacturers/ companies, but they all seem to be going the same way sooner or later?
Anyhow. Well done for getting to grips with it all.