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Great job John, really enjoy your videos.

Your shed?

Hi John, now the back seat’s out - will you refit or fit something more practical ?

I think I'll stay with the chitty-chitty, bang-bang clan fix with spanner and hammer (Freelander 1). They have electrics, but no where near as many and complicated as FL2's.

I agree fully with your reflections regarding Jaguar’s past, present and future, and your thoughts on EVs. I also hope the very best for Jaguar, but I fear they soon will be in a ‘to be or not to be’ situation, like SAAB were some years ago.

Hi John The the dissimilar metal stamping attached to the rear panel may be of a different type and strength and used as torsional reinforcement on the convertible

So, will we see next how to break into the boot from behind the seats in a coupe ? If so how do I/can I release the boot lock from inside the boot? I ask because my battery is fine but the remote boot release has stopped working with the key fob & the key in the back does not work ! The older model Jags had a rod behind the number plate which could be used with a pair of pliers to release the boot. Any info welcome, Thanks

RE. the poppers on the tonneau, my 2000 doesn't have them and the flap does occasionally fly up. I'm considering adding poppers, or possibly a bit of velcro to stop that from happening.

British Motor Museum, Gaydon. I go there quite often during Jaguar Breakfast Club monthly meetings. Great place.

Hi John, I also found this strange semi-circular rubber 😮 I I still don't know what this part is for. It's a secret of the XK8. Thanks for the video. Regards Udo

A nice introduction to the items that this accesses; for example, the different types of speakers and the two types of speaker housings included in later cars (early and base only hang, not enclose the rear speakers); the part of the top tubing going through this area; the rear window regulators (rebuildable with metal gears by a firm here in Phoenix, done very well for my pax side); the top actuators; and undoubtably many more subsystems . While you are in this area, could you shine a bit of light on some of these areas? I very much appreciate viewing your videos while (whilst?) working on a complete forward suspension replacement (upper & lower control arms, anti sway & links, wheel bearings and brakes in our summer 46 degree temps. 1997 convertible with 70,000 mi.

Hi John , Bradley here ! Query about the escutcheon showing on the top/ hood @ 5:28. My 1997 is missing such , did you add that bit?

1 word: Terrifying

Looking at a 2003 xkr convertible with 100,249 miles. Asking price is $11,000 usd. Do you guys think the mileage is a tad bit too high for a new owner. Supposedly a 1 owner car

Hi John, Phil here - love the creaking leather sound as you remove the seat belt covers😂 Pure quality👍

One thing I really appreciate from your videos John is your parts vocabulary. The 'thingy' description I would no doubt use, is given its proper name by you. Trick for me is to remember it.

I like how some people have removed the back seat and built a carpeted cargo shelf. Much more useful.

I will look at mine tomorrow, thanks for this info, .. I have the XJR but should be the same on the normal belt, not the supercharged belt in theory.

Hi, is it possible to set up the speed for each level of assistance?

I will look at my back panel tomorrow as I can't remember mine being the same as yours, 2004 car.

Black seats hide a multitude of sins!

Gerard beat me to it! I'll bet anything that getting the seat back out will be 'interesting' on my Coupe.

I've got to tell you John, from personal experience, it's a lot more cozy when you're doing this in the back of a coupé. Double jointed knees would have been handy 😂

Atlantic ocean 🤔

British Motor Museum, Gaydon

Coventry?

no sound of any fluid when turned upside down, no leaks. any ideas pls

great video, thank you

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Nice one John, a very tidy install as I would expect. I look forward to seeing it all finished buddy 👍

Good stuff as always John. Sun visors a definite breakage.

Ok,but why tons of Water Displacement 40 ? That poor thing must be soaking wet.

Sun visors are a certain break, but repair is relatively easy. The plastic hinge which houses a small metal piece gives way and the pressure from the metal that 'snaps' the visor in an upwards position no longer exists.

Excellent video. Thanks John. Look forward to fitting mine. Any news on the bracket angles?

Either of those placements are good except the one where you lose your growler badge😮. Udo should have tidied up that fin a little better methinks 🤔

That’s a smashing car John. It’s testament that it still runs like a Swiss watch with that high mileage. It’s also a turnaround that further increasing the mileage presents you with an exciting challenge- especially as you have the more durable aluminium body shell. See if you can match the mileage of that famous Volvo😃

Don’t forget your sacrifice tee shirt needed the spots really never get removed🤠

I'm catching up with some older TtG videos. This one's ace. I saw it a couple of years ago and went and ordered a St 1&2 Ademesh system pronto. I got my local garage to fit ( reasonable price, but the guy said the St2 bit was pretty tricky). So my experience is; firstly the sound is brilliant, at idle and acceleration inside and out and it's changed the whole driving experience for the better! What a lovely sound! I have an '03 XKR soft top. Here is some additional feedback; At start up from cold, the initial bark from the exhaust is pretty loud. This soon quietens as the engine idle slows. Some more sensitive neighbours might object to your early morning start ups! As John indicated drones are possible, but not in his XK - with the St1&2 fitted to mine however, I get a drone at about 1500rpm under mild acceleration. This tends to coincide with auto box favourite gear change up ie. tends to drone up the gears under normal driving up to 60mph. Not sure if this can be fixed.. Easy remedy is to use the J gate and keep the gear changes longer. Or just put your foot down! Some would find this boom excessive and would maybe prefer the St 1 only if this boom occurred. Might just be my car and keeping the St2! More of an issue to be aware of is when I took the car in to a specialist last year for routine auto-box service (flush and filters etc), they added a fair bit to the bill due to the extra time it took them to do the job (changing the filters needed the pipes to come off and took more time apparently)..

John Enjoyed the camera installation but on a different note I can’t find anything that shows best way to clean head liner on a convertible. Have you ever tried or heard of a good way. I have a 2002 xkr Hope you can help Bill

Really good job nice and tidy well done

Edit your email address in the description please John.

I set my camera a bit higher so I can see any oncoming traffic. The fun part now is running the wire under the center console, under the back seat, up around to the side where there’s a pass-through just below where the canvas meets the body. Easier to see from the rear seat area with a bright light shinning into the top back of the trunk. Poke a 3 for long rod through, then tape & snake your wires. You’ll have an extra 10 or 12 feet of wire that can be coiled under the rear seat.

My 2001 still has the electric antenna (mast)

I bought nissan navara it is 2018 only at 49 000 km , when it gave the first warning I fill it up and dashboard kept the refill adblue warning , it turns out front nox sensor is gone , luckly it was under warranty, second time refill adblue sign appeared I filled it up and it was still showing refill adblue sign , it turns out it needs software update. Today I had refill adblue sign again , I added and sign still on brought the jeep to garage and they say back nox is gone. Car is at 72 thousand km . And having this many problems. Do you guys have similar problems??

Hi y’all , i would have a question for the community in here..and yes I am sort of desperate 🤦 I am looking for front shock dust covers MJA2148AA for a XKR X100 If anyone could lead me to a supplier would be awesome, more awesome if it would be anywhere in Europe ☺️ many thanks cheers

I mounted mine centrally and it works great. I have to lift the boot lid slightly to the side but that's no bother

I’m not a Ford guy either but at a local car show a couple of years ago, a guy entered a ‘barn find’ Taunus in superb condition with original paint, upholstery (lovely striped cloth/vinyl) and interior generally. The car needed absolutely nothing doing to it aesthetically and was mechanically sound. It was the version based around the Mk 2. He’d picked it up in France. I thought it was criminal that it didn’t win anything

Some good cars here. The X308 looks great on Montréals. My wife and I did a car show recently and there was a guy there with a stunning Fiat 600 I think it was. You can’t ignore the Dolomite Sprint. These cars were extremely fast in the day and look great. Everyone loves a Dolly. The Spitfire is nice, but a GT6 is even better I think.

Many (most?) of these issues apply to the XJ8/XJR (X308) too! Been there, done that.

Hi you quote w904 unit which I can’t find on the carpuride site ,I can find w903 with or without rear camera ,am I missing something. Cheers