Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Ooohhh I've never seen mod v mod before

NeverWaining wrote: »

No more knock knock jokes?:D

^^ Good thinking!

Was going to start a project thread for the bargain basement S-Type but I can't see myself spending too much more time on it other than what needs doing.

Task as hand was to strip the interior and get to the bottom of the mold around the interior, the water ingress in the back somewhere and the nasty smell.



Seats out first. There was mold on the carpets on both sides of the car. Driver side:







And on the passenger side:



Note the water lines on each side of the rear seat back at the bottom. The sound insulation underneath was moldy, as was some of the leather.
Water was obviously getting in both rear doors, have yet to pinpoint where exactly:





I cleaned everything fabric based in the car with Tesco Cotton Fresh APC diluted with hot water. Works great and is only €0.85 for a litre. Spend a solid 8 hours scrubbing and vacumming with a wet vac:





I used the same solution on the leather, works just fine:







The engine bay also got a wipe down with WD-40. Not bad for 170,000 miles:




Wish I had more before pics, the wheel well was absolutely stinking dirty:



Some of the repair kit tools were rusted, so gave them a light sanding and spray paint:



Not shown was even more mold all over the B and C pillars, headliner, sunroof shade and sun visors. All scrubbed away.

More to come.

I would think so too, but not sure if it's the seals on the doors or the seals around the opening. And they look in alright condition too.

€50 would have both replaced anywho:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/JAGUAR-S-TYPE-INNER-RUBBER-DOOR-SEALS-ALL-SIDES-AVAILABLE-17-50-EACH-/182081990254?hash=item2a64eeae6e:g:BHMAAOSwKIpV~NQz

I was hoping the petrol pump will arrive today but it didn't so I hope it will be here tomorrow ...

Anyway... like 2 weeks ago something happened in the door with the window mechanism. When opening the window all the way down there was a bit of it still out and I could hear rattle when driving the car. I removed the door card and saw what the problem is. There are 2 aluminium holders that the window is sitting on with kind of railing where there are two small wheels at the end of the scissor mechanism. One of the wheels somehow moved that aluminium holder towards the other and fell out. So I removed the other door card on the other side to see how far they are from each other (approx. 18cm). I put the wheel back where it should be and put the railing back. It works fine now. Forgot to take a picture, but you get the idea.

When I bought the car I immediately saw that half of the dashboard is dark when I turned the lights on (the more important half... the one with rev counter... who cares about the speedo ). So today I removed the clocks.

I also noticed that when I turn on the lights one or two lights above the knob should tell me that the lights are on. I knew straight away what the story is.

It seems that there is only one bulb. Which is strange because it turns on the whole row of lights. So it will tell me that the fog lights are on too?



not a surprise



I removed the clocks as well



no comment



I drove the car once with almost no petrol in it and wanted to see if the warning light will come on. There was very low amount of petrol in the tank for a long time but the light didn't come on.

It seems that the bulb is ok. Some sort of unusual bulb, is it available in motor factors, or will have to get it on ebay? Will have to test it first.



Here, on the other side is a temp gauge, I presume there should be a bulb there to tell me that the engine is overheating... I am wondering if this is standard, or somebody got rid of it before.

Muckie, that is the exact same dash cam I have.
They are €20 in EuroGiant. Not great quality, TBH but it's OK for the price.

Did it not come with a 12v charger? I see you're using a USB adapter. I got mine hardwired.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I would think so too, but not sure if it's the seals on the doors or the seals around the opening. And they look in alright condition too.

€50 would have both replaced anywho:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/JAGUAR-S-TYPE-INNER-RUBBER-DOOR-SEALS-ALL-SIDES-AVAILABLE-17-50-EACH-/182081990254?hash=item2a64eeae6e:g:BHMAAOSwKIpV~NQz

On my 335 it was the seals around the opening. I had a lot of road noise and small water ingress. Replaced t and all perfect.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Interesting. In the Jag there's the roofline seal running front to back, the seal on the door itself and the opening/aperture seal. Was it the latter on yours? How did you diagnose?

The 335 was a coupe with frameless doors and it was a common fault.

Yep 3.0 V6, far from fresh though! Heard about the boot seal alright, seems fine on mine. Apparently the sunroof drains cause awful trouble too, as the lines run inside the interior between the headliner and the roof. Will do some tests over the coming days to narrow it down.

Managed to snap the dipstick in half too, the pull ring came clean off! Got it out thought with some ingenuity (a wood screw).

Thanks for the tips. To be honest I've only driven it about 3 miles; test drove twice! Do they burn much? What's the oil spec, will do an oil change next week.

cletus wrote: »

Just back from the Nct, failed on "advanced corrosion rear brake pipes".

Will jack it up in the morning and see if my car is about to piss brake fluid all over the road, or are they just dirty

Just to come back to this.

Jacked it up. Rear lines are only exposed for about three inches, then they have some sort of coating, before disappearing up behind the fuel tank.

Knocked the muck and dirt off, cleaned them down, and could only find surface rust, no sign of pitting etc.

Cleaned back to bare metal with 120 grit sandpaper, primed and gave a couple of coats of black paint.

Retest this evening. Tester gave both lines a good going over with a wire brush, came back out with a cert. Happy days for another year. Might do the same job preemptively on the front at the weekend