Right there with ya mate, keep the original fan as I have on mine, you and your subscribers may find my channel interesting if not already subscribed (Jagvette1)

Hi There. Interesting video. I know the feeling of toasted feet with the heat coming through the bulkhead. Its ideal in the Winter here in Scotland but not so much in summer. I done a bit of research and eventualy found a couple of pictures of a MK2 that had an air dam fitted under front subframe directing difused air into the engind bay to push hot air out.... My MK2 has same as yours but auto controlled etc... JMD

How did you manage to remove the grille without removing the rad?

I was particularly impressed with the draughting aids to create the drawing for the modifications. And, how you solved the problem.

I have a triple carb Austin Healey which is all factory but not yet running.Any good oiling the pivots or adding a return spring?. I have a similar problem on an MGA where one carb does not completely shut off when you lift off the throttle. Everything checked for freedom of movement so still investigating.

It's worthwhile replacing the steel fuel lines with copper tubing. The steel lines eventually perforate. The tank can also be cleaned quicker using Tetra Sodium EDTA mixed with a little crystalline Citric Acid, which is added to bring it to neutral pH. It'll work better than White Vinegar, leaving bare steel.

Nice work!

Who put the triple SUs on? Originally E Type and Mk10. Nice to see PS. The original oil used was like syrup. Six thou big end clearance needs viscosity. Put plenty diesel and engine oil down each plug hole and leave for a few days. Turning by hand was good. Next thing is to wind over without the plugs in until the oil pressure comes up, then some more. This ensures bearings, chains, cams valve stems etc are all fed. Then have a go at lighting it up, no revs until pistons have warmed up. I have started dozens of unused diesel and petrol engines without damage..

I can't seem to get your email to work. Inspector Morse British TV series drives a burgundy Series II currently seen on Chan 7. Paul

I've has 3 x-types ( still have the 2.2d) and a 2002 S-type , however these are the cars that gave me the desire to own a Jag

Love watching your videos as I am restoring a 3.8 MKII on my channel (jagvette1) but C'Mon there are NO millimeter nuts bolts etc on a Jaguar of the 60's they have proper sizes in fractions. in the northern part of England they can't pronounce castle either they also say kassall. Too late now but when I did my front discs I used and impact gun and on the inside place a screwdriver blade between the nut head and the disc. You can't have too much grease $20 is a lot cheaper than new bearings seals and a stub axle. The washers you are talking about are shims to centralize the brake caliper on the disc, kind of important 🧐😉😉

Really good video with good lighting and positioning. I suggest new pads with new disc is imperative as the (new) old pads will have worn to the old disc surface. Also important is to replace shims correctly. The large bolt should be torqued up then use a feeler gauge to check shim size under the small bolt arm location. If you don’t get that right, you chance fracturing the steering arm bracket either when you torque up the small bolt or worse, when you hit a pot hole.

Thanks for the tutorial. Good walk through. I appreciate you posting your progression. I find it very helpful

We have replaced all our brake hoses as well. I even have spares in my parts box just in case. Great video, really enjoyed it!

This literally is me and my husband on a Sunday, working on the Jags, fixing fiddly little jobs ourselves. Nice work, by the way, really enjoyed watching this. I'm going to use the takeaway container idea. I don't know how many times my husband has asked, where's the whatever, and it's gone missing. I like that you tackle these jobs and not handball them to a mechanic. Money well saved!

I can relate to the dropping of nuts etc, a few minutes job always turns into an hour (or more) when working on our Jags! 😆

You have done well. That'll work - Love your work!

I enjoy your videos. I appreciate the trial and error, and review that you go through. Thank you for posting.

I can relate to having a healthy mixture of imperial and metric spanners with repeats of the same size to hand

I enjoyed watching that.great to see somebody in Australia looking after a great British car.I have a 1968 jaguar s type over here in the uk.its bin in our family since 1987.i love it and enjoy tinkering with it.

Hi! Love to watch Those videos. I have just got my hands on a mk2 66 3.8l It has ben sittning for 40 years.. were dig you get the manuell online? Christian

I am pleased that your rubbers were all good. I am just about to tackle this but will replace all of my rubbers while I am there as mine has been sitting for 30 years! I will replace the master cylinder as well. Having heard so much about the flexible hoses (and seeing yours) I'll do those at the same time. I appreciate your videos. Thanks

Maybe too late for you, replace the brake fluid and ALL rubber components with DOT 5 fluid then it does not absorb moisture, BUT do not short cat ALL rubber components MUST be replaced and all lines flushed. Also as the President of the Anti 'Basically' society, I challenge you to NOT use the word 'basically' it's not needed

I felt for you with the one-man bleeder. The tubes popping off and so on. I wondered why you didn't replace all 4 flexible hoses?

Buying one of them one way brake bleeders the same as that was the best 4 quid i ever spent.i bled the brakes on my 1968 stype on my own in a matter of minutes.

Keep up the tutorials. They are great and ejamacational too. Please lose the music (please, please, please)

Love the commentary. Thanks for posting

Thank you so much for posting your exploits. I have just bought a 1962 MK2 that has been sitting for 31 years in a garage. I will try your method as it is 34C here in Brisbane at the moment - good drying weather! Much appreciated

Michael I'm not a car person however, you mentioned that the chrome was pitted. Question - was the battery left connected and flat in a negative earth system? Negative earth battery systems in the flat state uses O2 depletion from the atmosphere over time and rusts the chrome work. This happened to an old postie bike in my shed over a couple of years. When I was a kid English cars were generally negative positive earth systems to avoid to O2 depletion.

Thanks for sharing the videos of your Mk2. Brought back many fond memories of my '64 3.8 Mk2. An absolute rocket: genuine 120 mph motor car and extremely comfortable to drive on long trips. Wish I still owned it.

You might want to use some lights when you film in the garage!

Great tip I can't open my bonnet so going to do this thanks!!

Is she positive grounded?

You are very fortunate the tank plug came out! Have had 3 Jags with stuck plugs. One never came out even using a 24 inch pipe wrench. Brass. Easy to mess up.

Nothing said yet about water in the system for 15 years. Have a 1959 Mk 1 that had water in the system for unknown period of time. All aluminum water parts were plugged with white crystal mush. Hope yours isn't.

Bought a 1962 Mk 2 with a Chevy V6 / auto transmission. Jerked it out and installed 3.8 Jag engine with 4 speed / electric OD. Serial number says it was originally 2.4 with stick. Native Texan

The correct pill for the Mark 2 Jaguar is an SAE 20/50 which is still available in the UK. Thinner oils are unsuitable for the XK engine and will result in excess oil consumption and engine wear. The gearboxes with overdrive require SAE 30W oil which is much thinner than conventional gear oil. This is basically lawnmower grade oil single viscosity and still readily available.

That oil is a good quality product, but too thin for a Jaguar XK engine, particularly in a hot climate. Next time try to find a 20W/50 semi-synthetic oil, readily available in the UK, but I can't speak for overseas markets.

I really enjoyed the video today. We had to take the tank out of our MK1 and get it cleaned. It was a bit of a job. Can't wait to hear this old girl fire up!

My first mark 2 was a 1964 I bought it in 1977 for £700 it had belonged to chivas regal whiskey at Paisley Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I had been garaged and chauffeur driven only 47 thousand miles it was mint condition dark maroon and red leather and it was an automatic I drove that car to my work daily for about 2 years sadly one day I was on the motorway and a foreign HGV truck pulled out into my lane and crushed me into the crash barrier completely wrecking my beautiful jag but that started a lifetime of jaguars XJ6 XJC XJS 3.8 V12 best cars ever built

Love watching your videos even doe yah tork funny gooday from an Englishman. Gotta say this is so much better with out all those images, BUT like me it's your channel you do what the F you like as I do on mine, Personally I just prefer this format. I found the old fuel is still useful for cleaning stuff. FYI I cannot know who subscribes to my channel but you 'MAY' find it interesting. JAGVETTE1 Pump is not original.Great Video grab yourself a couple of cheap fuel filters and place at a convenient point to make sure you get rid of the crap, as you are well aware SU's don't like crap.

thanks, very useful.

Thanks for sharing your journey with us about the MK2. I enjoyed this episode as it didn't have too many distracting pictures on the side with info we don't need as your commentary is much more interesting. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing Sleeping Beauty fire up!

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Not sure about all the 'red' bits.

Great tips etc. Keep it up. Looks like my white 3.8!

To me the wrong badge is the one that says Automatic, I'm old school and grew up with manual transmissions, Automatics were for old men.

Gotta say the music becomes annoying.

Being a MKII idiot not sure how I feel about a 4.2 engine but at least it's a Jaguar engine with triple Su's, not like over here where the simple Americans put in a Chevy engine because they can't fix a real engine.

to hell with the oil idiots, where the hell do they think electricity comes form, out of the sky, what morons