Cylinder Head Installation - Jaguar XJ6

[@blairmarchand7572]

You can't ask for much better than that, very glad it went on without any real fuss.

[@odl21]

Ah the joy of working with stock cams and springs. I never get the sprockets aligned that easily.

[@martinnicholas9770]

Hi adam nice to see the head back on,glad you told us that it is a series 3 there looks like there is a diferance in the block casting with open water jackets open between the piston bore,and extra webbing on side of block allso are they oil cooler pipes coming off the oil filter housing.

[@josealanis6996]

Awesome Job!!! Looking forward on doing the same to my new soon to be Jaguar, regardless if it needs it or not. It would be relaxing, fun and exiting. I believe its an advantage and a great feeling when you disassemble and assemble your car with care. You get to know where everything is at and how your beauty comes all together. Knowing what parts are new and what might need to be changed later. Especially when you assemble it and take the time to clean and paint as you assemble... Its a work of Art. Thank you for your videos, they will definitely help Blessings

[@donporter8432]

Exactly!

[@mlindblom]

Great video series. Whenever you have a few hours to spare, please do the same for your 5.3... 😎

[@ernstboston7640]

are they technician in North East. Machasusett

[@aaronjones1044]

this is great. Thanks for these videos. someday soon i hope to get this done on my xj6 and this will make it much easier.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Thank you for watching! It's great if they can help others keep their cars on the road

[@coopermotorsltd.452]

I noticed that you checked the depth of the acorn nut. That is good, however, it's always a good idea to check each and every chrome acorn nut, as well. Check all of them, to make sure they are all tapped out equally. If they're not tapped out the correct depth, you won't get the torque to the head. I had an XK150 that suffered a head gasket failure. When looking for the cause, besides the fact that it was the original steel stamped gasket, and had never been changed in 62 years, I found the head nut over the area where it failed, was not fully tapped out.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Of camera they were all checked and there was plenty of thread in each nut for it not to bottom out.

[@caseytailfly]

Great work Adam! I hope to hear it fire soon!

[@classicjalopy]

Nice video. Good to see how it all goes together. I think its a shame that Jaguar stopped painting the heads in the late 60s. The different colours based on the engine type were kind of cool.

[@stigmoltu-jacobsen]

Thanks for another great and very informative videeo, Adam.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Thank you Stig! 😊

[@jeffreyprice773]

Later ones have two lock tabs per cam. Hope you cleaned the head surface where the inlet manifold fits.

[@cosminl7772]

Hi, do you have any recommendation for the cam cover gaskets? The OEM ones, made of out cardboard seem to fail imediately. Thanks

[@magnusterminus4728]

What is your opinion on a stakedown kit on the exhaust side. Thank you.

[@253Pr0C0y]

Great vid!! Any chance you can do a cylinder head removal on a 1999 XJ8 (X308)?

[@Dg-zj6jo]

DID I MISS YOU DOING THE VALVES PLEASE

[@cratecruncher6687]

Nice job. Do the six small nuts in front get torqued to 54 lb ft too? Manual is unclear. I've heard you're not supposed to use an extension on a torque wrench. It absorbs torque.

[@antoinesrn4207]

Hey Adam ! Such an fine job to watch! where did you get the service manual ? did you buy an online version ?

[@jongodsell88]

In putting the head back on using your method it also helps a great deal to be young and fit - neither of which applies to me! Still, I've started to drop the rear sub frame this afternoon.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

You're probably right! What you don't see on camera is that I had it one twice. First time I got it down half way and I noticed I had forgotten the gasket... Had to start all over and the second time it really felt heavy. The whole rear sub frame is very nice to work on once it's on the ground.

[@joeblogs8193]

Nice job. My comment is, Cam bolts should have lock tabs and not lock washers. but washers should work just as well. Aluminum paint would have looked nice on the cylinder head.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Thank you! I found these in the parts catalogue for a late series 3 head. They didn't come lose before so I hope they stay on haha. I thought if that too but decided to try this first. Might end up painting it later on

[@Ma77riK]

the series 1 4.2 tensioner assembly im working on doesn't seem to want to turn in either direction when the nut is loosened and the pin pushed in

[@dougmaxwell8789]

I’m guessing that you put in two new half circle rubber plugs in the back of the cylinder head. What type of silicone or other sticky stuff did you use for that?

[@LivingWithAClassic]

I did and I used Hylomar Blue on everything. I used it when I put my V12 back together hears ago and it's still leal free

[@stagman1983]

What's the reason for not skimming the head?