No One Wanted this $200 Jaguar with a Bad Engine... So We Saved it in a Weekend!

[@heckmacbuff]

What a great video! It was an absolute miracle the engine didn't hit anything when Daniel released that ratchet strap. But it sounds smooth as hell. Can't wait for part two.

[@daniellandstrom2457]

Combination of luck and profession 😎 but both of us had our harts miss one stroke 🤣 But both of us still feel the lack of sleep and relieved that it ran and passed the inspection/MOT 😅 Regardless if the KZbin community wants us to do something similar again, we will do it (with or without camera).

[@heckmacbuff]

@@daniellandstrom2457 I can't get enough of these long videos, more please!

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Brilliant work guys, really enjoyed part 1. She's going to be a stunning car when everything is done.

[@mattcsaunders]

So glad you’re doing an XJ40 again!

[@russellwhite7407]

👍🇦🇺Hi Adam, about time I added a comment. I have never owned a Jaguar or had a particular interest in them. I’ve been watching your show since it’s inception. Now I find myself looking at used Jags, I have you to thank for that. 😂👍🇦🇺

[@markstott6091]

Don't thank him! They're the biggest wallet emptying machines on the planet if you get a bad one! As a magazine review I read once said... "This car has POWER! Only your bank manager will ever catch you!" Mine was a good one, the love of my life & largely rust free... I did all the work on it myself (except a head gasket done under warranty) and still it left me broke with 19mpg fuel consumption. Still miss it, 20 years later, and I'd sell my kids into slavery for another. 😅

[@pirateracingnz9846]

I have a 91 sovereign xj40 in the shed. Nothing wrong with it really, just doesn’t get used but gosh it is lovely to drive on long road trips.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

They are really good to drive! I still want to take an XJ40 on a long road trip

[@dailyingxm]

What an excellent video, you two make a great team! I'm a bit of a sucker for XJ40s, especially with the digi dash, it's such a shame they later replaced it with boring analogue gauges. Can't wait for part 2!

[@TheMileswin]

Amazing video & prime time viewing. Great job!!

[@keithhoughton4308]

I'm really enjoying you channel. Lots of good practical advice. Oil pressure is a real worry. I had a 3.8l that wouldn't show any pressure on cranking and you can't pre oil via the dizzy hole. I tried allsorts but in the end, someone on a forum said "just start it it will be fine". With heart in mouth, I fired her up and showed pressure immediately. Great engines. I run a 96 XK8 hardtop now, a very pretty car with a full veneer dash and round dials. Electrically it's a challenge but that's part of the fun.

[@uhn100]

Now that's what you call teamwork Adam great video looking forward to the next part best regards Andy Allen.

[@mercedesvan-doors34]

I've worked on old jags for a long time and with a bit of care these are the epitome of Jaaaag. Love it.

[@alexandrecouture2462]

Great job and great video! The fuel pump relay is located near the rear right brake light, in the trunk.

[@stephanusjohanneshough2646]

Great job done and love your team work. Know it will run well. Congratulations one again❤

[@stephenmatthews1470]

Great Video and well done on the progress. So glad to see work on an XJ40 on the channel, brilliant ❤

[@SteveMcQueen999]

The fact that the car starts, tells you everything you need to know about classic Jags.

[@williamendres1265]

Great video, I really enjoyed it! Nice to see a Jag brought back to life. I saw a beautiful Series 1 XJ6 that just arrived in a local junkyard this last weekend, it's a shame to see these cars dismantled and destroyed.

[@boyfromblackstuff7859]

Excellent video, very interesting and well done,no mean feat! When that ratchet strap was released,I thought,bang goes that front top radiator panel! Looking forward to part two.

[@gs4u2c]

Wow, you guys did a great job! And I'm so happy the motor ran so well.

[@starfish370]

Terrific video, Adam, you and Daniel should definitely do more videos together...in the meantime may you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄🎉🎊🤞🎅🥂🍾😊❗️

[@jonathanwright9269]

Such a lovely car...I'm sure it's in safe hands now 🤞enjoying the advent vids

[@alexmacdonald4270]

Congratulations 🏆

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Thanks you!

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

The fact that it was a Dubai car probably explains the failing varnish on the interior and maybe the failed cooling belt that cooked the original engine ! It’s great that you found a deserving home for the stored spare engine… it’s quite a special car to have running on the road these days.

[@patwilkes4122]

Great video guys, Thankyou.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Thanks for watching!

[@lewis72]

I love the XJ40. I remember when it came out in '86 and I loved the square-jawed look of the front & rear wings; made it look a bit more butch. Also loved the smoked rear lamps, as when no lights are showing, it's all one charcoal-looking colour. Edit: AJ6 engine is gernously quite robust.

[@hughbishopnh]

This was a great video and you two work together so well. Expecting great things in pt. 2 but what's up with the headliners in a lot of your jags? Happy Christmas from New Hampshire, USA, we just had our first snow of the season and are thinking of you guys in Sweden.

[@markbullen8967]

A load leveller for the engine hoist is a great piece of kit. Not expensive and great for changing the inclination as you gradually raise the engine

[@LivingWithAClassic]

As mentioned in the video we couldn’t use one due to the height of the ceiling

[@markbullen8967]

​@LivingWithAClassic thanks I commented before I saw that bit. Was a bit scary when the ratchet strap was released 😮

[@sportshatch]

Well done. Always scary when you fit an engine you have never heard running.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

It sure is! The gamble was worth it!

[@stefanomastropietro9040]

Great job 🎉

[@SparkyGage]

I see somebody's a Roadkill fan! I wish I had been working on something like this over the weekend!

[@parrotraiser6541]

How sensitive are Jaguars to spark-plug brand? I had trouble with some Vauxhall motors that would only work well with GM's AC-Delco plugs (the original type fitted). Allegedly equivalent Champions (according to maker's charts) just would not perform. It was a long time ago, so things may have changed, and it's hard to see what could go wrong with such simple components. (No moving parts.)

[@LivingWithAClassic]

They’re not that sensitive. I’ve run both NGK and Champion. Both run great

[@usernamesreprise4068]

A simple check for all inicators without having to eyeball each one individually is to simply turn one side on and listen, an even speed of tick indicates all bulbs on that side are working, then do the same for the other side, if one side goes much faster than the other you know you have a bulb out - even the side repeaters as the current in the indicator relay will increase causing it to make and break contact quicker. try it yourself by taking one bulb out on one side and running it, the difference in speed will be plainly evident. this is delberate because even from behind the wheel you will be able to tell a bulb has gone.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Not on an XJ40 were a control module for each side controls it. But otherwise a good test on other cars

[@usernamesreprise4068]

@@LivingWithAClassic I think you will find the control modules have the same characteristics in place with sometimes the addition of a dash tell tale reporting a bulb outage using the same voltage signitures.

[@ralphups7782]

The young man sitting closest to the camera 2:45/1:16:36 , looks a lot like the youtuber called "tucker upper" from America I think that his surname "Graff" is originally from Germany I hear a bit of an accent from you too.?

[@johndavey72]

My goodness ! When you released the rachet strap Yikes ! Have you worked with Dan before Adam ? And l think you need a battery for your wall clock 😊 Well done guys.

[@caw25sha]

Although this car was launched in 1984 it's sort of topical as it was Jaguar's first attempt at breaking away from it's traditional styling and image. Obviously the next generation reverted to the earlier styling.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Yes it was. It really was the first Jaguar that was very different but still a Jaguar.

[@huntercallan1458]

@@LivingWithAClassicyes. Unlike when Jaguar made Jaguar look like an Audi

[@thomasshepard6030]

They never sold very well in Great Britain 🇬🇧 the jaguar people hated the square headlights I was one of them I never bought one I kept my XJ6

[@StarCannibal]

Just a heads up, that's a Daimler.

[@doctoremil2678]

Here's an idea. If you need to wash an engine, or do some other dirty job when it's already dark, maybe you could buy a few bright tripod lights to make it easier for you to work outside so that you don't make a mess in your workshop.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Like I said in the video, i couldn't get the engine outside. There is a steep incline and it would be impossible. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

[@doctoremil2678]

@LivingWithAClassic Must have missed that, sorry.

[@michielvanmeurs4747]

Thank you for a most enjoyable video! Would you have good website to order an induction heater from? I can not find good ones for under 400 euro😐

[@LachlanFernie]

Would it be worth stripping the broken engine down to see the extent of the damage?

[@thomasshepard6030]

Never liked the square headlight jaguars got to be twin round headlights XJ6 4.2 I’ve owned 3 XJ6 saloons one XJC 4.2 manual with overdrive one XJS 3.8 one XJS V12 and best of all mark 2 1964 3.8 brilliant show great saving the xj40

[@meandthexj.2500]

Just curious. Since the AJ16 and the AJ6 engine are so similar, Could it have been swapped with an AJ16 just as this one was?

[@LivingWithAClassic]

A lot would need to be changed with intake, missing pumps and a lot more so no not really

[@Kyfordman1989]

Well, that is one improvement Ford made when they bought Jaguar they didn’t make things a little more reliable Lucas wiring. Electronics are not the most reliable thing in the world but you get your Ford. You got power windows they will work that’s why I like My X 308 no Lucas

[@patrickrooney5130]

Why did you not just change the head gasket.

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Did you miss the part where the old engine has no oil pressure and is knocking?

[@OmAn-oy5vm]

As a license plate collector, I see that the Jag doesn’t have the funny 2 Brit. colored license plates, (yellow & white.) What country is that plate from??

[@russellwhite7407]

👍🇦🇺

[@LivingWithAClassic]

Thanks for watching!

[@22pcirish]

Daimler steering wheel!

[@gordspa]

Do you follow The Malton Motor Co? Go and treat yourself 🙂

[@richardnewman8983]

Hello from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 just joined your channel and like what I see. But please please please less talking and more doing please just too much talking guys.