Good luck!

I think that part had been loved. Other parts of the car are not so good......see my rust videos haha

Thank Rick. I am happy to hear you found it helpful.

Thanks Craig.

and re grease/replace the needle bearings.

I suspect it has all been off before for some reason. It came apart easier than I expected.

Good advice. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks I am glad you like them.

Thanks for the tip Gary. I am an Aircraft Mechanic but cars often require different techniques. Always learning.

@@ccuk here in New England we get a lot corrosion so often times you hit a nut or a bolt with everything from penetrant sprays to "hot wrenches" ( torches ) to break things loose. The weird part of rod ends is you'll get the nut loose then near the top of the threads they'll lockup again due to rust and if you give a yank on it 9 times out of 10 its drops out and just spins so you learn pretty quick you want to keep pressure from the bottom so that doesn't happen. Often times I'll back the nut off the bad threads and wire brush them or us a grinder to eliminate them. That being said I have an 04 XKR left hand drive and I have to say I've never seen so many different locations for fuses on a car in my life. I have upper strut mounts on order because of the deterioration of the orange rubber looking ones so I have this adventure to look forward to. My problem with You Tube videos is most of the posts are for right hand drive cars and mine is definitely a CATS suspension and left hand drive. I'm just becoming educated as to the nuances of my car and formulating ideas on how to pull more horse power from this supercharged engine and from what I've learned so far the exhaust is strangling the potential of this motor. I do appreciate your videos and at 72 I'm still learning as well

Thank you. Your comments are noted. I am glad it was atleast of some use 😀

I am glad you enjoyed it.

Part 2 coming soon. I'm working away a lot which is slowing down production. I already have a double garage but the Jag is to long for it. I'm not sure my family would want to move just to accommodate my passion 😀😀

Understand , we had the same problem in one of the houses we owned. lovely house but the garage was a joke.

I am clearly a hardened southerner haha. Once you get working you stay warm.

Most of the parts came from SNG Barrett here in the UK, but I do look elsewhere for the best deals. I would be horrified to see the bill if I had someone else do the work for me.

I have only owned the car for a year. I know it was not a perfect example. I don't think it was near the coast, but I suspect it has been kept outside most if its life.

I have not changed them yet, but I have purchased them. I agree that considering the price it is good practice to change them. There is no recommended interval for these. You would expect to hear a clonk on the steering if they are worn.

I took the ball joints to a local garage for them to press in and out. As you say they are really hard to get out.

thats not a bad idea, I got an ebay 20 tonne press which did work fine, couldn't have done them without it. Very impressed with your video, looking forward to the second part.

Hi Nick. I will check him out. It would be good to do something with some other channels. Cheers.

It might be worth looking on ebay or Autoreservejaguar.com for a second hand part. I don't know if Jaguar still supply it.

I think where the stands are, under the steering rack mounts on the cross member will put the two V-mounts under compression not tension, in the same way as if the car was setting on its wheels, if the car was lifted on the body, this would put the mounts under tension. The mounts are designed to be put under tension by Jaguar other wise how would you lift the car for servicing or maintenance work etc.

@@johnbeckett2624 Hi John, I can see how this may appear so. However, when you look at the design, of the Vee-Mounts, they are an 'inverted Vee'. So they support the weight of the engine. And when the car is on it's wheels, the weight is transferred onto the Spring Struts. Jaguar recommend axle stands are only placed at the Jacking points (end of the Sills).

@@paulkane6645 with respect to John my opinion if I may say is I agree with you Paul. The reason being the jacking points on this car are on specific places on the sills x4 on the rear diff with a piece of wood and on the front panel under the radiator in the centre, there should be a V stamped into the plastic shield to show centre . no where else is safe to jack this car up, damage will result!!!. This is from the jaguar workshop data pdf. hope this helps

This is an interesting chat. I agree it was not good practice and I should have jacked the car from the front cross member and put the axel stands under the jacking points from the start. I hope others will see this and not make the same mistake........or maybe that is another video 😀

@@tiny19892 I see no problem lifting the XK8 under the front aluminium cross member using a trolley jack with a stout piece of wood in much the same way that you mention lifting the rear of the car, so I don't see why there would be a problem supporting the car with axle stands under the alloy cross member again using a suitable piece of wood, I wouldn't use the front cross member under the radiator for two reasons first it has plastic covering so you need to be careful to get the jack central onto it or you could damage plastic, I have never seen a V stamped on it, they can also suffer unseen corrosion and I don't thing I need to mention the damage that could do if it crumpled under the weight.