thanks Dan. I never worked on one. might motivate me to buy one yet. On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 9:00 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The older models, (XJ140, XKE, etc.) were fairly easy to service, as > raising the bonnet pretty much exposed the whole engine and front frame. > You just had to be careful not to bang your head on the XKE bonnet. XKE > bonnets were very heavy and not well balanced as far as the pivot point for > opening them. > > I loved working on XKEs, it was like working on a vintage domestic car > where you could almost sit in the engine compartment. Except for the front > of the engine, that was one area that was tight. > > If you want tight, try working on an XJ12. Much like this car, there was > barely enough room to extend your fingers into the gap between the side of > the engine and the inner fender. G-d forbid you have to work on the front > of the engine, like a water pump. That involved practically removing the > front clip. > > -D > > > On Dec 13, 2021, at 7:24 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > We had an XKE in the shop I worked in while in school. It had hit a deer > > and been repaired. The bonnet was HEAVY - we figured there must have > been 5 > > gallons of bondo on it. > > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 6:02 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> great advice. Joke I learned living in England- how come you never see > >> Jaguar with smashed front end? because hard to hit when you are always > >> behind recovery truck. > >> that said I have lusted for a Jag for 30 years. > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 6:32 PM G Mann via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Go look at it. Open the hood and study how it would be to actually work > >> on > >>> the engine. Try slipping your hands in to the available space, and > >> holding > >>> a wrench or a ratchet, then pull or push with force to remove or > replace > >>> any component you choose [if you own it, you will replace them all, > >> soon]. > >>> Carry plenty of Band-Aids and running shoes on this trip.... > >>> Then, decide just how truly bad you want to own one.... Then put on the > >>> running shoes and run away, quickly..... > >>> > >>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:44 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> From the pics it actually doesn't look too bad, but what could > >> possibly > >>>> go wrong > >>>> > >>>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/466203741515174 > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> --FT > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
