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Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:36 am
by Hooli
The only other rot I can find is minor surface stuff and the corners under the rear lights. I will have a damned good look at the other inner wing too.

I suspect this is partly due to its early life in that there London and slamming over speed bumps all day.

My neighbour has offered me use of a mig welder but knowing how my previous attempts turned out I don't feel brave enough to do structural stuff like this. I will try and learn on other things like making bits for my Triumph that really needs to get back on the road over winter.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:36 pm
by Hooli
Ahhh bollocks!

I really really really should learn to just paint underseal over surface rust & not brush it back with the intention of plastering it in kurust & paint first. It turns out the floor isn't connected to the sill on the driver's side for about 6" and a rear suspension bracket has a hole in it, amongst other minor* issues.

This is going to be an expensive MOT. If I could weld I'd try to do it myself but it's something I've never been able to get the hang of. So I've treated it with kurust & I shall now ignore it till the TPS turns up next week & I can get it to the garage for a price/booked in.

Passenger side isn't too bad apart from the hole i fillered the other week.
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However this is the bracket holding the rear subframe on the NSR.
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The driver's side floor isn't attached here.
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Oh & my trolley jack has decided it won't go past half height, I think it needs oil but no real idea how much to top them up with or though which hole.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:25 pm
by The Reverend Bluejeans
Looking at the complete lack of seam sealer, it's amazing it's lasted this long.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:10 pm
by richardthestag
they all do that sir. boils my piss it does because £10 spent in the factory would have avoided this.

You need to learn to weld, get a mig and practice on scrap steel. this is how I started 2 years ago. within minutes i was getting the hang of it. thing is that everytime I weld (or paint for that matter) I learn something new

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:51 pm
by Hooli
I've owned a Mig & practiced on a XR4i, I never got any better. I didn't understand what I was doing wrong so couldn't improve.

TBH the state of my back these days, palming such jobs off to a garage is more & more tempting anyway. It just doesn't seem worth being in pain for several days to save the money.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:23 pm
by DodgeRover
What happened to under seal under that Jag? It all looks like it's unprotected

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:28 pm
by Hooli
That's how they do it. It's got a thin layer of stone chip stuff, in those pics I've already wirebrushed the rough bits back & painted with rust killer in places.

It is crap though, not nearly enough seam sealer or underseal to properly protect it.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:43 pm
by Hooli
Updatings!

I've replaced the TPS so it drives again. You're meant to do a complicated calibration process using the dealer only JIS software as the TPS only comes as part of a throttle body. So I put live data on my el-cheapo ODBII reader, found the old TPS read 2% throttle with the ignition on & the engine off, so I adjusted the new one to near enough the same point & it runs fine.

I've dropped it off at the garage today, his words at seeing the inner wing were 'Fuck, I've never seen one do that before!' which is obviously* a good sign... They are swapping the lamba I couldn't get undone too, along with the other stuff that needs doing. I suspect my credit card will grow to hate this car....

This is obviously ideal* timing for all the wet weather we're getting as I now only have the bike on the road.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:57 pm
by The Reverend Bluejeans
Having said that, it's almost 20 years old. How long was it supposed to last before rusting? Go back 20 years, and a 19 year old Jag was found in a museum. My 1977 XJS needed extensive bodywork in 1985, and again in 1990.

Re: Supercharging the climate with a XJR V8 - Bloody Rot!

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:59 pm
by Hooli
Aye it's of that age that it needs saving from old age or running as a banger, I'm trying to do the former as I'd like to keep it long term.