Evening Folks,
Started out this morning cleaning the front wheels with their years of accumulated grime and dirt. I just couldn't put them on the car with all that crap on them.
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| This is after the first washing ;-) |
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| A little better |
After I cleaned and installed the wheels CD was back on all fours and ready to roll, or so I thought. What I didn't expect was that she wouldn't go in gear! Well back up in the air with her and I readjusted all the play out of the linkage and low and behold it worked. Well, that's good news bad news as it means that the clutch and throw out bearing are at the end of their useful lifespan. Sadly, replacing the clutch on these cars is an engine out operation and not for the faint of heart, then there's the while we're at it phenomena.
Enough of that, I took CD out for a test drive and even with the front end needing alignment she ran well and tracked well with the steering wheel centered-yeah! That being said I noticed the oil pressure dropping as I drove and settled out at 20 psi, not good! So time to turn around. I suspect that the oil sender has bitten the dust so will check with a direct reading gauge (I'll just pull the one off my car and check). Aside from that the engine sounded good except that it pings somewhat, I'll check the timing on it. This year Jaguar had a lot of emission related changes and one of them was a 20 degree distributor which often results in the engine being way too advanced causing it to 'ping/detonate'. Detonation is no laughing matter as it can damage the engine so we need to fix that!
The other thing I noticed was the difference between our cars, I had forgotten how many little modifications that I've made to Shawnee B A to allow me to drive her comfortably. If CD were mine the sun visors would be the first thing to go ;-)
Till next week,
"That's All Folks"
Cheers,
Lynn
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Nice work on those wheels, Lynn. Looks vastly improved to me. Sorry to hear about the clutch and throwout bearing. I remember driving Shawnee and you instructing me how to extend the life of the bearing. Yep, gotta get that pinging stopped. Ruby had a little bit after the last tour and I think I got it resolved.
ReplyDeleteThanks Drew, I agree with your thoughts on the the clutch and throw out bearing. When I reviewed the service records Jennifer brought out I didn't see any reference to a clutch replacement so it's about time I suspect. On the bright side, I installed a direct reading oil pressure gauge under the bonnet today and the oil pressure is just fine, ~45 at idle when the OEM gauge is reading 20-25. I think the dizzy will need to be pulled out and serviced, the infamous engine rebuilder that I used in the past modified my OEM dizzy to reduce the advance by welding up the limiting arm. Might have to do that or look for a new dizzy but I'll talk to Jennifer first. At some point I want to do a compression check on the engine to access it's general state of 'health' before I do the clutch work. Probably save the clutch work till this winter.
ReplyDeleteAs always, tank you for your interest and comments!
Cheers,
Lynn