Stray cat

[dakazman]

You dog! What a cool project. I think you are going to overtake me as the lord of projects because you are actually making progress! That said... I recently became a Jag man myself too! It was given to me...

   Nice projects Chuck ! 

. Hopefully it should only take me a few months on the 140, the xke is going out to get glass bead blasted Monday. Tomorrow I need to get the Xke engine on the stand, but finding the correct bolts that are packaged up is time consuming, and then the harness of the S1 and the xke mounted to a build board.
  Finding new places to store everything is difficult so I don’t get bogged down thankfully he donated his trailer to help there.
 
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[dakazman]

  The Xke engine is on the work stand, why would you stall a rebuilt?  No gaskets under head or oil pan.i have some dirty work cleaning up an open engine after 5 years o sitting in warehouses.
 After cleaning I could read the part numbers off the top of the new pistons. I did find a main bearing lock tab bent open on one bolt, were they removing that cap or forget to lock ?
  The MK in the background is also his, I found several items that need attention after he just had a tune-up on it . 2 out of six plugs changed … no lower ball joint rubbers , leaking cracked radiator hose, front wheel loose y at least 1/4” wobble…. And a few other items. 🤬 I hate when people get ripped off.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

 After cleaning the engine I found I need to get number 6 cylinder re sleeved. Tear down went easily and I found where old tech cotterpins and locking tabs interesting.
  Body back from blasting and now my tedious task of cleaning and prepping the bare metal for primer and filling the books and crannies with wax.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

  I had to shift gears here a little this week as I found an unexpected defect in the motors number 1s bore that would need a sleeve be replaced. So tear down went well and now waiting for it to go to the machine shop .
 Then back to meticulously cleaning every inch of the blasted parts. Then following it up with an epoxy primer. Then i decided the best course of action to repair the corrosion in the door skin would be to remove the skin. It wasn’t that bad to remove and I’m glad I did or else it wouldn’t be long before rust would be coming through.  New skin at $500 plus shipping from the uk or find a fabricator that could copy it , or…. Splice in a few sections.  Then the rear quarter panels . Then top it off with new floor panels and repairs on the left rear fender. 😵‍💫😥
  Tomorrow the other door.
I did manage to get a few hours in on the S1 , that story later.

[BDA]

I'm envious of your garage that it can hold another project! That Jag has got to be a great project!

[dakazman]

  Just cleaning the last of the part that were in the trailer along with the body. I’m glad that over with but I’m missing a bunch of parts to assembly an entire car. Maybe some of them will be in the next delivery along with the bonnet.
 It’s been to windy to prime these parts outside and I’m not moving two other cars to spray inside.
I’ll do that when I spray the final color.
 
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[dakazman]

 Chuck , my father had that jag😃👍.
 
 This is the ugliest part of my build, luckily the owner said cut it out! Now I’ll be able to get to the upper section and do some repairs to that🤮. The previous shop welded the new center section in with the sections upside down.  I have a monsters Task ahead of me.  Then don’t ask about the previous shop repairs of the floor panels. They even cut through the fuel line.
Dakazman

[TurboFource]

Yikes …. Lovely repair 

[EuropaTC]

Hmm, interesting repair. Don't you have welding sets over there ?   

[dakazman]

Hmm, interesting repair. Don't you have welding sets over there?   

 
  What are welding sets?

  I admit these repairs look to be done by high school shop class if that. Luckily that is it for repairs, maybe a little in the trunk lip.
Dakazman
 

[dakazman]

  I got the blessing from the owner to replace this panel that was “fixed”, previously.
As you can see it was welded in upside down on the new center section. Then it went to ship building with just weld in another section and cover it with bondo.
  This and the rear floor panels is what I’m up against. All the other that were in the trailer it was stored in are refinished except for the differential. Engine still at machinist.
 Dakazman

[dakazman]

  A little cutting later…, it was definitely the right choice. I now have access to redo some other  previous repairs. I still have a lot of trimming to do on the underside and a Final Cut when I get the replacement panels.
Dakazman

[Kendo]

OK, like DK, I have never heard of “welding sets”. So I went googling, thinking in context it meant a set of replacement panels for, oh say a jag under repair. Nope, Google only offered “sets” as positions to weld, like vertically, or horizontally. So I’m guessing we are talking about a regional usage, which could be quite useful to spread to the rest of the world. So, please enlighten us

[dakazman]

  Now for a real test for my patience, trying to save as much of this numbers matching gearbox .
I walked away twice all ready. It amazes me how an owner can let it get to this state, and holding on to it for 59 years.  I’m guessing mercury damaged to the cover plate but just plain corrosion is also possible. Last pic
  Bell housing and oil pan trash .  That should add about 2k to build this car easy. You thought Europa parts are expensive , geez, highway robbery.
Dakazman