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.
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[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.
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[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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