(01/06/2023)
If you look closely underneath on the passenger side, the SECOND engine mount is visible!
Is there a reason Jaguar left the engine pull hooks attached to the V12?
I had to remove more coolant. This is one of the hoses I pulled.
Oh look, more relays random electrical crap mounted somewhere random.
Jag didn’t want that oxygen sensor to get unplugged I guess. Not like a light would appear if the sensor went bad (looking at you, 30k mile timer)
Another in-line fuse with a fancy mount.
(01/04/2023)
The driver side of the cabin is getting cleaner!
This random pipe was under the hood. It’s used for coolant. It has a bleeder on the right side and exits the engine bay at the radiator support goes around the front and goes BACK into the engine bay on the left side. Why???
Under the hood I found more relays and inline fuses and a random resistor pack.
(12/18/2022)
As this is being converted to electric, the heating will change from water to electric. Also, I need to make the AC electric as well. There will be challenges here…so where do I start? The display of course!
So in the Jaguar there is a trip computer that shows a clock, fuel used, etc. That isn’t really going to be necessary in it’s original form for the electric rebuild. Additionally I plan to completely use a different HVAC air box setup as the factory one is a bit more complicated than needed.
So, I started looking at gutting the trip computer to repurpose it to be a climate control computer. I plan to make it look stock, but function very different.
Lucas – We use wooden beads for PCB standoffs.
I really like these illuminated buttons, but I was quite shocked to find they were illuminated with an incandescent lamp! On the plus side, LED conversion is simple since the button is hollow up the middle!
I plan to use a 7-segment LED display, in green, to have the look and feel of 1986 electronics. Also something I like? No tail on the top of the 6. It’s a hold over from TTL 7-segment drivers and I’ve always liked it.
(12/16/2022)
I spent today cutting and gutting.
Lucas – we can’t make our voltage regulators work properly, but we CAN alert you when the voltage goes too high!
I uncovered this on the driver side kick panel:
This is the brake light switch. It looks like something out of the 1950s.
As I began to remove the harnesses tucked up inside that cavern in the kick panel:
Poured in epoxy. Zero markings. Inline fuse.
Here we have power resistors, covered in tape, behind the instrument cluster.
More grounds. Everywhere you look there are grounds.
Insulation all comes out in chunks. This will all be replaced with Dynamat
I’ve never seen a vehicle that had a complete electrical schematic included in the owner’s manual…
Every connector I found, I put in this bucket:
(12/12/2022)
I’m just going to let these pictures speak for themselves.
EV-XJS 