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Today I changed the wiper blades on my S-Type. At first it seems complicated as you cannot pull the wiper arms past the bonnet, leaving you in that head scratching situation. But on the wiper blade mount there is a small clip underneath which you push upwards as hard as you can and then slide the blade off... with a small wiggle it will come off the arm. Take off the hose from the washer jet and then when the blade is free you need to take the centre mount clip off (quite hard to get the plastic clip off, use a big headed screw driver to prise it off, but be careful not to break) which as the washer jet attached to it and apply to new blade. I put 10" and 12" PIAA blades on mine... works a treat PIAA blades are awesome as they are silicone, i have a few sets in my garage if anyone wants to buy a set.

Which cable is it? If it's the passenger side one, then if you have a mesh grille it is easy to make a hook on the end and pull the lever that releases the latch ?thats what I did. I have.read were others have took the tray off under the radiator and reached up with a long screwdriver or similiar to operate the the lever to release the catch? If it's the main wire that operates both catches from the drivers side it's difficult , could mean damaging the grille to gain access, due to the mechanism being protected by an anti theft device that has to be UNBOLTED? Don't tell anybody but I.have taken mine off!!! Hope this helps Stan

Time to firm up some information for the day :) As it stands at the moment, the following are intending to attend (as it were) :- Paul (Raistlin) S Type Peter (Old Peter) S Type Steve (pablojag1) XKR Stan. S Type Paul (Skelly) X Type john jackson s type tony jover michael patterson andy wolley x type spencer beeson xj40 +1 les aston +1 martyn webster +1 mark bailey +1 pete Mann +1 ? 2 Brian S Type Philip (numkelfutumch) +1 S Type Yuri +1 Skelly Virre X Type Martinkessy S Type jiejie321 m1ken Stanboy (S Type) Jimmy (X Type) Andy Knox. Dave (X Type) +1 or 2 Abbas [XJ] Haydn [Glyn] [[s Type] There will be space for others if you make a late decision :) All of the information about the museum can be gleaned from their web-site which has a link in the first post of this thread. Peter and I propose to be at the venue for 10:00 am and we are able to stay, if we wish, until 5:00 pm. The signage and reserved parking will be in place from 10:00 am. When you arrive and go to the pay point, please tell the person at the desk that you are a member of the JoC and be prepared to quote this reference:- 2176155, to enable you to claim the JoC discount price. I imagine a fair bit of the time will be spent ogling each other's cars but don't forget that there is a whole magnificent motoring museum to be seen as well. We propose a gathering of the clan at 12:00. This is intended to be outdoors with our cars but, in the event of actual or impending inclement weather, we will have made alternative arrangements. This will be decided by Peter and I before you arrive and we'll let you know when you see us. Peter has produced a program per car and these will be handed to you upon arrival as well. Your program will have a reference number on the cover. This will be of importance at the gathering because it will be your free entry into a raffle. The prizes (gizits) are not yet finalised and acknowledgement is given to those who have sponsored the meet. I will be bringing my Mongoose kit along in the hope of getting a little bit of hands on experience between myself and miken (Thomas). Anybody else is welcome to observe and, if you have any experience, to advise :D . Other than the gathering at 12:00 we have no formal arrangements planned as this is our first attempt at bringing members in this area together for a social event. What Peter and I do hope though, is that it will be a memorable event and the catalyst for others to try their hand at arranging similar. PLEASE, feel free to ask questions and offer advice. There is an eating place on the site which is perfectly acceptable but you might want to consider the possibility of a picnic. We would ask, please, that there is no mechanical work carried out on the cars. The reason for mentioning that is experience. I once attended a similar meeting for the Rover 75 / MGZT club at Chasewater and the management were distinctly unimpressed when several cars appeared to discard various parts of their structure including bumpers, brake disks etc. As an aside, if that sort of hands-on, work on cars with like minded souls appeals, I can probably arrange something of the sort along the lines of the Rover 75 MGZT Nano-meets. If anybody is interested I'll happily tell them what sort of thing goes on at such a meet. Not for this meet though... please Peter will be adding a further information post to this thread sometime just before the event to finalise any details. In the meantime, I'm really looking forward to putting faces to names :D To that end, it might be nice if you'd print out a sheet to be placed on the dashboard of your car giving details of who you are (forum username and real name maybe?) plus any other information you might think would be useful. For example details of the car, any modifications possibly? Anyway, that's a suggestion and is entirely up to you. Above all else, have a great time so that we want to do the same again :D