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Retro-fitting Bluetooth phone on the later model S-Types is a bit of a nightmare. Conventional wisdom has it that the BTUM socket, under the arm-rest storage bin will have eight wires if Bluetooth enabled or five wires otherwise has shown itself to be less than accurate recently. I've found several cars that have eight wires but they go to the wrong terminals in the BUTM connector and when traced back seem to bear no correlation at all to the available wiring diagrams. It can be done, but involves either running extra wiring from the boot to the BTUM socket or completely re-wiring a BTUM socket into the phone wiring in the boot. However, there is a much easier way and it relies on the combined Bluetooth / phone module fitted to very few of the last ever S-Types and also later X-Type models. The photograph illustrates the module you need and also shows the microphone (internal one shown here but external and arguably better one is available) and the Bluetooth aerial, complete with Fakra Z type connector which fits the module's aerial connector perfectly and can be had from fleabay for roughly a fiver. Ball park prices on fleabay, for example, would suggest that the components required to do the retro-fit the old way would cost £200. The newer combined module plus the aerial can be had for under £100 so, half the cost and a much easier fit. In addition, the later module allows the touchscreen to display signal strength and phone service supplier as well as allowing up to six different phones to be paired, unlike the earlier setup which allows only one pairing at a time. installation of the module is on the back of the Kaiser panel in the boot, which is directly behind the DVD, CDC, AMP stack. The module is a little smaller than the original so can either be bolted in to place with one bolt, or you could drill the Kaiser panel to secure it with four bolts. In my view, a sufficiently tightened single bolt will do the job. Then all that is required is to plug in the connector which will already be in the loom, make a D2B (fibre optic loop) connection, and plug in the aerial. The aerial is not for the phone's connection to the outside world, it merely serves for the Bluetooth wireless link and as such, it will work perfectly well if located under the parcel shelf or just behind the rear seats. There is no requirement to get it into the arm-rest storage cavity. It can be completely concealed. Initial pairing is the same procedure as for the earlier setup, except that it seems to pair a lot more quickly, gives you a real-time signal strength, directly from the phone, and also tells you the phone service provider. Well, that's the basics. It took Steve Foxton and I something in the region of thirty minutes to install his Bluetooth setup, start to finish, today. Albeit that the microphone was already installed for Jaguar Voice, but even allowing time for the microphone to be fitted it should be doable in less than an hour I'd say. This has to be one of the simplest retro-fits yet, and it works brilliantly.

I liked the idea of window tints to help with shading in hot weather, but did not like the permenancy or that they could scratch easily compared to glass. Did a search on the net and found Car Shades.com. Custom made window blinds that create the same effect as tints but allowing you to remove when not required. Ordered and delivered on a next day service for £74.00. excellent service and really easy to fit. I had a quote for tints at £150 so a no brainer, if your car is not listed, take it in as a doner car and get your shades for free ! http://www.carshades.co.uk/information/free-fitting/ pics below Cheers Andrew

this is the front bonnet plate catch. its been stripped of old paint and rust treated and now zinc galvanised sprayed. next stag will be primer then gloss black finish. man do i love my jaguar...sweet :-) all work done by myself..

No Andy, phone only, as per the original system.

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Welcome to the Club, Kenny. Predictive text seems to be a robot interfering with a human being --- or possibly vice versa. I first saw Terracleand on the TV just after I bought my 2.7D S type. It seems like a good process, and when a member local to me bought a 2.0 litre Diesel X type and found that it wouldn't start when it was hot -- which he found a bit of a nuisance -- he had taken it round to a well respected local Jaguar dealer who diagnosed that both the glow plugs and injectors needed replacing at a cost of £1200, he asked me if there was an alternative. We talked about terraclean, and two days lated he told me that he had just spent about £110 to have it done ----- and the car was now running perfectly. There nothing wrong with my s type, but I thought that I would try it out to see if it improved what I thought was rather a good engine. I was getting around 40 mpg on a long run and around 28 mpg round the city. A few days after I had it done I went to a funeral in Sheffield about 90 miles away, half dual carriageway and half on the M1 which was limed to 50 mph because of roadworks. For that half of the journey got 50.3 mpg! A different route using more motorway but less restrictions one I was able to put my foot down a bit over half of the 100 miles return trip the result for the round trip was 46.1 mpg. The car was also much more responsive. I was also advised to us premium fuel, which I have done ever since. Two weeks ago I drove up the Lake District - 215 miles and got 46.7 mpg on the way up and on the way back on a Bank Holiday Monday with holdups, I got 45.6 mpg. This is the third diesel I have had, the first two were both Rovers, the 418 Peugeot engined diesel and the 420 Rover diesel, bot of which returned on average over very big mileages around 38 mpg. My much bigger and heavier S type Jaguar with the 2.7 diesel gives me about 560 miles on a full tank -- over 40 mpg. I have no connection with the Terraclean service, but just tell people my experience, Regards, Peter.

Hi Mally, I do get lost in Widnes whenever I go, and as they have knocked down the village a mile outside the town ht told landmarks have gone. My wife is 75 on the 23rd April, and our daughter and son in law are giving he a birthday present by coming up from London and taking us both out to dinner in a very posh restaurant -- in a very tall building! I will PM you with my 'phone number and the name of the hotel we are staying in -- there is a big car park near it where we can park. Regards, Peter.