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Hi all I’m looking for some advice on my S type it’s been off of the road for around a year now I can’t bring myself to part with it I have an mot booked next week and I know it will fail on a number of problems but I’m most worried about some rust I’ve discovered on the front passenger side sill and also some rubber bushings/mounts on the lower subframe I’ve attached some photos if anybody can give some advice id greatly appreciate it I’m debating weather it’s worth my time keeping it anymore or if I should let it go

Hi Pm your reg, I can look on Jaguar sdd and it should tell me when it was made if its a 4.2 v8, the engine number is the time and date it was made, that will give you a good idea cheers Joe

Hi Yes there bolt on and pretty straight forward to swap cheers Joe

I'm about to embark on similar rust repairs to the rear of my sills, following an MoT failure a few days ago. My tester wasn't quite as generous as yours, obviously! The big thing with rust is to nip it in the bud before it spreads, even if you just spray rust neutraliser/converter in/on those panels for now so they don't get worse before you get time to repair it properly. Those bushes don't look too bad, it's the subframes that would bother me to be honest. As for your brake imbalance, chances are the sliders and/or calipers have siezed through lack of use, you may find driving it up to ~30mph and hitting the brakes hard a few times will help "rebalance" them but also try driving along with the brakes lightly applied before doing that. The heat generated will help shift the stuck calipers/slides. Very true but that's why we're all here, it is something different from the Euro-blob norm that so many people blindly accept as cars these days!

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Hi Thanks for giving me some advice sorry for the late response work gets in the way. I took my jag for the MOT and all it failed on was the brakes being imbalanced across axels so new disks and pads all round should remedy that but the rust definitely needs attention which I am prepared to do, It’s going to be quite expensive to get it so the car can be preserved but it’s only done 65,000 miles and drives like a dream I think these cars will start to get pretty rare soon and we need to save them whilst we can I know the s type is a somewhat controversial car in jaguars history but it’s a car that has a soul and personality.

I have literally just gone through this with my S-Type R 2002. I had similarly rusty sills and when the undertrays and skirts were removed it wasnt pretty. Its ended up costing me £2500 in metalwork having them replaced on both sides. There were three panels that come together and they had all started to rust badly. The sills are open at the ends so water gets in and rots them. I also have rust starting to show in the rear passenger door opening by the sill plate. I think if it's started to go, you are going to have to spend money on metalwork and welding pretty soon now if you want it to be solid and last.