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Just found the following link on pistonheads chaps; http://www.pistonheads.com/calendar/event.asp?i=49122 Thought it may be of interest to you. They have advertised a Jaguar Sunday Meet ay Gaydon on the 2nd November (Sunday) You will notice there are many who have listed themselves for attendee's that will not be driving Jaguars however, some nice cars amongst them. It would be even better if we could get together a good fraction of the Jaguar Owners Club turning up and a good way to introduce ourselves to each other other than through a computer/laptop etc

Fantastic chap also Trevor, he took me and Kevin Sheedy for our first pint in the Market Tavern as it was then in Hereford. Sheedy went on to play for Everton and Ireland of course. I also attended John Charles's memorial service at the Bryngwyn Hall in Swansea (a ticket only occasion) supplied by clubs that you would have played with or been managed by the great man. It was full of celebrity football players, I was sat next to Mark Hughes who was the the manager of Wales

Scrum Half I played Trevor until Hereford Utd stopped me playing in case I got injured. I was signed at Hereford by the greatest football player ever to come out of Wales he was player/manager at the time. Charlo John Charles

Know the feeling Trevor, I actually done my senior schooling in Hereford due to my parents moving there when I was ten years old for work however, I was from Merthyr Tydfil therefore, streetwise and could handle myself to the quips being thrown at me being the new boy in school and it was nothing like the school I had attended in RAF (Rough as F*ck) Merthyr Tydfil where all schools were as hard as they got. When I moved back to Wales in my teens to take up an apprenticeship in the Coal mines I had to go through it all again having obtained a bit of a farmers accent and being regarded amongst the miners as a bit of a ponce because I played semi professional football for Hereford United. Again my right hander was enough to help me out.

Whats wrong with Lyndon? My wife is named Lyn Donovan

Just thinking out loud buddy and something is telling me spark plug coils, never worked on or had a X-Type but I have experienced a coil pack failure on a 2.4ltr V5 Golf in the past and from what I remember sounds familiar.

Or use the Welsh spelling Trefyr a single f is pronounced as a v ff is pronounced as f

What do they want for the wheels?

Looks a fantastic example David, bit weary of the price but then its price / mileage = You will not get a better colour but the only thing that would spoil it for me is a roof but the others prefer not to have a rag top

Spotted a fine looking XJS maroon in colour on the A470 between Merthyr Tydfil and Brecon today. Who was it? any member from the forum?

Sorry Mark wouldn't like to hazard a guess there, you have attempted the obvious

Croeso (Welcome) BB its good to have an online forum to turn to when you have something on your mind, don't quite understand or have a problem. You can be sure if you experience any of the aforementioned then others will have done therefore, answers should be in abundance. I'am also looking forward to Jaguar club meetings and the like, no doubt this will be after next spring now. I've only recently purchased my XKR so missed out out the fabulous summer albeit I still had the AMG then to drop the roof off. Take care buddy and have a pint of heavy for me KEN 33Y (yes thats my plate, also finished with the Taxi)

You're obviously having a little bit of a nightmare out there Graham, as for ideas none I'm sorry I can understand a brake failure through leakage on the master cylinder (my father had repaired it the previous day) which actually many years ago happened to me on my driving test. I brought the car to an halt using the gears and handbrake and the examiner was so impressed that he deemed that I was a proficient driver having brought the car to an emergency stop in difficult circumstances that he passed me. As for the wheels locking I have no explanation surely the reverse effect would be happening as if the master cylinder was locking on sending pressure on the wheel brake cylinders but if that were the case then all wheels would lock on and not individual ones.

Jaguar are building up a nice reputation for designing new cars

Excellent advice Luke however there is no real need to purchase a good code reader when there are one or two available free to download. I would highly recommend OBD2 then purchase a suitable lead to USB. I believe the S Type has a 16 pin plug / socket and a simple search for 16 pin to usb code reader OBD lead on ebay will bring up many. Just done a search for a lead and found this on Amazon which will even check if your car is compatable to the lead:.......http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-409-1-Support-VAG-COM-Diagnostic/dp/B0035ZX6U8 Seach on the software:..........http://sourceforge.net/projects/scantool/

Quite right Peter, probably where the post should be.

Certainly was Glyn especially after the year before, Nov 17th 1999 I was the electrical engineer turning the first floor of a multi storey car park into a Wilkinson store up in Blackpool. I was walking through checking on the progress of the lads work when 1 of the lads shouted down from a tower scaffold to me stating 'I've lost the power off my drill'. I followed his lead until I spotted it unplugged, bent down to plug it together and the next thing I remember was waking up in hospital many weeks later after coming out of intensive care and high dependancy. The builders still had people demolishing sections and they never baracaded an area off where they were dropping an air conditioning unit down complete with motor, straight on top of me it came smashing both my legs 6 breaks in 1 and 3 in the other, fractured skull and a few ribs. Took me 7 months to walk again.

Thought you may have been the Glyn owning Littlemill Services saying you had your own companies. I never came across Lightwaves. I'm still at it contracting to DCWW Dwr Cymru Welsh Water. I was also in Blast furnace No.4 at Port Talbot the day it went up in 2000. I was working for J W & E Morris and finished my shift at 16:30 the furnace went up at 17:10 therefore, I count myself a lucky man 3 killed and many serious injuries, burns etc

I have researched your issue and there would appear that there were issues with the S type gearbox Lurching is mentioned quite a bit and reading on Jaguar were re-programming the module

Where is this button Trevor? I think I would prefer to be in a position whereupon I can choose the louder anti social mode rather than having to put up with it on a long cruise journey

Glyn, what was the names of your own companies? I have also worked in Llanwern and Tremorfa at various times with Crown House

Hello Gidget, Croeso yes I enjoy confusing members with Welsh :D The forum is always useful for any questions you may have which we all have from time to time. Don't like tractors, caravans and cyclists

Thanks for that one Trevor, may save some money on a fancy stainless exhaust with sport cats probably about 1K

I know Trevor, if you drive around the most famous social housing estate in South Wales - The Gurnos (Merthyr Tydfil) I can guarantee you will not see a property without a Sky dish. You have to drive through the estate to get to Prince Charles Hospital and my good lady and I have often commented on the fact they cannot work but they can afford Sky. We haven't Sky installed at our home but that is not really because we cannot afford it more so we don't believe you are getting value for money with films being repeated over and over. I do enjoy the football but not at that price therefore, we stick to Freeveiw and Terrestrial for our entertainment. I was born in Merthyr Tydfil however, at the age of 7 my parents moved to Hereford hence I done all my schooling there until my Father decided to move back down to return to the coal mines where he could earn a lot more money. I completed my apprenticeship including my HND by 1976 and was put straight into the coal face where I was earning £250 a week. £102.00 weekly salary - £150.00 weekly bonus anyone working around those times would know that was an incredible amount of money to be earning more than the likes of solicitors, accountants even doctors in some cases. Got married in 1977 and bought my first house for cash, had to sell my beloved TR4 to help though