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hi not wont damage the gears but may of damaged the J-gate or selecter depending on what it has if the gearbox does not see its in park or neutral, it wont let the car start cheers Joe

hi great cars, there getting to age now where they need some tlc, regular maintenance usually keeps them going well, mines been well looks after and has been very reliable cheers Joe

hi the batteries in the remote have nothing to do with the imobiliser, theres a transponder chip in each key that used to read a code so the car will start you can remove the remote and the car will still start fine as some cars came with a valet key just to start the car and gives no access to boot and glovebox so if your car was cutting out, its something else, just a fluke as changing the battery cured it cheers Joe

hi try Krown rust treatmentm, there very good just google them and they also have a group on facebook with plenty of videos they do a very good job and treat the whole car inside and out also comes with a guarantee thanks Joe

Hi Sure the diesel have timing belts, 2 off, one at front for timing and 1 at rear for high pressure fuel pump usually 10 years or 100k, Jaguar use to do fixed priced servicing on these, but would be better off with a good indy also if genuine parts are used you can forget about it for another 10 years, if after market parts are used, like gates belts, there only 6 year interval cheers Joe

Hi Put them on ebay, by far has the widest audience, just look on there and see what other seats are selling for, then adjust because there unused do you know what year they are, as the drivers seat on some will be canbus controlled, might want to include pics of any modules underneath them and if there heated or not, will make them worth more cheers Joe

hi if you have the touch screen I upgraded mine to Jagdroid, by far the best out there, but its not cheap but if its a keeper its well worth it basically anything you can do on your phone, you can do on this, with reverse cameras, internet, dab and lots more https://www.jagdroid.org/ love mine, really great cheers Joe

hi you need to find a better garage, finding a battery drain should be quite easy you need to connect a ameter to the battery and check what the drain is after 40 minutes when the car goes asleep would be a heavy drain if its going flat within 24 hours, really fast drain could be a faulty alternator with the ammeter connected, you need to pull fuses and relays till the drain stops any auto electrician should be able sort this have a look here http://www.jagrepair.com/images/TSB/TSB2/S-Type/414Charging/S414-01am Quiescent Drain Current.pdf http://www.jagrepair.com/images/TSB/TSB2/S-Type/414Charging/S414-02 High Quiescent Drain.pdf cheers Joe

Hi Have you made sure the battery is fully charged, also once fully charged, disconnect it for a few minutes and then try otherwise see if you have any fault codes cheers Joe

Hi Try Auto reserve jaguar, Iv had parts off them, there very good cheers Joe

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

hi wiring diagrams are above as yours is a 2002 is it preface lift 2002 or facelift, does it have the old dash or newer dash as wiring is different cheers Joe

Hi look same as s-type they can stick if not used for long period of time I just operate mine once a week and never had any issues cheers Joe

hi you need to remove the display and check for power at the connectors, could be a bad display if you need wiring diagrams look here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

Hi its usually something to do with the remote, missimg screw and loose connection will do it, glad its sorted you'ld of thought the first thing he would of checked was the battery was fitted correct cheers Joe

HI transponder is chip in key, remotes talk to door module. new remotes can only be added with software like Jaguar ids/sdd you cannot add remotes with any other procedure by pressing buttons or switching keys all post 2002 s-type are like this should of been programmed to the car when the key (transponder chip in key) was coded to the car cheers Joe

Hi looks great The top side tend to hold quite well and look good and even better when detailed can also recomend when washing you car that a bit of time is spent cleaning the hidden bits, especially wheel arch area, and under side, sills and splash areas from wheels you be amazed how much salt this time of year accumalates in just a few days, when you snow foaming, do the arches and sills and if you use a wash/wax type wash, same again, It does eat the metal and alluminium. so easy to keep on top of I use a autobrite ceramic protection in the snow foam gun to do the arches and underside and it really does stop the dirt sticking cheers Joe

Hi If you like tinkering with your car have a look at this link, lots of info to keep the car running http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

Hi Yes those are easier, you would'nt need the relay but would have to fabricate some kind of bulb holder, or even some old bulb holders and fix into them and solder wires on them they look ok though cheers Joe

Hi Try charging the battery overnight These are really fussy about low battery voltages Diesel eat batteries, especially on short runs, they need at least 20 minutes running just to put back in, what was taken out, just by starting it if the overnight charge works, it may need a new battery if you do only short runs, you may want to purchase a smart charger like a CTEK to keep it topped up, thse can be left on all the time to keep the battery perfect cheers Joe

The VVT does seem to get sticky, the flush seems to work well on these wonder how many people have replaced the VVT units when they just needed flushing would probably do another one, when you next change the oil. can recommend the Archoil products for this Glad your sorted cheers Joe

hi if your after DRL indicators or DRL/Fogs have a look here Joes drl link Think I was the first to convert these over 7 years ago cheers Joe

Hi Unless your buying a good one, as there reasonable expensive then I would no bother the cheaper ones will only mark the paint on the corners and edges as there not lined also the cheap ones dont breath, so the car will hold damp and will sweat like nothing you've seen ideally the best cover would be a car port, keeps the main elements off and allow the car breath and dry correct cheers Joe

Hi were the injectors coded to the car, a lot of injectors these days have to be coded to the car to allow correct flow calibration have you checked it got fuel pressure, ideally with a mechanical gauge on the rail getting it plugged in with something like Jaguar SDD software might show more info where it can scan all the modules and see if theres any faults most generic code reader will only read engine ecu, which wont help, if you have a module fault, have seen some modern cars where they wont start because the alternator has failed and unplugging it, then the car will start If it were mine, I'd start with Jaguar SDD software, its the best out there cheers Joe