Saturday 15 June 2019

3D printed headlight mounting clip + bezel + another thermostat

Yesterday my new 3D printed headlight mounting clips were finished and delivered. What a nice piece of engineering, nearly identical, only the surface is not as smooth but I don't care.











And today I had also the other headlight bezel fixed, sprayed the mounting iron and pop rivetted it.



And all now nicely put together. So looks like all is sorted now, almost …

By surprise I learned (via www.foreverxjs.com) that the XJS has two thermostats! Something I never realized (https://foreverxjs.com/f/coolant-check-up-change-your-coolant-now).

Luckily this one is easy accessible. Oly had to remove the airfilter:


As I didn't want to drain all the coolant I simply cut the old can (which I saved) in half. It was a flexible plastic can so I could fit it underneath nicely:







Also this new one is the 82 C degrees thermostat



All cleaned, sanded, mounted and filled up with coolant.

Afterwards I made a small testdrive and all looks good now.

Except there is now a parking light failure, well, only the light is lit up constantly on the dashboard. And when I hit the brake I get another light lit, indicating there is lightbulb failure. But both rear brake lights are working though. So something to further troubleshoot next time.

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