Mk7 daydreams and nightmares

[Rob_Reilly]

You should have a tiny little tube coming out of the big brass base at the gauge end. Fill there.
I just finished doing my Mark V. Here’s the thread.

Temperature Gauge Repair

I successfully repaired my Mark V temperature gauge which had the tube cut off at the capillary bulb. I read Roger’s writeup and a couple of others I found on the web. Just recording here a few other details and observations. This gauge X.70915/1 is unique to Mark V among Jaguars, may have been used in other marques, but I did not find any reference on the web. [IMG_20201003_085408133] My '38 SS and '51 XK120 have gauge X.42638/6 which was used in all '38-'48 saloons and XK120/140, but not …