[pre-xk] Jaguar Mark IV engine (re)build - I need some hints! Read more

Pre-XK
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Hello everyone.

One year ago I’ve bought Jaguar Mark IV 1.5L saloon from 1948.

The car came with two engines:

  • engine that was originally in, when the car has left
    Coventry factory - this engine is in parts

  • second engine (which is now inside the car) is from another
    Jag MK4 1.5L
    and it works - quity loud but works.

Now… where do I start…

My first goal is building the originall engine from the parts
that I have.

The second goal is rebuilding the engine which is in the car -
cause it works too loud (even for a 1.5 litre Jaguar MK4)

I’m not mechanic so I will need help - firstly I want to know
whether these parts are complete or not to start this project.

I’ve made pictures and divided them in four sections: RED,
BLUE, YELLOW and GREEN.

RED Section

BLUE Section

YELLOW Section

GREEN Section

I’ve also recorded wideo that shows how loud the engine in the
car works:

The car was in service aprox. 30 years ago!

All comments are welcome!

Mateusz–
fojbos
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In reply to a message from fojbos sent Sun 9 Jun 2013:

I seems that the photo links are broken,

here is the slideshow of these pics:

http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/matekra/slideshow/Jaguar%20M
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Hi Mateusz,

If you don’t already have the Service Manual and Parts List then you can
buy them on CD.
For example: http://www.motoringclassics.co.uk/ss-and-jaguar-saloons/p21770
This will allow you to determine the completeness of your part sets.

Regards,

Peter

fojbos wrote:>

I’m not mechanic so I will need help - firstly I want to know
whether these parts are complete or not to start this project.

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One major missing component is the crankshaft.

Peter

fojbos wrote:> In reply to a message from fojbos sent Sun 9 Jun 2013:

I seems that the photo links are broken,

here is the slideshow of these pics:

http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/matekra/slideshow/Jaguar%20MK4

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Also 4 inlet and 4 exhaust valves.

fojbos wrote:> In reply to a message from fojbos sent Sun 9 Jun 2013:

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…and 8 cam followers and their retaining bars if they aren’t still in
the block.

fojbos wrote:> In reply to a message from fojbos sent Sun 9 Jun 2013: