However, it would be good to know where the “good” trans shops are in
Adelaide…can you give me any pointers here? BTW: The XJ6 uses
the BW-66.
Ah the BW - 66 I’ve rebuilt a few of them myself. The best trans shop in
Adelaide, and this is generally accepted by everyone in the industry as
well, is Rowell & Searle Auto Transmissions. They are at 127( I think)
Pulteney St in the city. They are a bit more expensive than just about
anywhere else you would go but if quality of workmanship, experience and
after sales service ( waranty etc. ) are important to you, then this is
the place to go. This is the crowd I worked for as I said for about 5
years off and on ( I actually worked for them 3 times over the years due
to a strange apprenticeship scheme I was involved in ) While involved in
the motor industry ( I’m out of it now ) I saw some fairly dodgy things
but I’d have to say still, these guys are the best. ( not at being dodgy
that is )
If your not quite that rich ( they’re still worth going to for a quote
anyway ) you could try a bloke I know called Phil Jacobs. He worked with
me at Rowell & Searle for a year or two and now runs his own show. He’s
on Regency Rd at Arnedale. The place is called Jacobs’ Automatics.
He’s real good at giving you what you want if you cant afford the expense
of a total overhaul. ie: he can do a very reliable repair at reasonable
prices.
Have you any thoughts on the good/bad aspects of regularly (and assumed
properly) adjusting the bands (at each service interval) or should they
not need fiddling with in an trans in good condition or does normal
wear necessitate adjustment every time?
I se no reason why band adjustments shouldn’t be done at each trans
service. This is part of what you are paying for and on a "66 it’s so
easy anyway. It also gives an indication of the condition and state of
wear of the bands. eg if they need a lot of adjusting all of a sudden
it’s a fair bet they’re getting knackered. (there are of course other
indications that will show up with regular trans servicing )
Scott.
Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.edu.au] PH: Aus [61] Adelaide (8) Local (201 5104).
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Regards
Dene Oehme
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From: scott (Scott Fisher)
Date: Fri, 12 May 95 08:37:41 CST
Subject: BW-66 Squonk (woops wrong file!)
The last post I made was the wrong filew
Greetings Jaguarphiles…
It’s interesting how you start thinking about things then something happens
that makes the problem top priority…well that’s been my experience with
my Jag anyway 
Some of you may remember my call for info on BW66 servicing…
On the weekend my BW-66 went into soft-fail mode…that is an internal front
seal went and the box started slipping/sqonking and squealing in 2nd gear. I
say soft-fail because the car was still mobile…This was a bit depressing
since at 67,000 km which was 34,000 km (24000 miles) and 4 years ago (I don’t
do a lot of miles in the XJ) a complete trans overhaul was performed (to the
tune of AUS $1000). This included new torque converter and all the internal
bits (seals, bands etc etc)
Well today and $1060 (US $830) later I have my car and trans back to normal…
my wife thinks it’s “cute” how the Jaguar pops up and costs us a grandevery so
often
I just thought I’d put this up as a data-point in the ever increasing evidence
against the BW65/66 trans.