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Only just joined up after trawling for info on a recently acquired Jag (another saga for that section!)Retired Aircraft Engineer, then teaching, then Medical Engineering with a life-long passion for anything with wheels. 64 next birthday but still tinkering with a home brewed fuel injected Clubman Estate and have had Minis for over 40 years. Also into Jaguars and Honda motorcycles. Now got a nice toy cupboard here in the Orkney Isles - drop in when you're passing, the kettle is always on! I have a little hobby web site with lots of this stuff on at: www.stallard-engineering.co.uk
Best regards to all,
Ian
Best regards to all,
Ian
Edited by Orcadian on Sunday 20th January 09:52
Hi Ian,
My Jaguar XJ8 key fob was slowly dying, and finally a few weeks ago it died completly. I changed the batteries of course, and cleaned it thoroughly with alcohol cleaner, to no avail.
Then I read your topic on Jaguar key fob problems, and how you cleaned the contacts using an eraser. I tried this, and it worked wonderfully!
Many thanks for the tip.
My Jag, bought a couple of years ago, looks identical to yours, 1999, Canival (or is it Cardinal) Red, beige interior. Mecanically it's perfect, but I had to do loads of rust work on the underneath, and will probably have to do a bit every year.
Keep up the good work!
My Jaguar XJ8 key fob was slowly dying, and finally a few weeks ago it died completly. I changed the batteries of course, and cleaned it thoroughly with alcohol cleaner, to no avail.
Then I read your topic on Jaguar key fob problems, and how you cleaned the contacts using an eraser. I tried this, and it worked wonderfully!
Many thanks for the tip.
My Jag, bought a couple of years ago, looks identical to yours, 1999, Canival (or is it Cardinal) Red, beige interior. Mecanically it's perfect, but I had to do loads of rust work on the underneath, and will probably have to do a bit every year.
Keep up the good work!
Hello and welcome to the forum,
Glad you got the fob issue sorted - not totally necessary but damned inconvenient when not working. I wrote an article for the Jag Enthusiasts magazine on the same subject and many folk have had success. Yes, the X308’s do suffer from rust in very inconvenient places and I now have a Daimler X308 which is excellent in all respects - took a long time to find a good one though!
Regards,
Ian
Glad you got the fob issue sorted - not totally necessary but damned inconvenient when not working. I wrote an article for the Jag Enthusiasts magazine on the same subject and many folk have had success. Yes, the X308’s do suffer from rust in very inconvenient places and I now have a Daimler X308 which is excellent in all respects - took a long time to find a good one though!
Regards,
Ian
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