My $3,500 Jaguar - The 'Mad Jag'

[Uncle Gump]

Sounds like a bad caliper to me.

 

[bobbywalter]

was it a new caliper?

 

[MaicoDoug]

What? No 8-71 blower on top of a BBC?

 

[Jim Oaks]

was it a new caliper?

Yes, the caliper, rotor and pads are all new.

 

[Jim Oaks]

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I had to pull the back seat up, disconnect the module for the air suspension, and wire a bypass module into one of the plugs. This will keep me from getting an air suspension error message now that it's gone. I stuck the plugs and the bypass module to the sheetmetal under the air suspension module with some 3M double sided adhesive so they're not floating around behind the seat.

So the air suspension and associated problems are gone, and the plug for the wheel speed sensor has been replaced and the ABS is working.

Now I just have to sort out the brake issue. Nobody stocks the rear brake hoses, so I ordered new ones for the rear. They'll be here Tuesday.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yes, the caliper, rotor and pads are all new.

To approximately quote the great RonD:

"New means it has never worked"

 

[Chapap]

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Installed the Skyjacker 2-inch Jaguar XJ8 lift kit.

Just kidding. The air suspension was giving me problems and I finally got tired of it and replaced the air struts with a coil strut conversion.

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The ABS and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) stopped working. I figured it was the wheel speed sensor. Turned out to be a bad connected on the frame behind the wheelwell liner, so I cut off the old one and spliced in a new one.

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Installed new rotors, pads and calipers all the way around. There was barely any pad left on the rears.

Now for the problem....

I couldn't get the caliper to fit over the pads on the drivers side rear. I made sure the piston was screwed in as far as it would go, and made sure the pin was lined up with the notch in the piston. I ended up sanding some of the pad surface off until I could get it all to fit together.

I took it for a test drive and the right rear is dragging and getting hot. Took the caliper back off, checked everything and put it back together, but once I apply the brake, the right rear is still dragging.

I opened the bleeder to see if that would release the brake which would be a sign of a bad brake hose, but that didn't help.

The car has an electric parking brake, but I checked and it releases tension when it's disengaged.

Now Im just stumped. I'm wondering if I bought a bad caliper?

Mu Grand Marquis had rear air suspension. I really liked it... or maybe just the thought of it being air. The bags and lines were easy to replace. The pump would have been too, but I didn't need to.

 

[Jim Oaks]

I forgot to mention that I replaced the right rear brake line and the issue with it dragging went away.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I forgot to mention that I replaced the right rear brake line and the issue with it dragging went away.

Now that I know that I can finally sleep at night!

 

[Uncle Gump]

 

[Jim Oaks]

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[Jim Oaks]

Jaguar has lost their mind and have upset a lot of people.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Jaguar has lost their mind and have upset a lot of people.

On the flipside... people are talking about jaguar.

 

[Uncle Gump]

On the flipside... people are talking about jaguar.

They talked about Bud Lite too...

I'll just go ban myself now.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

They talked about Bud Lite too...

I'll just go ban myself now.

But they actually had a substantial following.

The only guy i know with a jag lives in Texas. I don't remember the last time I saw one in real life.