Jaguar S-TYPE stripdown
Rob Hawkins visits Eurojag to find out how to remove the interior, doors, window regulators and glass from a Jaguar S-TYPE.
Part one of a two-part series showing which parts to take off a scrap Jaguar – hopefully, to sell on at a profit.
In the first of a two-part stripdown guide, we asked Jaguar and Land Rover breakers Eurojag to reveal what’s involved in removing some of the popular components from the Jaguar S-TYPE. These vehicles are generally cheap to buy and secondhand spares are plentiful, so if a window regulator has failed, upholstery is damaged or there’s a nasty scratch down the side of a door, it may be more economical to replace it with parts from a scrap vehicle. Furthermore, there are numerous upgrade options, such as fitting leather seats.
Some aspects of dismantling an S-TYPE and removing parts can be fiddly and frustrating. For instance, extracting a window regulator with
its motor and mechanism may seem like a dark art, but there’s a knack to manoeuvring these parts out of the door. Similarly, detaching plastic wiring plugs can be frustrating – some plugs need to be squeezed to release them, whereas others have tags and clips.
There are a couple of safety points to note, such as disconnecting the battery and leaving it for 15 minutes before detaching any electrical plugs.
If the battery isn’t disconnected, there may be a risk of logging a fault code or, even worse, activating a seat airbag or seatbelt tensioner.
The following pages show how to remove the interior of an S-TYPE and dismantle a door in various stages.
In the next issue, we’ll look at stripping the front end and removing a 2.7-litre V6 diesel engine along with its subframe and gearbox.