SMJC 2013 Officers Acting President Gail Amanns Vonore, TN [email protected]Vice-President Andy Dowd Knoxville, TN [email protected]Secretary Gerry Mitchell, Jr. Limestone, TN [email protected]Treasurer Tom Ballentine Knoxville, TN [email protected]Membership Chairman Jane G. Ogle Johnson City, TN [email protected]Concours Chairman and Chief Judge Gary Cobble Knoxville, TN glc100850@aol.com Drive Co-Chairs Clyde Farnsworth & Ben Bailey [email protected][email protected]Newsletter Editor Cyrus Taft Harriman, TN [email protected]Board Members A.W. Amanns Vonore, TN [email protected]Jim and Diane de Ropp Knoxville, TN [email protected]t John Sapper Knoxville, TN [email protected]Volume 13 Number 11 Newsletter Editor November 2013 Cyrus Taft President’s Message "HAPPY THANKSGIVING" to all of you, your family and friends. Please remember our Annual Meeng and luncheon Saturday November 16th Rarity Bay Country Club. So- cial hour begins at 11 am, lunch and meeng begins at 12 noon. Please send your food preferences and check to Tom Ballenne by November 9th. Gail Amanns Acng President Next Event: SMJC Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Saturday, No- vember 16, 11am - 2:00 pm. See more details on page 5. SMJC was featured at the Cars and Coffee gathering in Knoxville. See story and more photos on page 3.
Volume 13 Number 11 Newsletter Editor November 2013 Cyrus Taft
President’s Message "HAPPY THANKSGIVING" to all of you,
your family and friends. Please remember our Annual Meeting and luncheon Saturday November 16th Rarity Bay Country Club. So-cial hour begins at 11 am, lunch and meeting begins at 12 noon. Please send your food preferences and check to Tom Ballentine by November 9th.
Gail Amanns Acting President
Next Event: SMJC Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Saturday, No-vember 16, 11am - 2:00 pm. See more details on page 5.
SMJC was featured at the Cars and Coffee gathering in Knoxville. See story and more photos on page 3.
November 16, 2013 SMJC Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Rarity Bay Country Club, Vonore, TN. See story on page 7. November 23, 2013 Jaguar Club of Florida 2013 Barnstormer Rally, start at Publix parking lot at Exit 58 of I-4. Contact Jay Hixson at (407) 566-9438 for more information.
May 17, 2014 Jaguar Club of Florida Preserving the Marque Con-cours, Celebration Florida. Contact Joseph Tar-nowski at (407) 290-5928 for more information.
September 20, 2014 SMJC 12th Annual Concours, General Morgan Inn, Greeneville, TN. Contact Gary Cobble at [email protected] or (865) 689-1349.
Upcoming Events
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Cars & Coffee IV Presented by Harper Auto Square Article and photos by Cyrus Taft
Rolling out of bed at 6:00 am on a Sunday morn-ing is not my favorite thing to do but sometimes a special occasion requires it. When I heard that the SMJC was being featured at the fourth Cars & Coffee gathering at West Town Mall I knew I would have to be there.
If you have not been to one of these events, it is a very informal get together of all types of cars for a couple of hours on Sunday morning. And when I say all types, I mean all types. I don’t know the car count for the latest show but it had to be many hundreds. It is hard to see all the cars within the two hour win-dow.
The SMJC was being featured this time in recogni-tion of our 13 years of service to Jaguar drivers in east Tennessee and for our support of the American Cancer Society. It was great to see over twenty SMJC members and their cars in our designated parking area. Most were from the Knoxville area but Gerry and Becky Mitchell and Peter Davis made the trip from the Johnson City area. Peter brought his bright red E-type coupe which attracted a large crowd.
Also attending were Gary Cobble, Tom Ballentine, John and Gerda Sapper, Robert and Judy Margeson,
An open E-type bonnet always draws a crowd.
Some of the SMJC members enjoying a beau-tiful morning with their Jaguars..
Two beautiful XK150s’s were a rare treat.
The new F-type puts Jaguar back in the true sports car market.
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Cars & Coffee continued
Gary Volpe, Jerry Landis, Richard Lockhart, John and Barbara Rigby and son David, and Chris Shoening. I know there were other club member there that I did not see so I apologize for those not mentioned.
The Jaguars on display included two very nice XK150S OTS’s, two F-types, five XJSs, several XJ se-dans, one Mark 2, and one E-type.
Some of the other interesting cars I saw included at least two Ferraris, a Maserati, an Avanti (owned by
former SMJC member Ed Barrett), a 1940’s vintage Dodge Power Wagon fire truck, a Caterham, a 1957 Ford Fairlane with a hardtop convertible, a few old Mini’s, a heavily customized Corvette drag racer, and on and on.
If you like cars, you will really like Cars& Coffee. When the next one rolls around, you might want to haul yourself out of bed at 6:00am to join in the fun.
My personal non-Jaguar favorite.
It was good to see a couple of other British classics at the show.
The F-type looks so fast standing still that its wing is deployed even when parked.
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Election of 2014 SMJC Officers
At the September 23 meeting of the Club’s Board of Directors the following club members were nomi-nated for officer positions in 2014:
President Gail Amanns Vice President Jane Ogle Secretary Gerry Mitchell Treasurer Tom Ballentine
No other nominations have been submitted so this is our slate of candidates for next year’s officers. The election will be held at the Annual Meeting on November 16 beginning at 1:00 pm at the Rarity Bay Country Club. If you will not be attending the Annual Meeting in person you may send your vote by email to Cyrus Taft at [email protected] by Friday Novem-ber 15.
The SMJC Annual Meeting will be held on Novem-ber 16 at Rarity Bay Country Club in Vonore, TN. There will be a social hour from 11:00 to noon fol-lowed by lunch with the following menu:
Menu
Non-Alcoholic Drink Station
Side House Salad with Dressing Caddies
Choose One Entrée
1. Vegetable Pasta with White Wine Butter Sauce 2. Grilled Citrus Chicken Breast with
Pineapple Salsa 3. Two Grilled Beef Medallions with
Rosemary Demi 4. Parmesan Crusted Grouper
All Entrées except the Pasta Dish are served with Roasted Red Potatoes and Prince Edward Island
Vegetable Blend
Dessert Cinnamon Apple Crisp with Homemade Whipped
Cream
$22.00 per person, All Inclusive
If you plan to attend please send a check made out to SMJC with your menu selections to Tom Bal-lentine, 4568 Gravelly Hill Road, Louisville, TN, 37777 by November 9. Hope to see you all there.
SMJC Annual Meeting and Luncheon
2014 SMJC Officer Election Ballot
O President Gail Amanns
O Vice President Jane Ogle
O Secretary Gerry Mitchell
O Treasurer Tom Ballentine
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Southern British Car Show Article and photos by Gary Cobble
I met John & Barbara Rigby and Richard Lockhart at the Lenoir City Cracker Barrel early on the morning of Sat-urday, November 2, 2013. Several others from the English Auto Society were also there to caravan to the Southern British Car Club’s “Thanks for the Memories” car show that day at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. This show is a very well established show dating back probably 25 years and draws entrants from Georgia, Tennessee, and Ala-bama mainly.
The caravan arrived at the Choo Choo around 10:00,
just in the nick of time for late registration. The Rigbys placed their Scimitar and Rover in the show while I dis-played my MGB. Gary Moss came in later with his new Lotus.
We enjoyed the fine weather and the lunch at the Brew House. After helping one of the Entrants with his non-running Austin Healey 3000 by installing a new con-denser, everyone left home for Knoxville to get a bit of sleep and meet up again for Harpers Cars & Coffee early Sunday morning!
Clockwise from top left: Gary Cobble’s MGB, Rigby’s Rover, other Jags, Gary Moss’ new Lo-tus, an MGTC, and Rigby’s Scimitar.
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My 1994 XJ12 has had its share of problems over the years but it has never had to be flatbedded home until recently. I drove it to Lowe’s for my weekly visit and when I came out, the Jag would not start. It cranked nicely but there was no hint of any fire. I waited about 30 minutes for it to cool down, and dis-connected and reconnected the battery in hopes that might fix an intermittent problem. No luck, so I called AAA for the 2 mile flatbed ride home.
When a car suddenly won’t start my first thought is always the crankshaft position sensor because of previous experience with two other cars. In fact about 6 months earlier, the same flatbed driver had to bring my 1992 Dodge pickup home when it sud-denly would not start.
After studying my service manual and doing a little online research I found out that my 6.0 liter V12 has two crankshaft sensors, one at the front and one at the flywheel. Failure of either one will cause a no start condition. However, there is a simple test to figure out which one might be the problem. If the front sensor is not working there will be no spark and the fuel injectors will not be firing while cranking. If it is the rear sensor at fault, there will be no spark but the fuel injectors will be pulsing.
I verified I had no spark and then listened for the fuel injectors with a long screwdriver. No pulses, so
the front sensor was the likely culprit. Before buying a new sensor, I wanted to just check the connector first. Looking at the wiring diagrams, I located the connector near the oil filler cap at the front left side of the engine. I unplugged it and it looked fine so I connected it again the cranked the engine. Started right up. Problem solved, at least for now. If it hap-pens again I will probably make a more permanent fix but at least I now know which connector to fiddle with.
While I was under the hood, I noticed some play in the throttle linkage and discovered a rubber bush-ing was shot at the intake manifold crankarm on each side. Fortunately Harper’s had two bushings in stock so my trusty assistant, Julia, picked them up for me on one of her trips to Knoxville.
At first it was not clear how to disassemble the linkage to replace the bushing. My service manual was no help on this one. I have an old spare V12 en-gine which happens to have the same linkage ar-rangement so I used that to figure out how it comes apart. All that was needed was to disconnect the short vertical link and slide the splined crankarm away from the bushing about 1/4”. This allowed the shaft which connects to the throttle body to move far enough to come out of the throttle shaft and be re-moved from the bushing.
More Adventures with My XJ12 Article and photos by Cyrus Taft
The connector that left me stranded at Lowe’s
The black rubber bushing at the end of the throttle shaft was shot on both side.
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The bushings are a snug fit in the mounting plate but a little silicone spray lubricant did the trick. While I had it apart I oiled all the pivot points and cleaned everything up. Works great now, no lost motion. The first side took about 30 minutes to complete but the
second one only took about 10 minutes. This might be the easiest repair I have ever made on this car.
Next up, rear transmission mount bushing and spring.
XJ12 Adventures continued
By loosening the crank arm, the shaft could be removed.
New bushing installed.
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Classified Ads 1985 Jaguar XJS Sebring Red on Black by original owner. $3,500. Contact Bill McConnell at (423) 288-2878. XJ-40 Parts Club Member Les Piniak is cleaning out his barn and has many XJ-40 parts for sale. If you need something call Les at (865) 318-7761 1966 Daimler 2.5L V8 Similar to Jaguar Mark 2. Restorable. $3,000. Contact Gary Westmoreland, (423)-638-9521.
1994 Flamenco Red XJS convertible with Beige top and Barley interior. 4.0 liter engine and automatic transmission. This car looks, runs, and drives in very good shape. Serviced as needed by Harper Jaguar. Contact John Sapper (865) 693-9582 or [email protected] for more information.
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Deb Sims putting the final cleanup on her and Lan’s 1952 XK120 OTS.
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SMJC Name Badges
To order a magnetic name badge, send a check for the number desired and exactly how you wish the names printed to Ben Bailey, 2734 E. Oakland Ave., #55, John-son City, TN 37601.
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I hereby make application to become a member or renew my membership in the Smoky Mountain Jag-uar Club (SMJC), a non-profit corporation. I agree to abide by the by-laws of the corporation upon my acceptance as a member. I enclose my check for $45 or $75 for a year’s dues ($23 and $38 after June 1 for half-year membership) made payable to the Smoky Mountain Jaguar Club. I will receive The Mountain Jaguar newsletter monthly and six issues a year of the Jaguar Journal from the Jaguar Clubs of North America (JCNA). Signature:_________________________________________________ Mail your application and check to:
Tom Ballentine SMJC Treasurer
4568 Gravelly Hill Road Louisville, TN 37777
SMJC Membership Application/Renewal
Name(s) including spouse or other: Address: City, State, Zip Code: Telephone: Home ______________________ Business E-mail Address: Jaguar(s) Owned: Use an extra sheet if necessary
Year Model Body Style Color Miscellaneous
Membership Dues Structure: $45/year if you provide an e-mail address for receiving the monthly newsletter “The Mountain Jaguar” and updates electronically via e-mail or $75/year if you need to have them mailed.
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Commercial Advertising Rates In The Mountain Jaguar, we offer free classified ads to SMJC members selling Jaguar cars or parts. The ads run for three issues unless cancelled. Classified ads for non-members are $5 for two issues. Classified ads (for Jaguars only) can also be posted nationally at www.jcna.com under Classifieds. Below are commercial ad rates for businesses. These ads will probably be, but not necessarily, Jaguar related. Please send your business card or ad copy to Tom Ballentine, SMJC Treasurer, 4568 Gravelly Hill Road, Louisville, TN 37777.
When you’re looking for parts or services, please consider our advertisers first. They’re helping to support our newslet-ter and club. Mention that you saw their ad in our newsletter. Harper’s gives a 10% discount on service, parts, and ac-cessories, and SNG Barrett and XKs Unlimited gives a 10% discount on parts and accessories to Smoky Mountain Jag-uar Club members.
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