This 1969 Jaguar XKE came to Black Wolf for a restoration after sitting in storage for a while.
Black Wolf restored this Jaguar to its first-rate 1969 XKE standard and got it running better than ever before.
Here’s how we restored it:
- Installed spare tire
- Replaced fuel tank & pump
- Filled gas & got engine running
- Removed carburetors for repair
- Calibrated carburetors
- Removed cooling system hoses & water pump
- Flushed engine block & heater core
- Painted radiator
- Replaced water pump & thermostat housing gasket
- Installed water pump
- Installed radiator
- Installed cooling system hoses
- Vacuum filled cooling system
- Reinstalled alternator & drive belts
- Replaced thermostat housing & heater pipe
- Oil change
- Installed & adjusted distributor
- Installed cap, rotor, & plugs
- Filled & bled cooling system
- Replaced air filter & rubber boot
- Installed air cleaner & PCV pipe
- Adjusted idle linkage
- Removed rear cradle
- Replaced rear brake rotors
- Assessed rear brake caliper condition
- Replaced rear brake calipers
- Replaced front brakes
- Replaced rear brake hose & clutch slave cylinder hose
- Replaced hoses at brake fluid reservoir
- Replaced front shocks
- Replaced front lower ball joints/upper dust boots
- Painted new lower control arm
- Removed right front control arm
- Transferred torsion bar to new control arm & installed
- Adjusted control arm assembly to align bolts & torqued to spec
- Replaced rear suspension bushings
- Replaced rear drive axle u-joints
- Assembled & serviced rear hubs
- Mounted & balanced tires
- Installed new blower motor & wired in new resistor
- Replaced engine mounts
- Replaced muffler
- Replaced rear brake calipers
- Bled brakes
- Replaced clutch master cylinder
