JAGUAR X308 1998 2.G Workshop Manual

Interior Trim and Ornamentation - Rear Door Trim Panel
Removal and Installation
Removal

1. Remove interior door handle escutcheon.
1. Remove cover from door handle escutcheon securing screw and slac ken and remove screw.
2. Pull door handle inwards and exercising care to avoid damaging tweeter, remove escutcheon from
casing.
2. Remove door casing veneer panel. Refer to 76.47.12.

3. Slacken and remove the armres t centre securing screw.

4. Carefully release the six fastener s (seven on long wheelbase)
securing lower section of casing to door.
5. Lift rear edge of door casing to release retaining clip housing
from door panel.

6. Lift casing clear of door wais t flange and lock button and
withdraw for access.

7. Disconnect speaker, puddle lamp and switchpack harness
multiplugs.
8. Remove armrest lower securing clip housing from casing. and
refit to door.

9. Remove door inner waist seal from holder.
Slacken and remove screws securing waist seal holder
and remove seal holder.
10. Remove armrest from casing. Refer to 76.34.23.
11. Slacken and remove puddle la mp securing screws and
remove lamp assembly from casing.

Installation


12. Remove pocket from door casing.
1. Release puddle lamp harness from clips at base of door pocket.
2. Slacken and remove th e two screws securing
bottom of pocket to casing.
3. Remove two spring clips securing top of pocket to casing.
13. Lift pocket from casing

14. Slacken and remove door sp eaker securing screws and
remove speaker from casing.
15. Remove speakere grill from casing
16. Remove casing to to door securing clips.
1. Fit and fully seat casing securing clips.
2. Position speaker grill in casing align speaker and fit and tighten
securing screws.
3. Position pocket in casing and secure with screws and spring
clips.
4. Fit puddle lamp to casing, fit and tighten securing screws and
position harness in pocket clips.
5. Fit door armrest to casing. Refer to 76.34.23.
6. Fit inner waist seal holder to casing and fit and tighten the six
securing screws.
7. CAUTION: Before installing door casing, ensure that

primary water shedder is undamag
ed and correctly attached to
door inner panel.
Align and fit inner waist seal.
8. Check that armrest tang locater and screw insert are correctly
positioned in door panel.
9. Position casing for access and connect speaker, puddle lamp
and switchpack harnesses.
10. Finally position casing locating fold over waist flange and
firmly press armrest to locate retaining tang in door panel.
11. Commencing at front , press and firmly seat casing lower
fasteners in door inserts
12. Fit and tighten armrest centre se curing screw in door insert.
13. Fit door veneer panel. Refer to 76.47.12.
14. Position door handle escutche on on casing, fit and tighten
securing screw and fit cover over screw.

Interior Trim and Ornamentation - Rear Window Blind
Removal and Installation
Removal
Installation

1.
Remove rear seat cushion. Refer to 76.73.18.
2. Remove rear seat squa b. Refer to 76.70.38.
3. Remove rear parcel tray. Refer to 76.67.06.90
4. Place parcel tray face down on clean bench.

5. Remove sunblind assembly.
Slacken and remove nuts securing sunblind to parcel tray.
Remove washers.
Remove sunblind from parcel tray.
Repeat procedure to remove opposite side sunblind.
1. Position sunblind on parcel tray.
2. Install washers on sunblind studs.
3. Install nuts on sunblind stud s and tighten nuts to 5-7Nm.
4. Repeat above procedure to inst all opposite side sunblind.
5. Install parcel tray/sunblind as sembly. Refer to 76.67.06.90.
6. Install rear seat squa b. Refer to 76.70.38.
7. Install rear seat cushio n. Refer to 76.73.18.

Interior Trim and Ornamentation - Rear Door Window Control Switch
Finish Panel
Removal and Installation
Removal
Installation

1.
Remove door casing veneer panel. Refer to 76.47.12.
2. Remove door casing. Refer to 76.34.04.
3. Remove door armrest and remo ve switch/ashtray assembly
from armrest. Refer to 76.34.23.

4. Slacken and remove screws securing veneer panels to door
glass switch/ashtray assembly.
5. Remove veneer panels from switch/ashtray assembly.
1. Position veneer panel over switch/ashtray assembly and fit and
tighten securing screws.
2. Position switch/ashtray assembly on armrest and fit and
tighten the two securing screws.
3. Fit armrest to door casing. Refer to 76.34.23.
4. Fit casing to door. Refer to 76.34.04.

Interior Trim and Ornamentation - Scuff Plate Trim Panel
Removal and Installation
Removal
Installation



1. NOTE: The finisher can be easily damaged, care must therefore be exercised during removal.
Using a thin plastic lever and starting at one end, carefully
remove the treadplate finisher and place face uppermost on
sheet of clean dry polythene.

2. Remove treadplate securing sc rews and remove treadplate.
1. Ensure that draught welt is correctly positioned and fully
seated on aperture flange.
2. Position sill tread plate and install three securing screws.
3. Ensure that sill contact area is clean and dry.
4. Install treadplate finisher, pressing firmly into place. If finisher
has been renewe d, remove protective film.

Interior Trim and Ornamentation - Sun Visor
Removal and Installation
Removal
Installation

1.
Remove battery cover and disc onnect ground cable from
battery terminal. Refer to 86.15.19.
2. Release sun visor from suppo rt and turn downwards.

3. Supporting the sun visor, sl acken and remove the three
screws securing the mounting to the header.

4. Disconnect the harness multiplug situated behind the
headlining and remove the sun visor.
5. Slacken and remove screw securing sunvisor support, and
remove support from header.
1. Position sun visor at header.
2. Connect multiplug and position it behind headlining.
3. Correctly position and firmly seat sun visor mounting on
header and fit and tighten securing screws.
4. Position sun visor support at header and fit and tighten
securing screw.
5. Connect ground cable to battery terminal and fit battery cover.
Refer to 86.15.15.

Exterior Trim and Ornamentation - Exterior Trim
Description and Operation

Body Front
The thermoplastic front bumper incorporates chromed plastic upper quarter blades and where fitted, chromed covers for the headlamp powerwash jet assemblie s. The bumper lower air intake aperture is specifically profiled to achieve optimum
cooling of the AJV8 engine. A splitter vane installed in the lowe r air intake, is chromed on Daimler and Vanden Plas vehicles
and colour-keyed on all other models. An ov oidal sidemarker lens or reflector is installed in each side of the bumper cover.
The low profile plastic radiator grill surround is colour-keyed on Sport and XJR mo dels, chromed and fluted on Daimler and
chromed plain on all other models .A Jaguar 'growler' badge is fitted in the upper central positi on of the grill surround. For
certain markets, a spring-loaded chromed Ja guar 'leaper' mascot is installed centrally on the front of the hood. Radiator
grills are chromed mesh on the XJR, dark grey vertical vanes on the Sport, and chromed ve rtical vanes on all other models.
Body Sides
For certain markets, a Jaguar 'l eaper' badge fitted in place of the direction indicator side re peater, is surface mounted in a
shallow recess on the rear of each fro nt fender. Three-piece colour-keyed body side mouldings surface mounted on the
lower section of each door and front fender align with bumper upper extremities. A brightwork inset is incorporated in the
upper edge of side mouldings on Daimler and Vanden Plas models. On Daimler models, a 'Daimler' script badge is mounted
on the upper section of the B post. A 'V8' badge is fitted in the same position on all other models.
All models have coachlines painted on th e front fenders, the doors and rear fender s. Sport and XJR models have upper and
lower coachlines 1.5mm an d 3mm wide respectively, XJ8 has a 1.5mm single upper coachline and all other models have a
single upper coachline 3mm wide.
Body Rear
The themoplastic rear bumper also inco rporates chromed plastic upper quarter blades and ovoi dal sidemarker lenses or
reflectors. The trunk lid trim is colour-keyed on Sport and XJ R models, chromed fluted on Daimler and chromed plain on all
other models.
With the exception of Daimlers, the trunk lid rear carries a 'Jaguar' badge on the LH side. Daimlers carry a script 'Daimler'
badge in the same location. On th e RH side, Jaguar models carry an 'XJ8', '3.2 Sport', '4.0 Sport', 'Sovereign 8', 'XJR', or
'Vanden Plas' badge as applic able. Daimlers carry a 'V8' badge in the same position.

Exterior Trim and Ornamentation - A-Pillar Moulding LH
Removal and Installation
Removal
Installation

1.
Remove front and rear grab handles. Refer to 76.58.30
2. Remove draught welt from adjace nt section of door aperture
flange.

3. Using a trim removal tool, carefu lly ease the six trim pad fir
tree fasteners from cantrail an d upper'A' post locations.
4. If premium ICE is fitt ed, carefully withdraw trim pad for access
and disconnect tweeter connectors.
5. Remove trim pad from vehicle an d remove tweeter. Refer to
415-03.
6. Remove and discard fir tree fasteners.
1. Fit new fir tree fasten ers to the trim pad.
2. Fit tweeter to trim pad. Refer to Section 415.
3. Position trim pad for access and connect tweeter to harness.
4. Commencing at top of 'A' post and working rearwards, fully
seat three fir tree fasteners.
5. Fully seat remaining three fir tr ee fasteners in upper'A' post.
6. Fit front and rear combined gr ab handles. Refer to 76.58.30
7. Fit draught welt to adjacent section of door aperture flange.