Workin on a '68 Jaguar XKE - GT40s.com | Thread profile

thanks for the help guys ! the guy managed to get the darn thing off, i belive it was a Lucas model

Getting the starter off is not so much of a problem, it's getting it back on again! I remember in the mid 70's having to do one for a customer. Four hours to remove it and eight hours to put it back on again! I've no idea what the factory book time is. From what I remember access is severely restricted even after removing a lot of surrounding paraphernalia. Good Luck!

I drove a '68 roadster daily for years and loved it, and never had a starter problem, so can't help much from experience. I sold the workshop manual, but it would just have said, in passing, "unbolt and remove starter", or something helpful like that. I suggest you try the nearest Jaguar Club. Dalton

Thankfully I have never had to replace the starter on mine but the 4.2 should be pretty straight forward. There is a good online forum here JagFORUM - the world's No 1 online club for Jaguar enthusiasts These folks sell a good gear reduction starter for the E Classic Jaguar : Jaguar High Performance Parts and Restoration

WD40, Plus Gas, or SAS with gentle heating and cooling and more of the above lubricant. And some patience using good spanners. Sometimes a 'so very tiny' turn clockwise can do the trick as well.

If it's similar to the '67, there's a 1/4" ring on the stsrter face that aligns the stsrter with the block. Sounds like yours is binding there or it would just drop free when the bolts were removed. Be careful if you heat it with a torch as there's usually grease/oil nearby. Don't ask.

If its a Manual box, stuck starters can sometimes be freed by putting the car in gear and rocking the car backwards and forwards.

'Glenns' Foreign car manual gives a flat rate of 2.7 hrs for Removal- Overhaul-Refit of Starter. You must have been slackin Russ! Instructions, are fairly basic- Disconnect battery-remove starter lead- remove attach bolts. Sounds like they wrote the book but never worked on the car. Jac Mac