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Jaguar XK8 Victory Edition: 99 jag xk8 4.0 engine , ran hot

 
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99 jag xk8 4.0 engine , ran hot right bank head gasket blown i have two extra bare heads i need oem specs for valve griind tolerances and overall head setup and proceedures to factory spec and demensions and and specialty tools needed cannot find head rebuild in any shop manuals and good source for lifters valves and valve guides

 

Country: United States
Make: Jaguar
Model: XK8 Victory Edition
Year: 1999
Engine: no turbo

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need spec s and proceedures

Submitted: 285 days and 16 hours ago.
Category: Jaguar
Value: $60
Status: CLOSED
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Expert:  Richard replied 285 days and 16 hours ago.

Hello and welcome to justanswer.com

Can I have the last six digits of your VIN?

Customer replied 285 days and 16 hours ago.

033115

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Expert:  Richard replied 285 days and 13 hours ago.

Go to these links as this is the reference material I use.

www.mediafire.com/view/?alkh0yh85r52445

www.mediafire.com/view/?x6sx36dzpgup896

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Customer replied 284 days and 15 hours ago.

THE REFERENCED ANSWER WHICH IS AN ADVERTISING WEB SITE IS NOT WHAT I WANTED AT LEAST NOT FOR 60 DOLLARS I WANT IN YOUR WORDS THE SPEC AND PROCEEDURES YOU MAY USE TO REBUILD A JAG HEAD OR A DETAILED MANUAL SOURCE PLEASE REFERENCE AN UNDERSTANDABLE SOURCE OR GO TO THE SOURCE YOU REFERENCED AND EMAIL ME WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO SEE BECAUSE ALL I GOT WAS A GAME SIGHT AND ADVERTIZEMENTS , I WILL PAY THE MONEY BUT I WANT THE DATA I BELONG TO ALLDATA BUT I WANT MORE DETAIL PLEASE BRYAN (NNN) NNN-NNNN

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Expert:  Richard replied 284 days and 14 hours ago.

Sorry about that. I will send it over in a pdf for you.

Customer replied 284 days and 13 hours ago.

THANKS XXXXX@XXXXXX.XXX BRYAN(NNN) NNN-NNNN

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Expert:  Richard replied 284 days and 13 hours ago.

I will send it over when I get back to the shop.

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Expert:  Richard replied 284 days and 7 hours ago.

General specifications 4.0L

ItemSpecification
Displacement in liters3.996
Number of cylinders8
Bore and stroke (mm)86 x 86
Firing order1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8
Compression ratio10.75:1

Cylinder Head and Valve Train 4.0L

ItemSpecification
Valve guide inner diameter (mm)4.350 - 4.350
Valve stem to guide clearance intake (mm)0.0577 - 0.022
Valve stem to guide clearance exhaust (mm)0.065 - 0.03
Valve head diameter intake (mm)34.9 ± 0.1
Valve head diameter exhaust (mm)30.9 ± .01
Intake valve face angle degree45°15'
Exhaust valve face angle degree45°
Valve stem diameter intake (mm)4.9705
Valve stem diameter exhaust (mm)4.9625
Valve spring free length (mm)43.5
Valve spring installed height (mm)33.2
Camshaft lobe lift intake (mm)8.4
Camshaft lobe lift exhaust (mm)8.4
Allowable camshaft lobe lift loss (mm)0.025
Camshaft end play (mm)0.175
Camshaft journal to cylinder head bearing surface clearance (mm)0.075 - 0.035
Camshaft journal diameter standard runout limit (mm)0.07
Camshaft journal diameter standard out of round (mm)0.005

 

 

 

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Customer replied 282 days and 4 hours ago.

I JUST REVIEWED YOUR INFO I WILL CHECK WITH MY TECH IF IT IS AS IT SEEMS I WILL CONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT TOMORROW IF THAT IS OK BRYAN(NNN) NNN-NNNN

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Expert:  Richard replied 281 days and 18 hours ago.

Ok let me know.

 
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