THE INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR 'S'-TYPE REGISTER FORUM

I don't have that page in my Service or Parts manuals so you must have an updated manual.

Thanks Joe, That is before mine then as my chassis number is 1B8973 on a 3.4s. So I am not missing them I was just one of the deleted. Makes sense.

From my service manual>>>>>

Anyone know what the definition of a later car was. ie what year they were deleted.

Engine stabliser bars were deleted on later cars, I don't think any Mk2 cars had the at all.

my crossmember has the same indentation but in the opposite side being LHD.

there is no interference with the PAS other than that hose in front of the bottom of the stabilizer.

maybe they were deleted by 1967?

obviously Joe's car has them, but he is missing the steel banjos.

my car has PAS and the stabilizers. There are no conflicts other than the power steering hose you can see in the picture smack in front of the lower nut of the stabilizer. When I replaced the rubber buffers I had to use three hands. I can't remember if the buffer's part number was superceeded.

I have the original paper Service Manual that came with the car when it was first sold. Whether it is an early version I don't know. I thought all S type are the same throughout their production other than any supercessions or deletes..

Cass is it possible someone eliminated them? See if you have any trace of a welded bracket at the crossmember. It would be obvious. The block will have two threaded "ears" in the casting where the banjo bolts to.

the only other thing I can think of is that my car is a 9:1 compression 3.8 liter and it required the stabilizers? No clue and the manual does not say. The illustration I posted is from the Engine Removal Section of the manual, a very detailed step by step How To.

Jose,
Was C23559 superseded by C10940? My Parts Manual lists C10940 as the rubber bush. Also, what Service Manual do you have? My Service Manual does not have that picture in it.

Rob,
I thought I read that the models with PAS do not have the stabilizers.

Nope still do not have them.
Here is a photo of my front subframe which does not have the mounts on. Tomorrow I will get the car up on the ramp and take a photo of the underside of my engine bay in the same orientation as that drawing to show what it looks like. Might be only on the early models but from the look of the drawing my PAS box would get in the way of the right hand side stabilizer mounting. You can see the indentation on the subframe where the PAS box sits.

from the Service Manual: The upper banjo fitting bolts to the block. They prevent the engine from "torquing" sideways? (seems like the motor mounts would take care of that).