What years were series II jags made? I want ot go fishing
in the Junk yard across the street. I only pay enough
attention to them to avoid hitting them in the parking lot.
--- Muir Me <sirspaniard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Series II Jag XJ's have a very similar motor size -
> biggest difference being
> that they have the 90o gear drive which one hacks off
> (very roughly of
> course) and they fit just fine - Over here in NZ there
> 1.3 billion jags so
> these motors aren't a problem - they're delco ones, but
> don't know many
> other applications - I'm looking into silly little
> Japanese things at the
> moment - but the Jag ones apart from the cutting off the
> top, are pretty
> much bolt in...
>
>
> >From: kenyon wills <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: IML: 1960 Window Lift-Motor/Otis & rebuilding.
> >Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:13:11 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > The lift motors are available too,I can get 'em from
> the
> > > place where I work
> > > for about $40(employee purchase)plus core. Cardone
> > > rebuilds 'em. I am not
> > > sure if the early-mid '60's motors resemble the '70's
> > > motors. I don't know
> > > the years of interchangeability. Does anyone?
> > >
> >
> >The 1970's units appear in pictures to have the gears
> and a
> >small 90 degree transmission assembly integral to them.
> >
> >The early 1960's units come in 2 sizes for the motor
> body,
> >but are interchangeable due to identical diameter
> bodies.
> >They are motors that look like they belong in the head
> of a
> >milkshake machine at the soda fountain, and are a
> smaller
> >version of the unit that drives the 6-way seat in these
> >cars.
> >
> >The larger (slightly longer body with rubberized
> covering)
> >motor has removable bolts and is supposedly rebuildable,
> >but I did not locate anyone interested in performing
> this
> >despite asking about 5 electric motor places. The
> smaller
> >one is not clad in black rubber and has rivet-like bolts
> >that would need to be ground off to be dismantled. I
> wager
> >that the rubber covered versions (came on post 1960
> cars, I
> >think) were an attempt to fix/amend without redesigning.
> >
> >Both units clamp into a stamped, molded metal bracket
> >recepticle, and have a pencil-sized chrome driveshaft
> that
> >has a flat on one side. There is a thick rubber
> >"driveshaft" about an inch long that fits between the
> motor
> >and the input shaft of the window mechanism that the
> motor
> >is to drive. The rubber of the driveshaft allows the
> thing
> >to come to a sold stop while absorbing the torsion of
> the
> >motor in a non-rigid way, sparing the metal gearing in
> the
> >window mechanism when the window hits the full-up or
> full
> >down stop positions.
> >
> >They are in a position in the door such that water
> dripping
> >down the window in rain or car washes comes to reside in
> >and on the motor, rusting the bearings solid in short
> time,
> >especially when sitting outside, even with the windows
> >closed.
> >
> >These are one of the 1960's achilles heels, and most
> parts
> >sources are consistently picked clean of these -
> indicating
> >that they are a weak point on others' cars too. Lowell
> is
> >getting $75 or more for each of them, and bless his
> heart,
> >the man has a real knack for knowing what's valuable and
> >what isn't, then making certain that you know too.
> >
> >If your shop is interested in looking at rebuilding
> some, I
> >wager that you could get $35 each easy and $50 medium,
> >maybe more. The parts that go bad are the
> bushing-bearings
> >and the shaft that they ride on. The rest seems to
> cleanup
> >OK, but that is not my bag and a motor person might see
> >otherwise.
> >
> >I volunteer some of my toasted motors and financing to
> you
> >if you think that you have a path to fix them. Might
> turn
> >out to be a good source of beer money for your place of
> >employ.
> >
> >Boo-hoo - I just don't think that these are available
> >rebuilt, and I have to use crummy old sed ones that
> differ
> >in speed and efficiency.
> >
> >Please let me know if you can help or know otherwise.
> (I
> >was also thinking about appropriating a motor from
> another
> >application, but am not at that point in the car project
> yet).
> >
> >=====
> >Kenyon Wills
> >6o LeBaron - America's Most Carefully Built Car
> >73 LeBaron - Long Low & Luxurious
> >
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