Install Auxiliary Ground Straps XJ 12 Vehicles Only
INSTALLATION OF AUXILIARY GROUND STRAPS ON XJ12 VEHICLES ONLY1. Open the luggage compartment.
2. Open the hood.
3. Place fender protection covers over the front fenders.
4. Disconnect the vehicle battery.
Caution:
Ensure that the radio code is available before disconnecting the battery.
5. Working in the engine compartment, loosen and remove the center bulkhead ground point mounting nut.
6. Move aside the ground lead eyelets.
7. Clean the ground eyelet using emery cloth.
8. Reinstall all four ground eyelets to the ground post and the two supplementary ground leads.
9. Reinstall and tighten the ground point mounting nut.
10. Loosen and remove the Torx bolt mounting from the rear of the right side intake manifold (Illustration 9).
11. Install one supplementary ground eyelet to the rear of right side intake manifold.
12. Install and tighten the Torx bolt mounting.
13. Loosen and remove the Torx bolt from the rear of the left side intake manifold (Illustration 10).
14. Install the second supplementary ground eyelet on the rear of the left side intake manifold.
15. Reinstall and tighten the Torx bolt to the rear of the left side intake manifold.
16. Working in the luggage compartment, remove spare wheel cover.
17. Loosen and remove the spare wheel mounting.
18. Remove the spare wheel from the vehicle.
19. Loosen and remove the wheel chock securing wing nuts.
20. Remove the wheel chocks from the mounting bracket.
21. Remove the lug wrench and the jack handle from the mounting bracket.
22. Remove the jack from the mounting bracket.
23. Remove the forward most trim from the luggage compartment.
24. Loosen and remove the right side rear lamp cover securing nuts.
25. Remove the right side rear lamp cover.
26. Remove the right side trim assembly from the luggage compartment.
27. Loosen and remove the battery ground lead securing bolt (Illustration 11).
28. Remove the battery ground lead from the vehicle.
29. Clean the battery ground lead eyelet and the body ground point using emery cloth.
30. Reinstall the battery ground cable to the body.
31. Reinstall and tighten the battery ground cable to body mounting bolt.
32. Using electrical grease, cover the ground point and exposed bodywork.
33. Loosen and remove the right side rearward most ground point-mounting bolt (Illustration 12).
34. Move aside the right side rearward most ground eyelets.
35. Clean the ground eyelets and the ground point using emery cloth.
36. Reinstall the ground eyelets to the body.
37. Reinstall and tighten the right side ground point mounting bolt.
38. Using electrical grease, cover the ground eyelet and the exposed bodywork.
39. Reinstall all the luggage compartment trims.
40. Reinstall the right side rear lamp cover.
41. Reinstall and tighten the right side rear lamp cover securing nuts.
42. Reinstall the jack to mounting bracket.
43. Reinstall the lug wrench and jack handle to the mounting bracket.
44. Reinstall the wheel chocks to the mounting bracket.
45. Reinstall the wheel chock securing nuts.
46. Reinstall the spare wheel to vehicle.
47. Reinstall the spare wheel cover.
48. Reconnect the vehicle battery.
49. Reconnect vehicle battery.
50. Load the PDU at the base station with the latest disc.
51. Load datalogger V12 fuelling and check H02S reference voltage.
Note:
See the PDU help text to check for correct operation. If a PDU is not available, use a DVOM to monitor the HO2S reference voltage, which should oscillate frequently.
52. Remove the fender protection covers.
53. Close the luggage compartment.
54. Close the hood.