I have been through my J.33, and it looks like there are no bushings.
Here's the issue:

When you open either front door, and the lock inside the door engages (or dis-engages), there is an extremely loud "snap" you can hear two houses away (late at night.....).
What seems to be the cause is the arm itself in conjunction with the mount on the body and the pin.....all seem to have wear in them, and that's where the noise seems to be coming from.
Cannot imagine they sold these things being that noisy.

I thought there may have been a bushing in the arm, where the pin drops through, but, alas, no.

What is the procedure?
Drill out the body part and the arm, fit a new, larger pin?
Make a bushing for just the arm and drill to fit?

Get one "noise" fixed and now off to this one.

Doesn't affect anything but the senses.

Submitted by woebegone@mind… on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 17:04

Take a big piece of oh, .080" plastic, and step on one end and bend it.
What is snaps....that's how loud it is.

If it was a "click", hey, no issue.

Louder than that big rock that hits your windscrren at 60.

Take a small wooden dowel, oh, 5/16" round, three feet long.
Lay it on your hardwood floor, step on one end, lift the other as far as you can and let it go.

There is no quietly exiting the vehicle......

Submitted by woebegone@mind… on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 11:33

So, you're telling me Jaguars sold vehicles equipped with the latest technology capable of cycling every "clapper" equipped light fixture within a 3 block radius when you open your door?

Submitted by woebegone@mind… on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 14:28

Inspected.
Greased.
You can slowly open the door (no "impact") and feel the pin, and watch the check arm shift inside the bracket.
Same noise when closing.

I've had the door panels off, one door clear off the car, cleaned, inspected, lubed.

The "snap" appears to be the check arm shifting in the inner door catches and snapping inside the body retainer.

I think for a test I am going to see about a temporary bushing.

Submitted by SE98-32482CJ on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 14:03

Dave the noise you should hear is the check arm securing itself inside the door--there are two spring steel fingersthat lock upon full opening in a socket in the door frame. There is a rubber buffer or bumber (BD.4951) but that is to reduce impact of a full open. I think you should look in the door and apply some grease or simi solid lubricant to the steel fingers--they might be a bit rusty and snapping in place rather than easing in place. Let us know. The pin to the door frame unless seized could not make the noise. Good luck.