Ah yes. But to be candid, the ones the PO fit on my car have really not
gotten in the way of any regular maintenance with the exception of making it
more of a challenge to get the oil filter off!
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@gte.net>
To: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Cc: "Dashwood, Dean" <dean.dashwood@enron.com>; "Spitfire List (E-mail)"
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: Engine Valances
> Jeff,
> You forgot the other reason, "to make it more difficult to work on the
engine!"
>
> Joe
>
> Jeff McNeal wrote:
> >
> > Dean,
> >
> > You only need the radiator valances for engine cooling. The engine
valances
> > were originally fitted as "splash guards" to prevent water from fouling
the
> > distributor or splashing onto the manifolds/carbs.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Jeff in San Diego
> >
> > '67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
> > '68 LHD Spitfire Mk3 frame-off resto project
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> > http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
> > home of the NEW Totally Triumph Auction
> > "By Triumph enthusiasts, for Triumph enthusiasts"
> > http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/TRauction.cgi
> > and..The Totally Triumph Garage forums -- moderated, focused, friendly!
> > http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi
> > ...plus a few other surprises!
> >
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dashwood, Dean" <dean.dashwood@enron.com>
> > To: "Spitfire List (E-mail)" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:19 AM
> > Subject: RE: Engine Valances
> >
> > >
> > > Marc,
> > >
> > > Thanks for this link. The website clearly shows two different parts,
> > > Radiator Air Deflectors (which look very similar to the item I found
in
> > > the Kippings catalogue), and Engine Valances (which look like the item
I
> > > found in the Rimmer Bros catalogue).
> > >
> > > I never realised there was more than one different type of air
deflector
> > > missing from my car! Ok, so now that I've confirmed this, which of
> > > these should I fit for maximum cooling, or do I really need both?
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