Hi John,
Welcome back to the wonderful wacky world of Spitfires.
At 10:59 AM 7/2/2001 +0100, John Hobson wrote:
> I seem to have a water leak from
>where the bottom heater hose connects to the engine(not sure what you
>call this connection?), although I think the leak is from one of the
>metal bits rather than the hose, the water seem to drip down from above
>the hose. I can't make out where it is coming from exactly, any thoughts
>on where this leak might be? It is losing a fair amount of water through
>wherever the leak is. The bottom hose is new, and the metal bit on the
>engine that it connects to was quite a rough surface. I would like to
>smooth this out, what would be good to use as either a filler, or could I
>sand away the roughness?
Try sanding the rough pitted metal. Then when re-fitting the hose put some
gasket cement (or RTV silicone) inside the hose to seal it.
My coolant filler neck (a separate metal piece on Federal 79-80 Spits) was
pitted like yours, and I finally had to replace it to stop the egress of
coolant from the joint.
>The other problem is that I think my near side spring/shock is knackered.
> It makes a creaking noise when you press on it and the spring looks to
>be quite compressed. Is the creaking noise endemic of this sort of
>problem?
I had that. In my case it was a bad shock absorber that was binding.
(determined after disassembling every nut bolt and trunnion in the front
suspension).
You can swap the spring/shock assemblies side-to-side as a troubleshooting
aid. Doesn't take too long.
>Hope all of your Spitfires have not been giving you too much grief in my
>abscence :-)
No more than usual! :)
Regards
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA
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