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Re: Heat shields, manuals, starters & luggage rack slats

To: Bill Gingerich <wrgingerich@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Heat shields, manuals, starters & luggage rack slats
From: Alan Lemen <ralemen@cableone.net>
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 07:19:51 -0600
I have spliced down MGB insulator blocks between the manifold and the 
carbs. Is is a UK HS4 set up on my US Spit . Also has a UK heat shield 
installed with a license plate extension to keep the heat from the 
header away. The HS4 blocks of the MGB are a perfect fit (when thinned 
down). Not sure if they would work with HS2.

Alan

Bill Gingerich wrote:

>Greetings, fellow listers,
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>I have several questions tonight, so without further delay...
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>To those of you who have made a Spitfire carb heat shield from an air bake
>cookie sheet, did you put any insulation between the 2 sheets of aluminum?
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>For you GT6 experts, should a '72 MkIII have some type of carb heat shield
>similar to the Spitfire?
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>I'm also looking for both the Haynes & Bentley manuals for my son to use
>with his afore mentioned GT6.  If you have one or both that you'd like to
>unload, please contact me off list.
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>The starter on Lazarus, the '74 Spitfire spins very well, but won't always
>engage the flywheel.  Sometimes a good smack with a soft face hammer will
>make it work for a while.  Can the drive be rebuilt, or is it time to buy a
>new starter?   
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>Does anyone have any decent slats for the "factory" 6 slat stainless (?)
>luggage rack?  Someone decided to use mine as a push handle and snapped all
>of them off.  Any help would be appreciated.
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>Thanks to all for your assistance.
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>BillG #133
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>Lake Crystal, MN
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>'74 Spitfire "Lazarus"
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>'71 GT6 "Dorian 'Primer' Grey"
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>'71/76 GT6C project "Gypsy"
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>'72/75 GT6C project "Hell, it was free!"
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>'66 GT6 "Belgian Baby"
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>'71 Spitfire "Welding Practice"





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