At 09:32 AM 6/8/2005 -0700, Kirk Crawford wrote:
>I own a 1968 Triumph Spitfire that I have had since I was 14. (I am 40
>now)
Kirk,
First off, let me say Outstanding!!!!! Your Spit since you were 14!!!
I'm owned my Morgan since I was about 19, I'm now 57. Unfortunately,
it hasn't been a daily driver. Wish I did drive it more.
I got my first Spit - a 67 in 67, I was about 18. Unfortunately it
was totaled about 2 yrs later. That's when I got my Morgan. So I
guess I was 21 not 19. I currently have a 77 that was supposedly for
#1 son, but he never really worked on it. He drove it his last year
of high school. I plan on driving it more, and restoring it.
>It is a daily driver, and this morning on the way in to work I notice
>some steam or smoke coming from under the hood. A little smoke is normal
>just after I start my Spitfire....
Well you had a better day than I did:
Went to lunch yesterday (Tue), on the way back, my car (84 Honda Accord)
started smoking from under the hood. The fellow with me 1st noticed it.
Said I was over heating. I checked the Temp and Fuel gauges. All OK.
So we thought something was coming out of a man hole cover in the road.
I asked the fellow in the car next to me if it was my car. He said yes!
Pulled into the parking lot, and found that I'd blown an A/C hose. It's
only 94 and about 60% humidity. :( So I was able to drive home. But
that turned into a zoo, as a truck dropped its load on the road I exit
off the interstate. So one exit (not mine) was closed, but everyone that
wanted that exit had to use mine. Took me about 45min to 1 hr to go less
than 5 mi. :( As I pulled into the driveway, I see a puddle of something
under the rear wheel of the my wife's van - that we are/were planning to
take to OH, on thur. So I know what I'm doing Wed. And it's NOT going to
work. :)
It turns out we blew a wheel cyl. I just finished redoing the rear brakes
and am in the house trying to cool off a little before I go back out and
bleed the brakes.
>I walked over there and was able to borrow a pliers and a phillips
>screwdriver. The hose clamps call for a standard screwdriver. I cut
>off the hose leading to the heater, and just doubled it back the
>return to the source so my heater was eliminated from the circuit.
Outstanding!! A good McGiver fix. That's using your head. :)
Congrads.
Later - got to go bleed the brakes!
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
Va. Beach, Va (eBay id: zebra48-1)
Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1109)
75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
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