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81. RE: Spit wiper motor ?? (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:23:15 +0100; The older type does have a park switch, but it's not integrated into the motor - it's the little white (or white-ish, depending on age!) box that sits on top of the motor, kind of next to the cylind; /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00791.html (10,059 bytes)
82. RE: Car Paint (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:05:23 -0000; I wasn't aware of any problems getting paint in the UK. My daily-driver Spitfire could really do with a new bonnet. One of the wheel-arches is rusty, and the rest of the bonnet is suffering from a co; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00001.html (9,028 bytes)
83. Overdrive story (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:34:39 -0000; Hello list! Recently, the J-type overdrive on my Spitfire stopped working - it wouldn't engage. So I checked the Haynes manual which said that the likely causes are low gearbox oil, faulty wires and; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00002.html (8,350 bytes)
84. RE: Overdrive story (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:56:11 -0000; Just wanted to say "thanks" to everyone who's helped on this one! I haven't been on the list that long, but in the short time I've been around, I've been extremely impressed with how knowledgable and; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00054.html (10,070 bytes)
85. RE: soft-top replacement (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:01:05 -0000; I read this somewhere, but can't remember where. It may have been in the Haynes Purchase and Restoration Guide, so given the recent comments re. Haynes, you may choose to ignore it! Apparently, the; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00055.html (9,744 bytes)
86. RE: soft-top replacement (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:23:11 -0000; Just re-read this e-mail and realised it probably needed some clarification - when I used the word "hood", I meant it in the English sense (soft-top) and not the American sense! Hope that makes more; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00057.html (10,634 bytes)
87. RE: Door handles/locks (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:36:45 -0000; I've just replaced the handle/locking mechanism on my drivers door, and had all kinds of problems getting the remote locking thingy to work. First of all, the eye in the slit pin on the new lock was; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00631.html (10,414 bytes)
88. RE: Door handles/locks (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:19:09 -0000; This is true - in fact, there's no need to slash the soft top to get in, because you can undo the poppers at the back and reach the handle (except with my locks, which can't be unlocked from inside i; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00658.html (12,003 bytes)
89. RE: FW: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:59:32 -0000; I was under the impression (and I could be completely wrong here) that the ratios on the 3-rail gearbox supplied up to the Mk 4 were different to the single-rail supplied with the 1500, and that ther; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00663.html (9,667 bytes)
90. RE: Door handles/locks (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:10:54 -0000; I've tried the pull-out stereo trick, but it didn't work, the car was still broken into even with no stereo in it. Didn't try leaving the doors unlocked, though - that might work. As for a pull-out i; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00664.html (11,022 bytes)
91. RE: An Observation (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:52:07 -0000; I haven't been on this list all that long, and in the short time I've been around I can't really claim to know you (or anyone else) at all, but one thing you don't strike me as is dull! As for why t; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00687.html (8,680 bytes)
92. RE: RAF Spitfire Bonnet Badge (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:37:23 -0000; Did it ever occur to you that maybe doing 7000rpm might be part of the reason it now won't do more than 4500????? Just a thought....... Dean --; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00688.html (8,135 bytes)
93. RE: Reference books wanted (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:58:24 -0000; Where are you? I've seen a copy of the Haynes manual for sale in Foyles on Charing Cross Road in London. Also, Halfords list it as being available, although I don't recall ever actually seeing it in; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00689.html (7,507 bytes)
94. RE: soft-top fitting (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:27:19 -0000; On mine, this plate is attached (glued?) to the actual fabric of the soft-top in such a way that this layer of fabric sits between the plate and the paintwork, protecting the paint. I assume this is; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00692.html (7,292 bytes)
95. RE: carb ajustment (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:08:44 +0100; I don't remember noticing any replies to this, so I thought I'd point you towards http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/3122/TechTips.html - links off this page on the Triumph Spitfire Resource Site wi; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00730.html (7,317 bytes)
96. Exhaust secrets? (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:43:54 +0100; Has anyone out there disconnected their exhaust pipe from the exhaust manifold? If you have, could you please let me in on the secret of how to remove the front bolt? Ok, maybe this needs a bit more; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00750.html (8,639 bytes)
97. RE: Exhaust secrets? (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:24:45 +0100; Remove the exhaust manifold from the head? I thought this wasn't possible unless you remove the head from the engine, because you can't get to all the bolts - and the way to remove the head from the; /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00754.html (8,869 bytes)
98. RE: diet coke commercial and spitfire (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:58:26 -0000; I thought I saw a Spit in a Fiat Punto ad here in the uk - but it's such a quick shot, I wasn't certain. I've only seen the ad a couple of times - it would be nice to be able to catch it on video so; /html/spitfires/1999-02/msg00062.html (8,743 bytes)
99. Unusual alternator? (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 08:45:21 -0000; Good Morning listers, I am just about to buy my first ever Spitfire - '77 1500. Problem is the alternator is completely gone. I told the current owner I need her to get it fixed before I can buy the; /html/spitfires/1999-02/msg00074.html (8,486 bytes)
100. RE: Unusual alternator? (score: 1): Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:48:11 -0000; I hope it wasn't the same place - where did you go, Rick? I went to John Kipping in Coventry, UK - they seem to know what they're talking about (well, the telephone operators don't, but they're happy; /html/spitfires/1999-02/msg00079.html (10,557 bytes)

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