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1. Re: Spitfire 1500 Seats (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 02 Aug 2001 03:09:39 -0500; The company that makes the Spitfire seat covers, and supplies all the Triumph specialists, is Newton Commercial. So, your best bet may be to get in touch directly with them and ask what's going on. I; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00044.html (7,116 bytes)
2. Re: Sharing the woes (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 03 Aug 2001 05:25:20 -0500; Unbelievable!! I really cannot get inside the mindset of what makes someone want to do something like that. It is utterly beyond me. Oh well, at least no damage done that can't be easily fixed, and; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00079.html (7,293 bytes)
3. Re: Loose front wheels fail inspection? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 08 Aug 2001 03:32:03 -0500; Daffy failed her MOT on exactly this item a couple of weeks ago. First thing to do is check that the front hub nut is adequately tightened. Jack the front up, remove the wheel. Then remove the dust; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00129.html (9,055 bytes)
4. Re: Softtop retainer bar (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 13 Aug 2001 05:20:22 -0500; The rear retainer bar should be what holds the back of the soft-top to the body of the car, along the bottom of the rear window. How exactly did you install the hood without this bar - did you just; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00181.html (7,376 bytes)
5. Re: Softtop retainer bar (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 14 Aug 2001 02:59:13 -0500; That's kind of what I assumed. The previous owner must have installed the male end of the snaps the rim around the back of the cockpit. I've just been connecting the top to those. Does anyone know if; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00198.html (7,279 bytes)
6. Re: Just subscribed to the list, Looking at a 76 (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 14 Aug 2001 04:22:08 -0500; Several blues were available for the Spitfire. For '76 the options should have been: French Blue, code 126, available '73-'76 Delft Blue, code 136, available '75-'76 Tahiti Blue, code 146 or JAE, av; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00199.html (7,527 bytes)
7. Re: Erratic Idle (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 20 Aug 2001 08:04:54 -0500; Donald and Mike, UK late engines did have this over-run valve. I soldered mine closed. You could do the job properly and buy new butterfly valve discs that don't have the valve in in the first place,; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00253.html (7,834 bytes)
8. Re: Engine question (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 20 Aug 2001 08:22:57 -0500; It is true that the engines in the 1300, Spitfire and Herald are all basically the same unit. However, there are some detail differences to the tuning. Spitfires all had twin SUs, except later US ca; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00254.html (8,423 bytes)
9. Re: noisy valves and oil light (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 22 Aug 2001 08:58:44 -0500; A little light ticking from the valves is quite normal. If it is at all loud, and particularly if you can hear it clearly when driving, then all is not as it should be. Never fear, there is a 95% ch; /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00284.html (9,398 bytes)
10. Used Tonneau Cover (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 16 Jul 2001 08:41:55 -0500; One other downside of getting a used cover - make sure it's the right one! First check for correct version - Mk I & II are bound to be the same, Mk III may or may not be different (I have no idea),; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00295.html (8,051 bytes)
11. Re: wheel bearings AND u-joints (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 16 Jul 2001 09:33:31 -0500; DO NOT delay replacing dodgy UJs!!!!! Twice now I have thought, on a Tuesday, "Oh, I'll leave it to the weekend when I'll have a little more time". Twice, before the week was out, I have had the UJ; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00298.html (8,933 bytes)
12. Re: u-joint repair (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 30 Jul 2001 02:45:49 -0500; Just wanted to publicly THANK Richard Gosling, for his wonderful description on an easier/safer way to replace the u-joints on the axle shafts..... Cheers Brad, it's good to know that I have been abl; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00529.html (6,738 bytes)
13. Re: New member (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 31 Jul 2001 07:26:39 -0500; Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to the Spitfire List! If you feel you are missing your Italian cars, just remember that the Spitfire (like most Triumphs of the '60s) was designed by an; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00568.html (7,670 bytes)
14. Re: Overdrive (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 31 Jul 2001 07:48:25 -0500; I have not done the conversion myself, it was done for my by my not-so-D PO. However, I've eaves-dropped on others discussing their conversions, so this is what I have picked up: Firstly, you do not; /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00569.html (9,745 bytes)
15. Fitting new jets and needles (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Jun 2001 02:59:54 -0500; Having realised that some people (well, Mike HW specifically) were getting much better fuel consumption than me, I have decided that it may be a good time to fit the new jets and needles that I bough; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00002.html (8,584 bytes)
16. Re: Aaaaarggghhh! (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Jun 2001 04:32:38 -0500; Well, we did think you had picked up a bit of a bargain - this is starting to sound like payback time... If it makes you feel any better, after I bought Daffy 2 1/2 years ago I was fixing major thin; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00003.html (8,325 bytes)
17. Re: When it rains, it pours... (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Jun 2001 05:15:34 -0500; Although 20W50 is the original recommended oil for Spitfires, I have had no luck finding this viscosity in a decent oil at a normal motor factors. Manufacturers like Castrol and Penrite do 'Classic'; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00004.html (8,761 bytes)
18. Re: Wet Trousers (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Jun 2001 05:57:31 -0500; It was I who had the damp trousers problem last autumn. Check out the list archives, searching for Soggy Trousers as the subject, for the full exchange of messages on the subject - http://www.listqu; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00005.html (7,586 bytes)
19. Re: When it rains, it pours... (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Jun 2001 09:19:13 -0500; Richard, I don't understand. Castrol is available here in the US all over the place in 20W50. Joe Maybe in the US - over in the UK 10W40 is about as thick as it gets from Castrol. The only 20W50 I've; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00017.html (7,939 bytes)
20. Boot gas struts (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 04 Jun 2001 05:28:26 -0500; I recently had a problem with the boot gas struts on my wifes Audi 100 Avant, one of them died. It was going into the garage anyway, so I asked them to replace the dodgy strut. They replaced both str; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00078.html (7,639 bytes)

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