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141. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Oct 2000 08:37:16 -0500
I'm guessing that the brake shoes are not maladjusted, since the handbrake seems to work fine - presumably if the brakes were maladjusted I wouldn't have much of a handbrake? If it is not the brake s
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00169.html (9,882 bytes)

142. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Oct 2000 09:20:23 -0500
Excellent stuff, Nolan, thanks a lot!! I'll do some more investigation... Richard & Daffy
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00173.html (8,819 bytes)

143. Re: Spitfire Sprint (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Oct 2000 09:55:22 -0500
According to the adverts of the time, the Sprint engine had 127 bhp, which gave the saloon car a top speed of 116 mph - our smaller, lighter, more aerodynamic Spits should get more, depending on gear
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00177.html (8,655 bytes)

144. Re: worrying noises (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 13 Oct 2000 03:33:39 -0500
I did this about a year ago - twice in fact, I didn't put the first one in well enough and it fell out so I had to do it all again! Is it the prop-shaft UJ or the one(s) on the drive shafts that is
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00218.html (10,399 bytes)

145. Re: worrying noises (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 13 Oct 2000 03:49:30 -0500
I'm sorry to hear that impending Fatherhood is robbing you of your Spit. I seem to have managed to combine parenthood and Spitfire ownership. My wife has her own car - my thinking is that only one c
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00219.html (7,961 bytes)

146. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 13 Oct 2000 07:26:20 -0500
travel (down to the floor) on the first push of the pedal, firm pedal on the second push, regardless of how fast or slow each push is. I have experimented, pressing with different combinations of sp
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00227.html (10,626 bytes)

147. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 13 Oct 2000 10:10:08 -0500
ekieboom@pop.xs4all.nl on 13Oct2000 04:05 PM [continuing story of hard-to-retard Spit] How old are the brake hoses on your car? I'm asking since old brake hoses can swell up inside. So when you hit t
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00234.html (9,910 bytes)

148. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 16 Oct 2000 08:45:22 -0500
The continuing saga of Daffy's brake woes... Today I checked the passenger side front caliper, after I discovered on Friday that the drivers side had pads that were binding in the calipers - the meta
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00293.html (12,003 bytes)

149. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 16 Oct 2000 10:41:50 -0500
I don't thing the non-bleeding brake caliper could be a result of a blockage before the pistons, as the car brakes in a straight line (in as much as it brakes at all...), there is no pulling to one s
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00304.html (9,933 bytes)

150. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 17 Oct 2000 02:45:31 -0500
So... What on earth is a POS PDWA valve? Too many initials that I don't know what they stand for! Nolan - I had to push the pistons back in a little to remove the pads, in order to grind off the exce
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00323.html (10,118 bytes)

151. Re: Question from a new owner (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 17 Oct 2000 05:07:53 -0500
There are a number of things that could cause a high temperature reading - check each until you have a solution: Dodgy voltage stabiliser - this is a little box, that should be hanging off the back
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00325.html (9,693 bytes)

152. RE: Question from a new owner (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 17 Oct 2000 06:51:53 -0500
Glad to hear your high temperature problem has disappeared! Could just be co-incidence, could be water reducing the resistance between the temperature sensor connector and earth, who can tell now? As
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00330.html (8,078 bytes)

153. Re: exhaust hole (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 18 Oct 2000 04:18:36 -0500
The first place I would check is the joint between the exhaust manifold and the downpipe. There is supposed to be a copper gasket that fits in this joint, but these tend to go with monotonous regula
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00378.html (8,329 bytes)

154. Re: eBAY Spitfire Hardtop (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 18 Oct 2000 05:10:35 -0500
Each to his/her own, I guess. Using Daffy as my every-day car, and with the British climate, I would not be without my hardtop from October to March. The joint between the soft-top and the top of the
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00379.html (9,619 bytes)

155. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 23 Oct 2000 08:02:53 -0500
Just in case anyone cares, an update on the Daffy Poor Braking saga. At the weekend, I replaced the rear brake shoes (although old ones were only about 1/2 way used), replaced the pipes with steel br
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00521.html (9,860 bytes)

156. Re: Steering Wheel Help. (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 23 Oct 2000 09:04:34 -0500
BFH (Big F** Hammer) is the only way I know to do this. I had this problem both on Daffy, and Sammy (the MG BGT I once owned). Screw the nut back onto the shaft, until most of it is engaged on threa
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00523.html (7,492 bytes)

157. Floppy Window (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 26 Oct 2000 08:23:56 -0500
OK, so most of you never use your hard-tops, so this won't be a problem to you, but someone may have the answer... Triumph, in their great wisdom, decided that our cars had no need of a quarter-light
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00603.html (7,583 bytes)

158. Re: whining noise (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 26 Oct 2000 09:46:21 -0500
There is always the alternative to spanners, if you are having trouble getting your diff oil plug out (or indeed any nut/bolt) - a good old pair of Mole grips, done up VERY tightly. Given that you h
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00605.html (8,851 bytes)

159. Re: wheel studs (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 26 Oct 2000 11:16:43 -0500
The vice (vise to the Americans?) method is the only way I know. Use a socket with an o/d slightly smaller than the cup housing to press the cups in all the way. Press one slightly beyond its circli
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00611.html (7,905 bytes)

160. True Gentleman (somewhat rambling) (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 30 Oct 2000 03:28:31 -0600
I had a rather eventful day on Saturday. In the morning, I went off to the TRGB Autojumble, to pick up a few non-essential cheap s/h parts - horrible day to be out, but plenty of people there (did yo
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00700.html (11,367 bytes)

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