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41. Re: I knew there'd be more . . . (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 15 May 2001 06:33:02 -0500; If you are 'pretty mechanically inclined', you should be able to do your half-shaft UJs - there's nothing exceptionally tricky in there, your biggest problems are likely to be nuts on your suspensio; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00324.html (8,791 bytes)
42. Re: Dealing with pressure - or lack thereof (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 16 May 2001 07:05:25 -0500; My understanding of this subject is this: It's not really oil PRESSURE that lubricates the bearings, its oil FLOW. The Spit's oil pump (like virtually all of them) is a positive displacement pump, wh; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00366.html (9,237 bytes)
43. Re: Valances and LRP (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 16 May 2001 11:47:34 -0500; "I must admit that I'm bemused about the efficiency of the cooling system on Carly. On Saturday, when it was over 80 in the shade, the needle on the temperature gauge went just past the middle. When; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00385.html (9,229 bytes)
44. Re: Choke cable for SU conversion (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 16 May 2001 11:52:54 -0500; I guess if TRF have decided to simplify their stock by only stocking one variant of choke cable, they should have gone with the longest so that it would work for everyone. Then again, just because t; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00386.html (7,435 bytes)
45. Re: :( Continued - motor motor who's got the motor (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 17 May 2001 10:45:07 -0500; Just for info, recon engines in the UK cost about 650 GBP ($1000) +tax wherever you buy them (and you have to return your old one). Obviously shipping to the US is likely to be prohibitive, but that; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00430.html (7,244 bytes)
46. RE: Highway driving (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 17 May 2001 11:50:31 -0500; I drive for half an hour up and down a 4-lane motorway to and from work every day in my Spitfire. I generally cruise at 75-80 mph (120-130 km/h), admittedly a little over the motorway speed limit he; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00435.html (10,640 bytes)
47. Re: Valances (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 17 May 2001 12:01:22 -0500; "I may do this, come the autumn. I find the idea of having a winter thermostat and a summer thermostat appealing!" I have heard of other people changing their thermostats with the season, and I don't; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00436.html (7,985 bytes)
48. re: highway driving (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 18 May 2001 05:09:19 -0500; Gearing for a 1500 should give 22.6 mph/1000 rpm in 4th with o/d. So, 3500 rpm will give you 79 mph. This of course assumes that your tacho is more reliable and accurate than your dodgy speedo! A bl; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00493.html (8,094 bytes)
49. Re: Weekend travels (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 22 May 2001 11:53:19 -0500; Sounds like an interesting weekend - I'm glad you finally managed to track down those elusive bits you were after, especially the steering wheel. The Spitfire Graveyard sounds like a wierd place - a; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00572.html (8,652 bytes)
50. Re: Clutch safety? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 25 May 2001 06:03:27 -0500; There is no safety switch on the clutch of the Spitfire. When this car was designed safety wasn't exactly the top priority - after all, there isn't any roll-over protection, side impact bars, air-ba; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00664.html (7,062 bytes)
51. Re: Rubber vs. Poly (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 25 May 2001 07:15:15 -0500; Richard & Daffy; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00665.html (7,763 bytes)
52. Re: Never judge a book by its cover... (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 25 May 2001 08:00:34 -0500; If your engine has recently been re-built, it is quite likely that hardened valve inserts were fitted. Is the head still off? It could well be worth checking them (I have no idea how, if at all, it; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00666.html (7,399 bytes)
53. Re: Introduction (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 30 May 2001 03:12:21 -0500; Great idea! Many parts suppliers (at least in the UK) use the original Triumph part numbers for their parts (even when aftermarket copies are used), although some part numbers are replaced (e.g. Rim; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00788.html (8,336 bytes)
54. UJs - Do them NOW (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 02 Apr 2001 08:00:12 -0500; Those of you with a long and detailed memory will recall that about 1 1/2 years ago I was driving along the 70 mph, dual carriageway system that circulates around Peterborough, when a universal joint; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00016.html (10,024 bytes)
55. Re: UJs - Do them NOW (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 02 Apr 2001 08:30:38 -0500; I think these are very standard items across all sorts of applications - once when I wanted one urgently for the propshaft on an MG BGT on a Bank Holiday Easter Monday I tracked one down at an agricu; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00020.html (7,983 bytes)
56. Re: UJs - Do them NOW (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 03 Apr 2001 05:17:06 -0500; Further to the UJ saga.... Spent 3 hours last night stripping a UJ flange off a S/H driveshaft obtained from TRGB, fitting a new UJ, replacing the snapped handbrake lever on the hub, replacing the ha; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00055.html (8,391 bytes)
57. Re: UJs - Do them NOW (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 03 Apr 2001 09:35:43 -0500; Don't worry, I know about that one! I was only going to use the UJ flange, otherwise I was using the same driveshaft that came off. You will all (I'm sure) be delighted to know that, after a frustra; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00080.html (7,905 bytes)
58. Re: UJs - Do them NOW (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 03 Apr 2001 10:46:44 -0500; I'm less convinced that it is UJs. In my experience (which is more extensive than I wish it would be, as I'm sure you'll gather from my recent posts on the subject), you should get more noise with a; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00081.html (8,259 bytes)
59. Re: 1500 Hard-top Questions (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 05 Apr 2001 03:42:10 -0500; Thanks for your concern over Daffy - she is all well now and up and running again. Good thing, as I've got a track afternoon at Cadwell Park booked for next Thursday! I am surprised anyone would use; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00115.html (10,105 bytes)
60. Re: 1500 Hard-top Questions (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 06 Apr 2001 04:11:28 -0500; As I thought, the 'moulding' is a chromed plastic strip that runs along the bottom rear edge of the hard-top. It is purely decorative. If Rimmers say 'Enquire' in their price list it almost certainl; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00152.html (8,819 bytes)

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