- 21. RE: removing hazard switch from GT6/Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:24:37 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- You may be thinking of a different type switch. This one is a rocker switch. I can get it to move up and down a bit but not out. I was thinking there must be some plastic tabs that expand when you p
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00054.html (8,225 bytes)
- 22. RE: removing hazard switch from GT6/Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 09:01:53 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- My club met for breakfast on Sunday. One of the guys brought in a panel from a GT6 he parted out so I could see what it looks like from the back side. There are two small wood screws that hold the sw
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00065.html (7,924 bytes)
- 23. Re: Lower shock mount (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:58:09 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- I would just replace the vertical link assembly. It isn't especially hard to do unless one of the through bolts is frozen into its bushing. The parts aren't hard to find. If you can't find one locall
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00168.html (7,263 bytes)
- 24. GT6 exhaust system (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:04:31 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- My GT6 project car is almost ready to have an exhaust system installed. I am planning to take it to a local muffler shop and have a custom system made for it. It has a 6 into 1 tubular header with a
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00033.html (7,093 bytes)
- 25. RE: GT6 exhaust system (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 05:32:19 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- That's what I figured. The smaller pipe probably provides more of a scavenging effect that a larger one would. I will go with 2". thanks, Dave My GT6 project car is almost ready to have an exhaust sy
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00039.html (8,033 bytes)
- 26. GT6 clutch pedal cover (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 20:22:02 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- I ordered new pedal covers for my 1973 GT6. When I went to install them, I discovered that the clutch pedal is the smaller rectangular type like in earlier GT6's while the brake pedal is somewhat tri
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00160.html (6,648 bytes)
- 27. Re: rear brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
- As a temporary or not so temporary repair, remove the damaged section and replace it with a brass compression fitting. Dave
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00221.html (7,128 bytes)
- 28. Re: Nuts and Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:47:33 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- I am rebuilding a basket case GT6. I have been cleaning up the old hardware using a wire buffing wheel on my bench grinder with good results. It seems like I have cleaned up hundreds of bits and I am
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00001.html (7,331 bytes)
- 29. reduction gear starters (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:57:00 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- I am thinking of installing one of those reduction gear starters in my newly rebuilt GT6. Does anybody have one of those handy so that they can measure the length of the part that sits in front of th
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00012.html (6,654 bytes)
- 30. Re: reduction gear starters - page already up (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 07:06:15 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- Wow, that was fast. Thanks, I will give it a try. http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/73gt6br_tropperstarter.htm main body is perhaps 3/4" shorter including the V+ terminal re-location. Paul Tegle
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00014.html (7,843 bytes)
- 31. TR7 wheels on a GT6? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:31:59 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- I think this got discussed a while back but I wasn't paying attention (sorry). If you chamfer the holes on a TR7 wheel, can you safely use it on a GT6/Spitfire? I need to replace the wheels and tires
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00083.html (6,922 bytes)
- 32. RE: TR7 wheels on a GT6? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:50:37 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- I was hoping to use the GT6 nuts so I can still use the chrome GT6 center caps. Maybe the TR7 nuts will work. On the other hand, the TR6 nuts might also work since they had similar center caps. I wil
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00087.html (7,682 bytes)
- 33. Subject: Vinegar (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:53:54 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- And you did it without the shop vac turning into a flame thrower. So much for that urban legend.
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00261.html (6,517 bytes)
- 34. Brake MC for late GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:00:50 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- I think I recall somebody mentioning a while back that a dual brake (break?) MC from a Pinto or something would pretty much bolt into a Triumph. I have procrastinated about ordering the rebuild kit f
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00102.html (7,022 bytes)
- 35. Re: Brake MC for late GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:05:36 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- Thanks! I knew I had seen that page somewhere but neglected to bookmark it. Another list member is making me a deal on a slightly used one but I will file this for future reference. Dave Nolan Penney
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00125.html (7,834 bytes)
- 36. brake drum minimum thickness GT6 MkI/Plus (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:21:18 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- Can somebody tell me what is the minimum allowable thickness of a GT6 MkI/Plus brake drum after turning. And please tell me where the heck you found it. I can't find it in the red shop manual or in t
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00154.html (6,676 bytes)
- 37. RE: brake drum minimum thickness GT6 MkI/Plus (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:19:16 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- I didn't see it, but I only checked one out of four. I will take another look when I get home. Thanks! Dave cheers Scott
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00169.html (7,575 bytes)
- 38. Re: 79 Spit Interior Windshield frame Vinyl Coating? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:49:45 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- Unless you are really hung up on originality, just paint it with black semi gloss. Nobody will know the difference unless you point it out to them. Dave
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00212.html (7,806 bytes)
- 39. Re: Front Sway bar (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:12:43 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- The stock brackets are pretty flimsy. One of the ones on my GT6 project car was ripped right off of the frame. I sawed the other one off and have made up some new brackets out of angle iron that I am
- /html/spitfires/2004-02/msg00172.html (7,237 bytes)
- 40. Re: swaybars (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Fain <kc3565l@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 09:14:54 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
- I know a few guys who vintage race GT6's. The swaybar mounts on the frame tend to get bent or ripped off entirely, which is what happened on the project car I am working on now. One solution would be
- /html/spitfires/2004-01/msg00043.html (7,004 bytes)
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