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81. Re: MK IV Body Tub & Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:21:13 +0000; Goddamit, why does nobody in UK offer perfect body tubs and bonnets for nothing? Oh, that's right - there aren't any in this climate... :-( ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA12; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00118.html (8,919 bytes)
82. Re: MK IV Body Tub & Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:59:11 +0000; Well, that is true, I suppose... ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH10567; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00121.html (8,276 bytes)
83. Re: MK IV Body Tub & Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:07:36 +0000; At least you're on the same continent! Why not hire a truck for a long weekend, and take a trip to California? Hiring an Amphicar and a roof-rack is about my best chance of picking up a nice SoCal ru; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00122.html (8,484 bytes)
84. Re: MK IV Body Tub & Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:07:48 +0000; Thanks for that, Suzie - I'd certainly be delighted to pick up a decent tub for that price, but this is a running car! I make not like the colour, but I wouldn't break the car just because of that...; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00148.html (8,747 bytes)
85. Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:37:12 +0000; Dear All, My odometer tells me that I have travelled about 91.1 miles for every hundred miles I drive. The speedometer/odometer in question is a Smiths unit, with the "1000" figure on the face, which; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00238.html (9,071 bytes)
86. Gaskets (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:50:37 +0000; Dear All, Over the past week I have been racking up the miles at high speed in my trusty Spitfire, Carly. I didn't pay close attention to overall mileage or average speed, but I did around 600 miles; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00239.html (8,187 bytes)
87. Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:35:04 +0000; Hi Bill, This is the only 1500 I have ever driven, and the gearbox was changed within weeks of an engine strip-down/rebuild. It may be that I do have very poor acceleration, but I just don't realise; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00243.html (11,773 bytes)
88. Re: Gaskets (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:37:40 +0000; <g> Dammit, I'm not prepared to do that! Hmm. Sneaky. I like it. So, how about combining both approaches - remove forward brackets *and* gasket? Suicidal, or a recipe for trouble-free motoring, do yo; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00244.html (9,666 bytes)
89. Re: Gaskets (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:37:27 +0000; Certainly true in my case. Are you saying that it is going to be impossible to create an exhaust-gas-tight joint without a gasket? If so, I would agree! I see this as very much a last resort - for th; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00251.html (9,787 bytes)
90. Re: Gaskets (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:39:46 +0000; So how did you do up something you've never had? Enquiring minds want to know! <g> Sounds like a good recommendation to me. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie -; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00252.html (8,856 bytes)
91. Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:29:32 +0000; Splendid - that rules that possibility out, then. Thanks for that. I unsubscribed from the spitfire-enthusiast group some time ago, and the question would be off-topic on the Herald group, so I'll dr; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00253.html (11,618 bytes)
92. Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:31:34 +0000; All things are possible. And it looks as though the speedo/odo drive gear may well be wrong. How do I get it out? If this is going to take me five hours on my back with gear oil dripping up my nose,; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00254.html (9,564 bytes)
93. Re: spitfires-digest V1 #1547 (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:47:50 +0000; But a really accurate speedo still won't tell me anything about what speed I am actually doing, if the drive gear which is powering it has the wrong number of teeth! I am convinced that, whatever the; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00255.html (8,664 bytes)
94. Re: Gaskets (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 10:51:25 +0000; This doesn't sound good. Think I'll go with the idea of fitting a gasket... <g> ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00259.html (9,010 bytes)
95. Re: Gaskets (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 10:52:25 +0000; Ah. Pretty high, I should think! ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH10567; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00260.html (9,694 bytes)
96. Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 11:15:31 +0000; Thanks for the explanation, Bill. I can rule out the gearbox altogether then. As far as this problem is concerned, I now know that I don't actually need to check this any more. I do need to check the; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00261.html (12,070 bytes)
97. Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:28:01 +0000; Dear All, I bought a new toy this morning, and have been playing with it (and other things) earlier this afternoon. I can now confirm the following: My rev counter is not in need of recalibration - i; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00264.html (10,454 bytes)
98. Re: Odometer readings on Spitfire 1500s (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:40:35 +0000; Dear Richard, Yes, but this is because I have freaked the speedo readings by moving the needle up by about 9 mph. Taking road speed readings from the rev counter (rpm x 0.018), and comparing them to; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00278.html (12,689 bytes)
99. Manifold/Downpipe gasket (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:37:57 +0000; Dear All, Well, it's done. It was a little more difficult than it should have been. The manifold is connected to the downpipe by three 5/16" UNF steel studs, and three 5/16" UNF brass nuts, right? Wr; /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00304.html (7,535 bytes)
100. Re: Bouncy bouncy and zipped vinyl (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:16:19 +0000; Dear Tim, If you can make the back end bounce, the front end should be bouncing too (remember that track leading to TRGB?). If the front end is holding the road nicely, and the back is all over the p; /html/spitfires/2003-01/msg00036.html (9,175 bytes)

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