- 141. RE: tie bar spacing shims and rear wheel alignment (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:41:31 +0100
- I don't know where you live, but in the UK many tyre shops (e.g Kwik Fit) will check your wheel alignment for free - they then charge you for adjustment, if it's needed. This is a service I take fre
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00131.html (7,561 bytes)
- 142. RE: Stupid Bonnet Prop! (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:27:59 +0100
- Well, it has to have a bit of a bend in it, so that it can go slightly beyond the highest point so the weight of the bonnet will hold the prop in the right position - until a slight gust of wind blow
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00144.html (7,330 bytes)
- 143. RE: Blown fuse on ignition... (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:03:32 +0100
- There's something odd here... The horn is, I think, protected by the on-all-the-time fuse, along with hazard lights, the lights that light up when you open the doors, and... not much else I think. No
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00147.html (7,759 bytes)
- 144. RE: ethical question / question of principles (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:15:26 +0100
- Personally, I consider rubber fuel pipes (indeed anything rubber) as a "service item", the replacement of which does not affect the originality of the car (but with a Mountney steering wheel and sea
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00158.html (8,762 bytes)
- 145. RE: Tips for Draining/Refilling Mk3 Diff? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:12:05 +0100
- You are right, there is no drain plug for the diff. I have never tried to drain one, I guess the only options (without removing it from the car!) are to syphon or suck it out with some sort of pump.
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00275.html (7,580 bytes)
- 146. RE: Propshaft and Diff play - parts for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:08:30 +0100
- Unless the diff is locked, or a super limited-slip-type one, I would not be at all surprised if your wheels spin at different rates while off the ground - the chances that the drag from bearings and
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00277.html (8,216 bytes)
- 147. RE: Stages of Engine Build (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:19:41 +0100
- I believe that the terminology of "Stage I, II, III, IV" is not unique to the Spitfire, but is common across much engine tuning. Each stage I think does refer to a specific level of re-work, but I'm
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00075.html (8,888 bytes)
- 148. RE: Spitfire Window Regulators (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:32:35 +0100
- I assume you are talking about the plastic blocks that are either end of the U-shaped rail that the bottom of the glass slots into? I think these are available new, at least from Rimmers www.rimmerb
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00083.html (7,618 bytes)
- 149. RE: after a day of preparation... (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:43:00 +0100
- The inside of my Spit rocker cover has never looked too bad, but I recently had to replace a head gasket on my 1.1l Ford Fiesta (also a pushrod engine like the Spit), and under the rocker cover in th
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00084.html (7,704 bytes)
- 150. TR6 on Top Gear (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:46:30 +0100
- Anyone watch Top Gear (by far the leading car-based TV-show in the UK, for the benefit of those outside of our island) last night? Great feature, where they were discussing how all convertibles were
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00120.html (9,010 bytes)
- 151. RE: Re-installing engine & tranny as a unit? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:42:29 +0100
- ...I would not think of doing it any way other than pull engine and tranny as a unit... If you are just doing a clutch, and are not fortunate enough to own an engine hoist, pulling the whole engine/g
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00122.html (7,997 bytes)
- 152. RE: TR6 on Top Gear (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:43:01 +0100
- ...I just wonder why, if Spitfires are 'effeminate', so many 6 foot plus, 250 pound guys are driving them??... I agree - just reporting what the presenter said. Although, I would have to agree with t
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00126.html (8,819 bytes)
- 153. 2500 engine in a Spitfire? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:56:11 +0100
- I never had any great plans to modify Daffy, but a friend (well, my wife's friend's husband) mentioned to me yesterday that he had a 2500 saloon sitting on his farm which he is going to scrap - the b
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00128.html (9,287 bytes)
- 154. RE: 2500 engine in a Spitfire? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:46:33 +0100
- Somebody mentioned GT6 front suspension uprights - how are they different to Spit uprights? Are they essential for a 6-cyl engine swap? Richard & Daffy This email and any attached files are confident
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00136.html (7,566 bytes)
- 155. RE: 2500 engine in a Spitfire? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 14:58:46 +0100
- Thanks for that. Your advice, and that of Terry Thompson, has confirmed what I suspected would be the case - there's a lot more to this than cleaning up the engine, whipping out the 1500 and slingin
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00141.html (7,938 bytes)
- 156. RE: Archives (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:10:22 +0100
- Jeff, and anyone else who's lost the link: http://www.team.net/archive/spitfires#browse Richard & Daffy This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00177.html (7,051 bytes)
- 157. RE: Silicon Brake Fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:25:44 +0100
- For those like me in the UK who have been long confused when Americans suggest flushing with "denatured alcohol" - they are talking about what we would call Meths (methylated spirits). Yet another wo
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00185.html (8,006 bytes)
- 158. RE: Petrolhead kids! (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:48:24 +0100
- My daughter, about the same age as Tom, is obsessed with Daffy - she's been known to refuse to go out unless she can go in "Daddy's yellow car" from before she could talk, and she has a (very vague)
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00206.html (7,943 bytes)
- 159. RE: What rims , wheels fit on a Spitfire 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:13:27 +0100
- Wheels off the following cars will fit without modification: Spitfire GT6 Herald Vitesse TR7 Morris Marina MGF / MGTF (that's the new MGTF, not the '50s one!) There may be others (such as MGB/MGC an
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00250.html (7,778 bytes)
- 160. RE: Running Hot (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:00:40 +0100
- Back onto the subject of hot cars (rather than hot weather)... Spitfires have a Voltage Stabiliser which takes the rather variable voltage at the battery/alternator/generator and outputs a fixed 10V
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00251.html (8,294 bytes)
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