- 101. Re: logos (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 12:11:16 EST
- Hi Fred, I've been offered a free Datsun 1600 roadster and turned it down. Fiats rust 5 times faster than LBC's. I won't let my wife buy a Honda. I'd only take a gullwing to sell it and buy a fleet o
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00868.html (6,766 bytes)
- 102. Re: Alternate Parts List (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:51:31 EST
- Hi Patrick, My Mk1-2 Factory Parts manual lists the other Triumphs that used identical parts #'s. The early spits share quite a few parts with the TR4, Herald, Vitesse. I've also found some items tha
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00926.html (7,185 bytes)
- 103. Re: More Club Ranting (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:07:01 EST
- Hi Patrick, I agree with you, but wasn't it the deHavilind Mosquito rather than the Javelin. I have models of quite a few WW2 planes (over 100 different, all 1/72 scale) from all sides including the
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00940.html (7,412 bytes)
- 104. Re: Transmission cover - ABS or Original? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:29:35 EST
- Hi Pat, Just told Jeff I bought 2 sets from TRF. Part # RFK 965 my cost was $6.78 each with my discount (winter parts sale thru end of month). They are better than the originals and cover the entire
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00992.html (7,519 bytes)
- 105. bulkhead section (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:13:29 EST
- Hi John, I got the section cut out today. The problem now is finding a big enough box! I may be sending a little more than you need, but in looking it over, it should be easier for your welder to ins
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg01120.html (6,967 bytes)
- 106. Re: crank pully and gererator (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:00:08 EST
- Hi Mike, You might also try to find a MK2 aluminum fan. I haven't used mine yet, so I don't know if they are more quiet or not, but they are about 1/5 the mass. They are gorgeous polished. Bill Brock
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg01157.html (6,437 bytes)
- 107. Re: Valve guide seals and other stuff (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:17:35 EST
- Be care if you are putting both size springs in a 77 spit. 20 years ago I had a head redone for a 73 spit. It needed new springs and I let the machinist order them. Both inner and outer came in the
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg01198.html (7,125 bytes)
- 108. Re: Type D overdrive question (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:38:29 EST
- Here's another OD question. I have a single rail J type OD that I'm considering putting on my Mk1. I would guess a 1500 flywheel would swap with an 1147 thereby permitting the 20spline input shaft an
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00039.html (7,574 bytes)
- 109. Re: Special Interest carpets-- any good? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:05:42 EST
- I used SICP for several parts for my 65 S-type Jaguar restoration from 95-97. They were usually quick, competent, and considerably cost effective. The exhaust systems were the best price around and
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00064.html (6,840 bytes)
- 110. Re: Spitfire4 (MK 1) Clutch Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:24:16 EST
- I measured the push rod on my Mk1 and it is 2 3/8 inches from the tip to the center of the eye. Let me know if you need any parts. I recently bought 4 Mk1's and am always looking to trade. Bill Broc
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00065.html (6,842 bytes)
- 111. Re:Reaction times (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 00:14:48 EST
- Nothing beats your God-given reaction time. In high school I had a 53 Chevy 235 inline 6 that could ALWAYS beat my rich friends' Buick Wildcat, brand new Toronado, Mustang, Barracuda (Ba-ba-ra-ra-cu-
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00079.html (6,940 bytes)
- 112. Re: Switching to DOT 5 (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 16:47:30 EST
- Hi Jeff, If you change to silicone flush all the lines first with mineral spirits. Replace every single brake seal. There is no way to know what size MC, caliper, or rear wheel cyl you have until you
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00108.html (7,993 bytes)
- 113. Re: Rotors -- worth saving? Procedures? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:43:20 EST
- Hi Jeff, Take them to any brake shop and ask them if they are worth "turning." They'll tell you. I think the last ones I had done were 6 or 8 bucks per. Be sure to leave the hubs on them. Bill Brocks
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00127.html (6,749 bytes)
- 114. Re: Switching to DOT 5 (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:51:21 EST
- Greetings all, Lest we forget to tell Jeff, perhaps the best advantage of silicone is when a leak at the MC does occur, you won't have to repaint your bulkhead. Bill Brockschmidt.
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00141.html (7,377 bytes)
- 115. (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:21:44 EST
- Hi Leon, Wow, Leon, I didn't realize you were in South Africa. There are a few people on the Jaguar saloon list from South Africa as well. It would be a lot of work preparing an engine for shipping t
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00154.html (7,841 bytes)
- 116. Re: TR 6 ~ TR250 ~ Spitfire Overdrive badge (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 23:47:48 EST
- I would like to trade a TR 6, TR250 overdrive badge for a mk1-2 Spitfire overdrive badge. Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00188.html (6,292 bytes)
- 117. Re: clutch bleeding on 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:46:05 EST
- Hi Paul, If I'm not mistaken, the seats are different for the bleed nipple and the fluid line. The bleed line has a special shape to accept the cone on the bleed nipple and the fluid line is more cup
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00216.html (7,805 bytes)
- 118. Re: Generator dismantling, other questions (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:03:48 EST
- Hi Jeff, With all the problems you've been having with your MK3, chances are you'll need to clean the comutator, replace the brushes, and lubricate your generator. It's really not that hard, and it's
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00413.html (8,760 bytes)
- 119. Re: What the heck's a S.4221A-19? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:14:56 EST
- Hi Keith, Are you a customer of Ted Schumacher at TSI? He mentioned your name to me as someone looking for a pair of highback spitfire seats for a MK3. I have a beautiful pair with one flaw. When I b
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00439.html (7,460 bytes)
- 120. Re: parts cleaners-- worth it? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:01:47 EST
- Hi Frank, I have a Harbour Freight parts washer on legs with pump AND PNEUMATIC attachment. If I had it to over again, I would: 1) Buy one of those inexpensive basement type laundry sinks with legs a
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00505.html (7,650 bytes)
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