- 41. Re: Transmission rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:27:33 EDT
- Hi Ken, It's less than an hour job if the tranny's already out. The hardest part is removing the front circlip. Without any special tools you can use 2 small screwdrivers. One to pry and the other to
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00551.html (6,858 bytes)
- 42. Re: Diagnostic help needed (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:51:25 EDT
- Hi Reid, You might also have a partial vacuum created in the gas tank. An easy way to check this would be to open the gas cap when there is no fuel at the filter. If there is a partial vacuum in the
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00647.html (6,717 bytes)
- 43. Re: Where's the money? ('68 Spit Mk3) (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 02:41:13 EDT
- Hi Mike, If you have the time, there's probably more $$'s in parting out the car, but you'll be left with a bunch of stuff to store, give away, and throw away. If you have a heart and love of these w
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00797.html (7,168 bytes)
- 44. Wheel bolt patterns (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 23:04:40 EDT
- Can anyone tell me what cars beside an Austin America had a 4 lugs with a four and one-half inch bolt pattern? Don't necessarily have to be British. Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00220.html (6,334 bytes)
- 45. 1500 rear spring and axels on a Mk1 (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 23:20:32 EDT
- First off, cost is not a consideration as I have both types of axles, springs, radius arms, and front roll bars. I do not have a camber compensator. My question is what would be the best configurati
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00221.html (6,916 bytes)
- 46. Re: eBay funnies (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 13:08:39 EDT
- Hey guys, I'm not trying to be mean, (just a little facetious, which by the way is one of 2 words in the English language with A E I O U in consecutive order) but here's another funny one. There was
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00279.html (7,462 bytes)
- 47. Re: word funnies-was ebay funnies-no LBC content--sorry (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 14:37:51 EDT
- Hi Doug, No extra points! You abstemiously forgot about the second "i" in adventitious. Sacrilegious doesn't count-they are not in order, unless you spell it sacreligious (still one too many "i") whi
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00285.html (7,409 bytes)
- 48. LBC humor (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:18:47 EDT
- Did you hear about the LBC owner who married an Amish woman? Two weeks later he was driving her buggy. Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00685.html (6,128 bytes)
- 49. Getting there (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 01:34:08 EDT
- Greetings all, The last of the suspension is cleaned, primed, bushed, bearinged, and painted. I have so much sand blasting media all over me, I weigh a few extra pounds. The steering, front suspensio
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01175.html (7,155 bytes)
- 50. Re: Keith's seatbelts (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 00:24:38 EDT
- Anyone out there have these kind of seatbelts for sale or trade??????? Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00044.html (6,739 bytes)
- 51. Re: J and D overdrive oil pump cams (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 00:59:26 EDT
- Hi all, Does anyone know what the difference between the a J and D oil pump cams would be? Can a readily available J type cam be adapted to fit the NLS D type? Anyone have a spare D type cam for sale
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00164.html (6,904 bytes)
- 52. Re: Questions??? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 11:41:05 EDT
- Hi Jason, Are you sure that last sentence shouldn't read "and there sure are a lot of farts!" All kidding aside, if you mean the gear SHIFT Rebush kit, there are 2 sets of bushings to replace. 1) han
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00518.html (8,931 bytes)
- 53. Best setup for 1147 with GT6 OD gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:47:12 EDT
- Greetings all: As some of you may know, I purchased a professionally rebuilt GT6 OD gearbox (d-type) thinking it was a Spit box. I have plenty of spare tranny parts and could replace the input shaft
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00747.html (7,308 bytes)
- 54. Re: Spitfire Information wanted ... (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:56:25 EDT
- Hi Mike, This looks like a 1968 Mk3 that was originally Royal Blue with a Shadow Blue interior. The seats and wheels have been replaced with 1500 seats and wheels. The correct seats would be the low
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01105.html (7,102 bytes)
- 55. Re: Slave cylinder Question (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 14:41:48 EDT
- Hi Jason, The dust cover retainers are usually steel and the slave cyl is aluminum. Two different metals together cause corrosion which has them stuck together. The lip of the dust cover is usually c
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01186.html (6,879 bytes)
- 56. Re: 2 Q's and a .... (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:34:02 EDT
- Mk3 GT6 bonnets are compatible with 1500's. Mk3 Spitfire bonnets are compatable with GT6+'s. Otherwise cutting and welding is necessary. The easiest way to tell the difference is the gear shift lever
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01250.html (7,396 bytes)
- 57. TR4-Spitfire sunvisors (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 22:45:14 EDT
- Does anyone remember the sellers name of the white NOS sunvisors on Ebay 1-2 months ago? Also, does anyone have an extra center sunvisor bracket for a Mk1 Spitfire, part # 611103, or a set of those w
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00070.html (6,416 bytes)
- 58. Spitfire bracket (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 11:27:07 EDT
- I have a friend in CA with a MK1 problem. One the brackets attached to the front cross member that holds the bonnet is history. Does anyone have access to a frame destined for the scrap pile that co
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00183.html (6,709 bytes)
- 59. Re: Spit Tub (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:50:13 EDT
- I just missed out on a 68 with hardtop--engine out of car, but with car-- Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00278.html (6,603 bytes)
- 60. Re: Suggested boot tools? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 21:11:04 EDT
- I carry a spare fuel pump especially if the cam arm is cast iron instead of the later layered steel. Bill B
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00416.html (7,985 bytes)
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