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341. Re: Spin On Oil Filter for spits (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:04:48 -0400 (EDT); Tom, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't it only the air pump that prevents the earlier filters (fatter) from fitting the later cars? --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00348.html (7,705 bytes)
342. Re: BCW adventures (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 20:18:07 -0400 (EDT); Thanks, Tom! Hey, bring it on over. I'm ready. Got the new oil seal in the timing cover (is there any other way aside from the "use the starter to bang your socket handle against the frame repeatedly; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00363.html (8,816 bytes)
343. Re: tonneau (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 14:23:05 -0400 (EDT); Yes, it was. It's not unusual to see a '72 without the door snap posts, but it's a bit more unusual to see one without the posts on the dash. Correct again. The wood began, at least on U.S. models, w; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00431.html (7,287 bytes)
344. Re: sit shift kit praise (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 22:38:01 -0500 (EST); Not to upstage Kirk, but I've done this many times on various Heralds, Spitfires and GT6s. Not counting whatever time it takes to strip out carpeting and such and get the tunnel cover off and back on; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00037.html (7,746 bytes)
345. Which gearbox is which? was Re: Spit Shift Kit Praise (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 09:36:28 -0500 (EST); Easiest way to tell is to determine where reverse is. If it is (ideally, anyway) push down, then over to the left and up, it's the three-rail gearbox. Your '73 would have had one originally, as they; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00047.html (7,420 bytes)
346. Re: AM I CRAZY? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 13:49:23 -0400 (EDT); Doug, there's no reason to go to all that trouble, as there is nothing about the chassis frame itself that constitutes an improvement over the earlier one. The improvements in suspension, etc., are a; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00070.html (7,291 bytes)
347. Re: Spit Shift Kit Praise (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 14:02:21 -0400 (EDT); FWIW, most U.S. spec. 1973 and 1974 Spitfire 1500s I've seen over the years had the three-rail gearbox, and just about all the 1975 U.S. 1500s (and later) had the single-rail gearbox. --Andy * * * *; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00071.html (8,431 bytes)
348. Re: triumph false advertising (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 11:16:34 -0400 (); [Apologies; I lost the original post!] AFAIK, all GT6s have had some sort of wooden dash. The GT6+ and Mk.3 models had layouts that largely paralleled those of the "Federal" Spitfires, save for some; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00085.html (8,120 bytes)
349. Re: Replacing Spit Clutch (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:06:05 -0400 (); Here we are often forced to eat spotted owl in such a situation. (Hey, environmentalists, I'm kidding! And it's been months since my last roast eagle....) Fred Thomas added: but I almost always wash; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00105.html (8,767 bytes)
350. Re: Mark 4 sway bar on Mark 3 (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:17:49 -0400 (); Yes! --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6) Consultant * * Vintage Triumph Register * * amace@unix2.nysed.gov * * * * * * *; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00109.html (7,232 bytes)
351. Re: The Colour white..for the roof...help (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:18:48 -0400 (EDT); You might want to avoid Sebring White, which is actually closer to an extremely washed out light blue. The ("new") White #19 would have been appropriate to the Mk.3 and is a nice, fairly bright white; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00144.html (7,646 bytes)
352. Re: Parts Cross-Reference list (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:09:17 -0400 (EDT); Sounds good to me as well. Nope, Joe, I'm not volunteering, either. And while I appreciate that the thought of such a cross-reference refers in part to parts from other makes (i.e., Volvo) of cars, a; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00217.html (8,135 bytes)
353. Re: Spitfire Exhaust (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 12:57:15 -0400 (); I suspect that the GT6 muffler would not fit between the rear frame extensions on the '77. --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace e-mail: amace@uni; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00229.html (7,713 bytes)
354. Re: new lister... (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:43:01 -0400 (); Welcome to our little 12-step program, Nik! :-) --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6) Consultant * * Vintage Triumph Regis; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00300.html (7,079 bytes)
355. rear disc brakes on a Spitfire? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 18:26:26 -0400 (EDT); Does anyone out there in Triumphland know of a kit (or anything approaching same, like a good parts list) for converting a 1979 Spitfire to rear disc brakes? I don't know of anything, but I thought s; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00362.html (7,463 bytes)
356. Re: I got a new baby with new problems (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:22:50 -0400 (); As they are interconnected, it's likely that the brake light circuit is the offending one. Assuming that there are no leaks or other problems with the brakes, the "pressure differential warning actua; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00396.html (7,969 bytes)
357. RE: Spitfire 6 -- curiouser and curiouser (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:29:58 -0400 (); I'll jump in here best I can from memory. The swap requires the GT6 vertical links -- basically the earlier Herald/Vitesse vertical links -- for mounting of the larger caliper. The GT6 (and Vitesse); /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00402.html (8,234 bytes)
358. Re: the new list for Herald based Triumph automobiles" (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:25:04 +0500 (EST); Thus far on the newly formed list: Hi Back at you all! If there's anyone amongst the 31 or so current subscribers who doesn't know me yet, RUN NOW -- SAVE YOURSELF! :-) As briefly as possible: I've b; /html/spitfires/1998-03/msg00004.html (8,422 bytes)
359. Re: Andy Mace ??? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:45:15 +0500 (EST); Well, I've often subscribed to the Groucho Marxist philosophy of not joining any club that would have me as a member, but I've decided to make an exception in this case! :-) --Andy "Hardly"; /html/spitfires/1998-03/msg00006.html (6,920 bytes)
360. Re: your mail (score: 1): Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>; Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 17:41:58 +0500 (EST); Correct. It's quite the casting. I'll see if I have a part number. --Andy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Andrew Mace, President and * * 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6) Consultant * * V; /html/spitfires/1998-03/msg00012.html (7,084 bytes)

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