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161. Re: Spitfire Sprint (correction) (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:29:51 -0700
I should have researched a little further, the sentence should have read - instead of the extra overhead camshaft - but the basic block would be the same in any case - Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bsch
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00141.html (6,643 bytes)

162. Re: Compatibility of Spitfire & GT6 Differential parts (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 06:57:05 -0700
fitted is the 3.27 ratio used on some GT6's. . .BUT. . . the other problem is that the early (pre 70) diffs used a slightly smaller bolt (5/16" vs. 3/8") to attach the ring gear to the carrier so th
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00294.html (7,014 bytes)

163. Heater valve operation (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:01:18 -0700
I need to replace the heater valve on my Spitfire, but I need to know the operation of the correct one for my car. There are several ones, and from what I remember, mine (a 72 MK4) is the odd one tha
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00529.html (7,881 bytes)

164. Re: exhaust header for spitfire (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:40:44 -0700
Actually a good cast manifold will far outlast a mild steel exhaust system. The header will eventually rust from the inside out (unless hot coated), or "eventually" crack from metal fatigue somewhere
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00532.html (7,318 bytes)

165. Heater control valve (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:53:59 -0700
I tried to reply (Ptegler) but got a returned mail service unavailable so I bombed the list - sorry ** Yes and therein lies the problem. I no longer have the original controls and simply use a "choke
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00533.html (6,977 bytes)

166. Re: Heater valve operation (clarification) (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:18:42 -0700
<snip> ** Doug, Thanks for the reply It may very well be I have used the wrong type, and that the MK4 Spitfire doesn't have this particular valve as standard equipment. I had just assumed that I rep
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00536.html (8,771 bytes)

167. Re: whining noise (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:08:14 -0700
Chances are if you had a whining noise, coupled with a diff leak - and you didn't top off the diff to insure that it was full, then you probably toasted the rear end. With very little lubrication, th
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00579.html (8,208 bytes)

168. Re: LED replacement bulbs (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:40:18 -0700
** Jeg's. a high performance mail order house (www.jegs.com) has LED lamp assemblies for replacing 1157 taillights for about $12. - their part number 034-50.4051.B certainly cheaper - Barry Schwartz
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00621.html (6,856 bytes)

169. Old British thinking (formerly TR7 bashing :-}) (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:34:53 -0700
As Jonmac pointed out in a previous post of the prevalent attitude of the time, I can say that it wasn't just limited to Triumph, or British cars for that matter - In the early 70's I worked in a bic
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00669.html (7,805 bytes)

170. RE: Chromed windshield frame? (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 07:30:01 -0700
As Jeff and probably many others will no doubt tell you, the windscreen frames on all Spitfires prior to 71 and the GT6 prior to the MK3 as well as all big TR's except the TR7, 8 had removable frames
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00141.html (8,319 bytes)

171. Re: Chromed windshield frame? (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 08:08:13 -0700
** all 1970 Spitfires and GT6's had this treatment done from the factory (at least here in the USA). It was (from what I have read) an attempt to make the windscreen appear larger. I personally didn
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00154.html (9,178 bytes)

172. PDWA operation (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 08:11:02 -0700
John, (and other interested parties) The PDWA is just as its says, a pressure differential warning actuator, not a hydraulic valve but a hydraulic switch. The two brake circuits are totally independe
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00233.html (8,916 bytes)

173. Woodly Park info request (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:32:38 -0700
Does anybody have any additional info on the Woodly park show in Los Angeles on the weekend of the 24th of this month? Are drive-ins acceptable, or do you need to be pre registered? What time does it
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00242.html (6,988 bytes)

174. Re: Air/Fuel Gauge/Sensor Location (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:55:00 -0700
If your talking about the oxygen sensor, the collector is the only place to get a true reading of all cylinders. The only way you can do this is to use a heated oxygen sensor here. That's what I have
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00248.html (8,227 bytes)

175. Re: Flushing sug. for brakes (kinda long as usual :-}) (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:00:00 -0700
** Kevin (cc'd Triumphs and Spitfires also) Before you do this you may or may not find my observations interesting, so I'll post them for your own conclusions. . . About a year ago I decided to repl
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00339.html (11,691 bytes)

176. Re: splitting the difference (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:51:40 -0700
Before you can split the case, you must remove the half shafts from the diff. Once the allen bolts are removed the half shafts, with their bearings and retaining flange (the one held on by those bol
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00650.html (7,532 bytes)

177. Re: splitting the difference (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:58:55 -0700
** John, At the risk of sounding brash (not intentional I assure you) may I ask why? I'm not implying you not capable at all, since I don't know you personally, but the reason I ask is that you won'
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00663.html (8,273 bytes)

178. Re: splitting the difference (more on the 3.27 diffs) (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:14:37 -0700
John (and list), The carriers will not necessarily interchange. I guess I'm still not real clear on what your trying to do. At any rate, the bearing sizes went through four or five iterations and as
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00711.html (8,318 bytes)

179. Re: Observations (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:54:44 -0700
** I think you'll find that this dimension exactly corresponds to the offset of the pinion gear shaft centerline. If both axles are exactly the same length, which in this case they are, then somethi
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00740.html (7,801 bytes)

180. Re: balance shafts (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:32:38 -0700
Typically its done in V6's and V4's and some straight fours depending on their design, to offset the forces caused by the pistons flying around at high speed that cannot be counter balanced by the mo
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00750.html (7,601 bytes)

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