- 241. Ebay use question (NO LBC content, so delet if not your thing) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:15:57 -0700
- Sorry to bomb the list with this but I know some of you have used this site, and I have a question those of you who have used this forum. If you haven't or are not interested delete now :-) I have ju
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00577.html (7,516 bytes)
- 242. Re: Headlights on (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:22:06 -0700
- Actually Ken, It could be achieved with a couple of high (30) amp relays. One relay coil connected to the ign. switch so that when you turn the key the coil is energized, the other connected to the o
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00868.html (7,434 bytes)
- 243. Finally installed the Borla on the Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 06:44:44 -0700
- I finally got around to finishing installing the Borla exhaust on the Spitfire. I haven't driven it since the alternator explosion, and figured I'd install the Borla at the same time I fixed that, bu
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01018.html (8,004 bytes)
- 244. Softening old windshield seals (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 05:55:29 -0700
- While this doesn't directly apply to my Triumphs, it would have applied to many of you at one time or another, and is a "technical" question. While parked at my old place, now rental house in La Mesa
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01102.html (7,441 bytes)
- 245. Re: Dual master cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 06:16:51 -0700
- While it's admirable to want to upgrade braking, especially for safety reasons, I for one don't see why one would want to convert to a more complex system. ESPECIALLY one that in my own experience is
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01104.html (8,494 bytes)
- 246. Re: sidelamp rubber (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 06:31:37 -0700
- Sounds like bunkum to me, as I have handled MANY a rubber part from all kinds of vehicles over some twenty seven years of tinkering. I have cut, shaped, ground, melted, etc. many of them and, while
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01133.html (7,689 bytes)
- 247. Re: That rubber acid stuff! (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:00:02 -0700
- Thanks for the clarification, one just has to avoid extreme heat. The operative word being *extreme* with heat when handling this material, normal usage should be perfectly safe. ** Barry Schwartz (
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01137.html (7,029 bytes)
- 248. Re: Spit 5 speed (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 06:22:24 -0800
- ** Actually yes, the factory did. Took basically the same engine and tried to stuff it in a Spitfire early on. There is a picture of the vehicle with the engine, minus the bonnet in one of the books
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00292.html (8,530 bytes)
- 249. Electric pump mounting location (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 09:44:39 -0800
- ** The best place BY FAR is below the tank, and as close to the outlet of the tank as practicable. Fuel is much easier and more controlled by pushing than by being siphoned, (one reason for in tank
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00304.html (7,249 bytes)
- 250. Electric fuel pump advantages - (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 10:39:14 -0800
- wouldnt it >be the same amount of work, since it will have to pump it right back up to carb >level ? (less vacum but more pressure) ** Pumps don't work as well siphoning, ESPECIALLY when dry so a gr
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00309.html (8,956 bytes)
- 251. Re: Installing an Oil pressure Gauge (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 06:45:44 -0800
- ** It's generally considered that a mechanical gauge will be a (slightly) more accurate indication of what's going on than an electrical gauge (of equal quality), but an electrical gauge won't have
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00371.html (7,713 bytes)
- 252. Re: rear springs (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 07:11:29 -0800
- ** One word of caution about removing this loop. The part of the spring that were talking about here is also there for a very good safety reason. If the lower spring leaf (the only one clamped solid
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00372.html (8,854 bytes)
- 253. Re: Fuel Tank Venting - BASIC (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:57:15 -0800
- ** Yes on both accounts. Something is blocking the "vent" and if not corrected, you stand a very good chance of permanently collapsing the tank - Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net 72 P
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00385.html (8,181 bytes)
- 254. Re: Spitfire Facts & Figures (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 06:45:22 -0800
- < snip > < snip > ** I must have *one* of the earliest 72's around - Cool, this must mean that my Spitfire (FK31049U) was the seventy first car down the line. Not that the 72 is anything to be notewo
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00977.html (8,687 bytes)
- 255. Re: Medium Whine (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:44:05 -0800
- ** If this is the original diff, never been out of the car etc. then I would say that the gear set is just about worn out, and will soon need to be replaced before the whine turns to a growl - howev
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01202.html (7,994 bytes)
- 256. John's 3.27 rearend question (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:26:15 -0800
- ** No unfortunately, that's not the case - the parts are the same (see below) With the 3.27 gears though, It's not so much the Diff casing as the internal ring gear carrier. These are machined diffe
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01206.html (10,066 bytes)
- 257. Re: John's 3.27 rearend question (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 06:04:52 -0800
- ** Yes, he will need a complete pumpkin, plus the ring and pinion from a GT6 (stock without overdrive), or a TR7 with an automatic tranny [small type diff]. IF converting to this ratio, I would look
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01258.html (7,554 bytes)
- 258. Gas prices (in perspective, a little longish) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:13:20 -0800
- Ya know I've not been on this bandwagon, primarily because I don't want to get into a pissing contest about something we don't really have any control over but I might add the following: Gas here in
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01295.html (10,693 bytes)
- 259. Re: john,s rear end (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:08:20 -0800
- ** The term "pumpkin" refers to the whole ring gear/carrier/spider gear assy as a unit. Many times a certain ratio requires a different carrier (that machined piece that the ring gear bolts to) beca
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01363.html (7,296 bytes)
- 260. Re: Restoration Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:40:58 -0800
- ** Bad move. DO NOT DO THIS. not chastising, just making sure that everyone understands. This will virtually guarantee that the rockers will rust from the inside out. Don't feel bad, I had the same
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01396.html (8,522 bytes)
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