- 321. Re: On the road again (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:06:49 -0700
- ** No. there is no adjustment for the Spitfire or GT6 clutch** ** IF no longer available new, then a junked car is the only source, but chances are that it's in the same condition. This is a pretty
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00527.html (8,554 bytes)
- 322. Spitfire magazine! Guaranteed good reading?? (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 06:13:09 -0700
- Fellow Spit'sters I was browsing through some Triumph links, and came across a magazine devoted to Spitfires. Anybody heard of it, or subscribed? I am going to give it a go. the URL for the magazine
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00555.html (7,241 bytes)
- 323. More vacuum stuff :-) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:55:26 -0700
- Ya know, with the recent re-discussion of vacuum advance/retard you got me thinking, and I'm certainly willing admit incorrectness, when I am. Having said that, I thought about using the ported vacu
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00677.html (7,388 bytes)
- 324. EGR indicator (catylist indicator) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 16:41:57 -0700
- Awhile back I inquired about The rectangular dash warning lights used for various things in later TR's, GT6's and Spitfire, like EGR? catalyst, hazards, brake, etc. The reason was that I wanted to ma
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00684.html (7,041 bytes)
- 325. Re: looking for a bell housing (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 06:22:33 -0700
- ** Hmm. I don't know, the 63 Spitfire I bought has an alloy one. I plan on using it in the 70 if I ever get around to finishing it. The only thing I don't like about it is that the cast in counter b
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00723.html (7,336 bytes)
- 326. No fault insurance - (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:13:56 -0700
- ** And the argument I've always had against "no-fault", for what it's worth, is that people will start bouncing off your car like bumper cars at the amusement park, and simply chime, "Don't worry, y
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00057.html (8,100 bytes)
- 327. Shimming your axle u-joint (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:05:13 -0700
- ** It would go between the circlip and the cap. As far as centering, it is such a small amount (usually less than .010) that one needn't worry about centering it exactly. If you can use an equal shi
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00277.html (9,840 bytes)
- 328. Re: fuel pressure and Weber DGV problems (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:20:45 -0700
- It may be that you have a fuel pump specifically for domestic (USA) vehicles. There are two varieties with different output levels. The import should have no more than 3.5 psi while the domestic is m
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00280.html (7,928 bytes)
- 329. Re: Triumphest '99 (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 07:32:59 -0700
- to >be quite a few of you who are conspicuously absent from the list of registrants. >What's the story? Did you not know this was coming? Barry? Laura? What...too >far? ** Yes, your right. Unfortuna
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00322.html (8,286 bytes)
- 330. Re: INITIAL Engine Repository Set up (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:07:06 -0700
- ** Looks to me to be a K&N or similar generic type mini filter specifically designed to vent crankcase fumes But I could be mistaken - Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net 72 PI, V6 Spitf
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00327.html (7,478 bytes)
- 331. Odd Clutch? problem (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 14:01:16 -0700
- Listers, I thought I throw this out for some ideas, as I am stumped, and that doesn't happen very often :-) While its not a Borg and Beck TR clutch it is in my TR and it is a diaphragm clutch. I have
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00337.html (8,455 bytes)
- 332. Re: All British Field Meet, Portland, OR (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:48:54 -0700
- ** No offense taken, and today, I would also agree with you - When I did mine, these cars were still being made, and weren't worth much used, much less considered classics. How things have changed :
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00383.html (7,269 bytes)
- 333. Re: sealing gaskets/troublesome reverse lights (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:02:54 -0700
- ** Can't help here, other than I use Permatex (the non hardening black stuff), but are you absolutely sure it's leaking from the gasket? I noticed mine (on the GT6, basically the same pump) is actua
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00480.html (7,630 bytes)
- 334. Spring sag on one side (bear with me it's a little lengthy) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:49:14 -0700
- ** I've read several listers complaining about one corner of the car sitting lower than the other over the past few weeks, and the general consensus is to blame the Swing Spring. I can't see how the
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00494.html (10,465 bytes)
- 335. Re: Spring sag on one side (just a little longer -) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:03:35 -0700
- Joe, you basically agree with me, but are saying it in a round about wayI won't belabor the point any longer, except to add. . . :-) ** ** That's exactly my point, (although the spring isn't any *wea
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00518.html (11,265 bytes)
- 336. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:09:04 -0700
- ** I used to lift by the latches, until one broke while lifting and nearly cut my finger in half with what was left of the jagged end. I now lift using the wheel well arch, and the lower rear edge o
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00519.html (8,070 bytes)
- 337. Re: Spring sag (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:25:13 -0700
- that is)? ** It might, it would illustrate that the front spring are doing more work than the rear. . .I guess I should have said that in the static loaded condition, the spring's would be at the sa
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00523.html (7,558 bytes)
- 338. Re: Spring sag on one side (one more time and I'll quit ;-}) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 06:46:34 -0700
- ** Well, I never said that it wasn't *ever* the problem, I just mentioned what I theorized because *most* people just assume it's the rear spring, without really researching or finding out what actu
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00564.html (10,318 bytes)
- 339. RE: GT6 vs Spit Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:00:02 -0700
- This isn't entirely correct. It *would* bolt up to the bell housing provided it was a 74 or earlier. The 75 single rail, while possibly bolting to the bellhousing, wouldn't work because the bellhous
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00614.html (7,920 bytes)
- 340. RE: GT6 vs Spit Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:09:57 -0700
- ** The 74 Spitfire will not "bolt in". I should have clarified that for All Spitfire trannys. . . "the input shaft is not the same length, and the number of splines and the diameter are not the same
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00672.html (7,972 bytes)
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