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361. Re: Good Luck and Bad Luck.... (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:10:05 -0500
You _certainly_ could have a broken u-joint either on the driveshaft or axle shafts. Time to jack up the car, spin various wheels or shafts, and see just what is amiss. The only car I ever had diffy
/html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00455.html (8,060 bytes)

362. Re: Spit finally running - nose up attitude (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 08:29:14 -0500
Hi Paul! Good feeling to have a drivable Spit isn't it? After I rebuilt the front suspension on my Spit last winter, it only 'settled' about 1/2" over the whole summer. Did you have any of your suspe
/html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00456.html (7,353 bytes)

363. Re: nose up attitude (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:33:11 -0500
bushes. I have a feeling that this is probably only part of the "problem". I think that if the back-end was standard the front would look ok, however the rear spring has been replaced with a MK IV un
/html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00489.html (8,117 bytes)

364. Re: u-joint (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:12:15 -0500
Fred, Manual is correct. You can't get 'em out without removing the axle & holding the assembly firmly. You risk damaging the hub bearings if you try in the car. No need to remove the drum though...t
/html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00565.html (9,099 bytes)

365. Re: heater controls -Reply (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:40:01 -0500
Here's mine: Cables don't like grease. I would recommend a graphite-based lubricant such as a speedo cable lube (available in most auto parts stores). This stays slippery and does not get hard and gu
/html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00710.html (8,509 bytes)

366. Re: Value of spitfire (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 15:07:41 -0500
A pleasant experience too if WE (on the List) have any say in it! Look carefully at the metal behind the seats, where the rear axle trailing arms mount up to the body. Also the rear wheel arches on t
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00032.html (8,860 bytes)

367. Re: Gas milage (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 21:11:21 -0500
Yeah. Thats the kind of gas mileage I got with my original ZS carb with the worn jet. Unfortunately those things are unrepairable. The spring-loaded needle wears an oblong hole in the jet, and the je
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00063.html (7,646 bytes)

368. Re: Spit Exhausts WAS: <no Subject> (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 22:08:48 -0500
Nope Sorry. See if anyone has gotten tired of the Monza exhaust they put on last spring. You may be able to pick one up for "cheap". Whatever you use, make sure it sticks out past the back of the car
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00076.html (7,512 bytes)

369. Re: Misc. questions - answered (Longish) (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 19:36:05 -0500
OK, here goes: Your Questions: &*%$#^ Stupid cork gaskets! Guaranteed to leak. That adhesive won't help if they are shrunk. Until Justin Wagner comes up with the neoprene/silicone ones, here's what I
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00097.html (10,702 bytes)

370. Re: trunnions (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 21:37:01 -0500
At least you know it's still safe! :-/ The info can be reached through the VTR maintenance pages http://www.vtr.org/maintain/maintain.html OR you can use this method, from Ken Ritchie of the Lotus Ca
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00098.html (8,422 bytes)

371. 'Merican Motor Sport (humor) (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 12:35:44 -0500
With the talk recently (and in the past) about the raw performance of the Spitfire, I read this article (from the Lotus-Cars List) with great interest. It reveals how the owners of other marques cope
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00136.html (12,253 bytes)

372. Re: Bonnet prop hell (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 20:51:09 -0500
Hi Neil, In my '79 the upper prop rod is fitted to the FORWARD hole in the wheel arch, not the one in that little 'valley'. What is the interference point when you use the front wheel arch hole? If i
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00207.html (8,989 bytes)

373. Re: Tires (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:19:59 -0500
something. But then you can't be a lurker... :) (despite having about 70-80% tread) so I thought that the listees might have some opinions on what rubber i should go for. The car is currently fitted
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00209.html (7,392 bytes)

374. Spitfire exhaust questions (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 09:23:18 -0500
Hi All, I never got a reply on the following questions when I posted them to the Spitfires-List a couple weeks ago. That's what I get for burying them in a reply! ++++++++++++++++++ thinking about up
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00273.html (7,339 bytes)

375. Re: Spitfire exhaust questions (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:36:00 -0500
Joe, Michael, and John, thanks for your replies. I know that asking the pros at a muffler shop to actually build the exhaust system is the way to go. That has been my plan all along. Right now I'm as
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00286.html (10,805 bytes)

376. Re: Moist Spit (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:19:52 -0500
The film you are drying off all the time is not kind of greasy, is it? In that case you may have a leak in your heater core, and anti-freeze is on the window. Last year I installed an AAMCO top on my
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00321.html (8,041 bytes)

377. Creaky Squeaky Spitfire (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:03:45 -0500
Hi Listers, With the onset of the cold weather, my Spitfire's top has been up, and I've noticed a lot of new noises. Most prominent among them is a creaking noise seemingly coming from the front susp
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00322.html (6,974 bytes)

378. Re: Fuel Guage (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:43:43 -0500
Good saga! MORE evidence that Murphy's Law ["Whatever can go wrong, will"] is the strongest force in the known Universe. I had a Corvair in which the fuel sender would short if less than 1/8th full,
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00354.html (8,369 bytes)

379. RE: Creaky Squeaky Spitfire (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:33:04 -0500
Paul, Vic, Hector, and others, The shock top bushing is new but I'll check that. The trunnions have been lubricated a couple times since last spring, but if it's the lower bolt then it's gotta come o
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00355.html (8,841 bytes)

380. RE: Humor: How to Drive like a Moron (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:14:49 -0500
My favorite is from Stephen Wright: Officer to speeder: Didn't you see that the speed limit around here is 40 MPH? Speeder: Yeah, but I wasn't going to be out that long! Atwell Haines '79 Spitfire FM
/html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00489.html (7,275 bytes)

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