- 1. Handbrake mystery (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:20:01 +0100
- I'm hoping someone out there can help me with a little handbrake problem I've got. First of all, some background: the handbrake on my car, although not brilliant, has worked fine for quite some time
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00280.html (10,194 bytes)
- 2. Re: Handbrake mystery (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:47:53 +0100
- Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. It turned out that the handbrake cable was not attached to the brake cylinder on the right hand side - the pin which holds the cable in place had come away.
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00471.html (8,115 bytes)
- 3. RE: Ally Pally Show Review - and too good to be true gadgets (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:34:53 -0000
- Not 100% relevant, but one spark plug will not succeed in igniting all of the fuel. I know this from aeroplane engines, which are fitted with two magnetos, and two spark plugs per cylinder. Part of t
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00386.html (13,871 bytes)
- 4. Re: Rear-end rubbing advice please! (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:00:43 -0000
- Well done Richard - absolutely spot on! It was the rear bearings which were causing the wheel to be stiff, and causing the rubbing noise. Which eventually deteriorated into a banging, grinding kind o
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00387.html (8,356 bytes)
- 5. Re: Didn't like him much, so we're giving him back (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:23:39 -0000
- It's lies, all lies I tell you! It wasn't a 747, it was a 777! Well, I guess I'd better start making a habit of reading this list again if you guys are gonna be talking about me behind my back! Serio
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00113.html (10,761 bytes)
- 6. Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps - P-51 Mustang? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:17:53 -0000
- I remember seeing a program about a Rolls Royce with some ridiculous engine-swap, I wonder if this is what you're thinking of? Don't remember all the details, but the story goes something like this:
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00395.html (9,863 bytes)
- 7. Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps - P-51 Mustang? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 19:59:04 -0000
- Well, that could well be where I heard it from then! a Lampoons intended received e-mail Dividend www.intellinetics.com /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bi
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00414.html (9,419 bytes)
- 8. Rear-end rubbing advice please! (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:00:17 -0000
- I've just been investigating a rubbing sound coming from the rear end of Christine, my '77 Spit 1500, and I've discovered two things which I found a little alarming. But first, the noise itself. It'
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00439.html (9,683 bytes)
- 9. Re: Rear-end rubbing advice please! (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 09:51:57 -0000
- Thanks everyone. If I remember correctly, the flanges in the diff do move with the wheel, so the free play is in the diff and not the ujs, so that sounds like good news. I will re-check this today, t
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00466.html (10,010 bytes)
- 10. Re: how big (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:26:46 -0000
- Thanks for the warning, Liv - although with your rundown of personal details of just about every list member, I can't help wondering if it's *you* who's the spy here! But I have to admit, I'm a littl
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00493.html (8,785 bytes)
- 11. Re: Close call (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:22:29 -0000
- Really sorry to hear about your "incident", but very glad that you've come out of it ok. I can understand why that you're reconsidering your priorities, but I want to add my name to the list of peop
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00494.html (7,891 bytes)
- 12. Re: Squawking Engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:26:22 -0000
- As far as your "organised trouble shooting" goes, if you don't have one already, get yourself a cheap multi-meter from your local electronics shop. Disconnect one end of the battery, and connect you
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00495.html (9,006 bytes)
- 13. Re: Rear-end rubbing advice please! (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:31:22 -0000
- Well, the good news is that the free play appears to be in the diff, not in the UJs, so no need to worry about that. This afternoon I set about greasing the rear bearings. (My manual also confirmed t
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00496.html (11,294 bytes)
- 14. Re: Going topless - but where do the windows go? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 21:02:58 -0000
- Well, for what it's worth, my soft top leaks in exactly the same place. Usually drips onto my left leg, which is preferable to my crotch - I guess that's because of different seating positions though
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00744.html (9,071 bytes)
- 15. Back on the list, and visiting Arizona! (score: 1)
- Author: Dean Dashwood <deandashwood_list@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:57:02 +0000 (GMT)
- I'm pleased to say that I'm back on the list after a couple of months of absence. After I left my last job, and therefore changed e-mail address, I simply never got around to re-subscribing with my
- /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00215.html (8,386 bytes)
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