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161. Re: MOT Time... (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:22:27 -0400
[Major snip] [another big SNIP] You may be risking no one but yourself, but when you do get clobbered, but not killed, and your insurance runs out, and the gummint starts paying for your care, it is
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00105.html (9,162 bytes)

162. Re: Rockets Red Glare...off topic (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 20:47:49 -0400
Happy Fourth to you too! Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.si.edu) had an interesting piece this month on the composition of the SSB. Apparently the melody was known to Francis Scott Key, the
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00130.html (8,195 bytes)

163. Re: Front to rear brake pipe (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 23:37:42 -0400
I just finished putting mine in this evening. Pipe runs alongside frame rail around the side of the shock bracket, then up and over into the three-way. If you have access to the factory workshop man
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00274.html (7,904 bytes)

164. Re: Sussex Show - the 'Bear' Essentials (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:43:36 -0400
I just hope the vehicle he left as hostage was of suitable rank. What might be appropriate for a beloved spit? Mercedes? Bentley? Rolls? Donuts? Oops, got carried away. Donald. :) [SNIP]
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00823.html (7,293 bytes)

165. Choosing and tuning shock absorbers (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:48:22 -0400
GrassRoots Motorsports has a great tech article on their website http://www.grmotorsports.com/shockstech.html I wanted to pass this on because I saw a note a few weeks ago about someone whose shocks
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00824.html (6,790 bytes)

166. Re: Rotoflex couplings (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:34:17 -0400
Not really. Sorry. Not without destroying something. In my Donald.
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00877.html (7,378 bytes)

167. Re: no spark at al (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:46:37 -0400
And after that, use a voltmeter to check supply to the coil primary and to see if the coil- is getting switched. If the battery is up to spinning the motor, it should have enough seltzer left to squi
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00964.html (8,001 bytes)

168. Re: { NASS } 2 Q's and a .... (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:46:26 -0400
If you can see three plugs in the top cover at the front of the trans, it is a three-rail. in ASCII: _______ HTH, Donald.
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00012.html (6,529 bytes)

169. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:39:56 -0400
The rollers should be alternating; the yokes should be parallel to each other. Standard driveline practice. (There was only one occasion where I had to set the u-joints out of phase, and that was for
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00158.html (10,469 bytes)

170. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:07:28 -0400
The shaft I disassembled and the picture in Haynes had (in each row) alternating horizontal/vertical rollers. i.e. each row of ten rollers had five vertical and five horizontal. As I said, Bentley's
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00173.html (10,507 bytes)

171. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:11:30 -0400
Sorry, I lied about the source of my information -- it was an Autopress Ltd publication by Philip H Smith _Triumph_Spitfire,_ Vitesse,_1962-68_Autobook_, First edition 1969, reprinted 1971, ISBN 0 8
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00174.html (8,799 bytes)

172. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:37:59 -0400
For a more authoratitive answer about the sliding joint, the best I can offer right now is the cross-section of the frictionless propeller shaft on page 2.402 of the Bentley reprint of the Herald, V
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00175.html (8,301 bytes)

173. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:49:34 -0400
Bentley is completely silent on the subject -- except to say "no user serviceable parts inside" (the actual words are "NOTE: The sliding joint should not be dismantled for any reason." p. 2-404, las
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00214.html (10,485 bytes)

174. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:40:11 -0400
Within the threaded cup that screws onto the sliding extension there should be a thin flat washer with an ID that fits over the splined piece (allows it to be installed), then a felt washer (soaked i
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00217.html (10,329 bytes)

175. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:46:32 -0400
Thanks for the information. I didn't even think to check roller dimensions while I had them out and clean. My bigger concern was the sloppy feel in the joint. Time will tell if it is worn beyond usa
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00219.html (8,651 bytes)

176. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:42:24 -0400
We're talking about a different version of the propshaft. The end view of the splined portions looks like a cross and ten little rollers fit into each groove. The mating female part has internal groo
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00275.html (8,728 bytes)

177. Re: t/r 3 fuel pump (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:55:32 -0400
I would guess that the pump lever is not riding on the cam, either because of missing or broken return spring, or a burr or piece of cruft that is jamming the lever. Does it lever by hand? and does i
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00341.html (8,166 bytes)

178. SU carb detail (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:55:21 -0400
Quick question about SU H2 carbs -- are the air filter mounting flanges all supposed to be tapped? Please note this is for H2, not HS2; all the HS2 carbs I knew had tapped ears, I just want to know
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00351.html (6,382 bytes)

179. Re: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:35:33 -0400
FWIW, there are several advantages to a properly installed and well-designed electronic ignition. Everything else that I can think of is smoke, mirrors and marketing hype. 1. elimination of point bo
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00664.html (11,725 bytes)

180. Re: Replacement Tops (score: 1)
Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:02:57 -0400
Many years ago, I had a local auto upholstery shop remove the window and sew in a new one. Worked a treat! Donald.
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01087.html (8,137 bytes)

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