- 21. RE: Spitfire Swing Spring (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:39:28 -0700 (PDT)
- Wait a minute . . . . Since the Spitfire's rear uprights are connected to the rear wheels by some pretty inflexible parts (wheel bearings, axle, hub, studs, etc.), upright angle and wheel angle will
- /html/spitfires/2004-08/msg00173.html (8,608 bytes)
- 22. Deleting an OD (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:00:47 -0700 (PDT)
- I have a '72 Spit with OD, and someone here would like to buy the OD. Before I proceed, what would I need that I don't have to run the car WITHOUT the OD? I'm aware that I'd need a longer non-OD driv
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00146.html (6,872 bytes)
- 23. Re: Alternative Mk3 Seats (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 07:24:25 -0700 (PDT)
- current Why not take your current seats to an automotive upholsterer and have them add the lumbar support you want/need? They'd have several firmnesses of foam to pick from and glues to hold the new
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00037.html (7,149 bytes)
- 24. Spitfire in TV commercial (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
- If you see a Ramada commercial with a lot of red stuff flashed for a second or two each, look for the (red) Mk3 Spitfire. I wasn't sure I'd really seen it, so I backed up Tivo and stepped through in
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00171.html (6,585 bytes)
- 25. Re: GT6 Spitfire. (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:36:08 -0700 (PDT)
- Marv, yer in luck! Here's a bunch: http://www.teglerizer.com/cgi-bin/cgt6db1fb.cgi?Final_Platform= And here's how: http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit6project/index.html There's also a yahoog
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00188.html (7,358 bytes)
- 26. Email address for Sarge Bob Dupuis (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 04:12:50 -0700 (PDT)
- I'd like to ask about his 2.8 liter Spitfire. SgtDupuis@cmpnetmail.com - the address on his web page - no longer works. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00030.html (6,594 bytes)
- 27. Re: 2400 RPM Whistle (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:07:43 -0700 (PDT)
- I just spent $700 having a very good shop track down a rpm-specific problem in my Dodge Dakota 5.2 V8. $500 of that was spent on labor to rule out most likely possibilities (!), $50 for the parts, an
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00035.html (7,829 bytes)
- 28. Re: Air-con question - SORRY NON-LBC!! (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 10:16:51 -0700 (PDT)
- Or, you could take a DPO approach: 1. Tie a stout piece of twine to the wire you poke. 2. Guide it around the engine (clear of the fan blades), and push it through the firewall somewhere there's alre
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00047.html (8,779 bytes)
- 29. Re: Paint choices? (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:33:01 -0700 (PDT)
- I'll assume you have sprayed on a good primer/sealer (e.g., PPG's DP) already and know how to prepare it for paint. To answer you question, though, I think Triumph was using synthetic enamel in 1972
- /html/spitfires/2004-05/msg00226.html (8,834 bytes)
- 30. Thin lug nuts - source (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:30:18 -0800 (PST)
- Who might sell the thin lug nuts you use when putting splined adapters (for knock off wire wheels) on a Spitfire? VB has sent me the wrong ones twice, and SpitBits doesn't seem to understand the ques
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00006.html (7,513 bytes)
- 31. RE: Thin lug nuts - source (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:15:06 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks, Peter, I figured I'd do that, too, (although VB lists only one stud part number for all types of wheels) but my issue is with the nuts. I used PlayDoh to determine where the interference was,
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00008.html (8,912 bytes)
- 32. RE: Thin lug nuts - source (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:31:28 -0800 (PST)
- I used the number you supplied and ordered a set of nuts from TRF. The double beveled description sounds correct, but the number ("T26 nut") may be for TR2,3,4 - hope not, 'cause then they'd be 7/16"
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00010.html (7,803 bytes)
- 33. MkIV Spitfire OD (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:58:45 -0700 (PDT)
- 1. Could it be "simplified" (by removing parts that are only used for direct drive) so that it was always engaged? 2. Length - complete and "simplified?" 3. Weight - complete and "simplified?" This w
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00063.html (6,972 bytes)
- 34. RE: MkIV Spitfire OD - mo' info (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
- To clarify, this wouldn't be used in a Spitfire - I'm building a trike using a '79 Honda CX500 (32 foot pounds of torque, 50 hp, shaft drive that turns the same direction as a car's propshaft) with a
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00080.html (8,263 bytes)
- 35. Re: 5" Spitfire wheels - one data point (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:08:13 -0700 (PDT)
- The '80 Spit I used in the Spit 6 had those wheels with 205/60 tires - no evidence of rubbing, and they definitely look beefy with the stainless steel trim rings. M D "Doc" Nugent ___________________
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00084.html (7,667 bytes)
- 36. RE: TR7 wheels on a GT6? (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:08:16 -0700 (PDT)
- Would the "correct lugnuts" in this case be TR7 lugnuts (after upgrading to 7/16 studs) or stock Spitfire lugnuts (early or late, if it matters) or TR6 lugnuts? MDN __________________________________
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00086.html (8,264 bytes)
- 37. Re: alloy wheel refurbishment (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:48:16 -0700 (PDT)
- See http://z31.com/repairs/polishfaq.shtml And for that favor, can you suggest an internet supplier for the lugnuts that would be used to secure that type of wheel to a Spitfire (3/8" studs)? M D "Do
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00103.html (8,433 bytes)
- 38. Re: questions on Paul Tegler's Spitfire website (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:01:38 -0800 (PST)
- Diagonal circuits are better in loss of pressure in one circuit, but it's also more expensive to produce since it requires two proportioning valves. "Expensive" doesn't go with "Spitfire," hence both
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00076.html (9,290 bytes)
- 39. Parking brake and shoes questions (1980 Spit) (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:13:46 -0800 (PST)
- Does the parking brake cable mechanism actuate BOTH rear brake shoes (within each drum) or only ONE of the shoes (in each drum)? If it activates only one shoe, is it the leading shoe or the trailing
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00090.html (7,299 bytes)
- 40. Diff ratio for Spit Mk IV w/OD (score: 1)
- Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:38:45 -0800 (PST)
- I have a Spit Mk IV (FK series, year unknown) parts car with overdrive - should it have a 3.89:1 rear end like some of the non-overdrive Mk IV's do, or a 4.11:1 like other non-overdrive Mk IV's do, o
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00097.html (6,998 bytes)
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