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381. Re: blown engines (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:26:03 -0500
Very entertaining pictures! You are lucky that the cylinder walls did not get It would be wise to completely strip down and clean out the block, crank, etc. The first time I happened to remove the cy
/html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00188.html (7,150 bytes)

382. Re: Clutch salve cylinder help (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:58:00 -0500
If the metal cap is stuck, you can pry up the inner edge just enough to free the rubber diaphgram that goes across the opening. Then there will be enough clearance for the piston to come out. Try app
/html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00201.html (8,200 bytes)

383. RE: Clutch salve cylinder help (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:59:18 -0500
What's the opposite of "gentile" in this context? :-) Doug /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
/html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00202.html (7,561 bytes)

384. Re: "Denatured Alcohol" and Flying Fantasies (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:33:29 -0500
ALL cars using conventional brake fluids should have their braking systems flushed every 2 or 3 years! Put some speed bleeders (TM) on your Spit, and you can flush the system in about 15 minutes! Dou
/html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00217.html (7,952 bytes)

385. Re: Opinions on changing from an engine fan to an electric? (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:45:22 -0500
Once, as an experiment, I took off my fan and drove around without it (don't get stuck in traffic!). It seemed a bit less noisy, but only a little less. There seemed to be a bit more power, but only
/html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00237.html (7,401 bytes)

386. Re: Window alignment (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:54:46 -0500
When the window is rolled all the way up, two projecting bolts at the front and nylon blocks are supposed to stop against two bits of metal spot-welded near the tops of the tracks. If things are a bi
/html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00274.html (8,145 bytes)

387. Re: Off topic, but really funny & cute (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:43:58 -0500
If the owners of that Web site ever decide to put up a different photo, there be a lot of embarrassed people out there! Doug Braun '72 Spit /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http:/
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00028.html (7,267 bytes)

388. Re: Problems, problems... (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:23:07 -0500
When I have driven my car with the transmission tunnel cover removed, I have heard the same sort of thing: A loud, funny rattling noise only during overrun in a narrow RPM range. I could never figure
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00046.html (8,907 bytes)

389. Re: Altermator light on dimly (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 22:43:49 -0500
The light that illuminates the speedometer face is leaking into the alternator bulb socket? I hope you didn't buy the three replacement alternators just to try to fix this problem! Doug Braun '72 Spi
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00081.html (7,618 bytes)

390. Re: Altermator light on dimly (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 21:06:09 -0500
This type of interaction between different systems is often caused by problems with grounding. But grounding problems can be devilishly difficult to track down. :-( Also, you might want to measure th
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00099.html (7,703 bytes)

391. Re: Hardware for hardtop (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:32:34 -0500
You definitely need the two spacer sleeves that go over the front bolts. I made some from a bit of threaded pipe meant for fixing lamps, and a couple of thin nuts soldered on the ends. Unfortunately
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00122.html (8,172 bytes)

392. Re: Hardware for hardtop (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:27:07 -0500
I found a cheaper way to mount the hardtop with the more common short bars with the soft-top removed: Get a pair of 5/16-24 bolts that are 3 1/2 inches long. Attach the bottom holes of the bars to th
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00130.html (7,840 bytes)

393. RE: Definitions (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:04:41 -0500
A long time ago, I owned the same model car the Bond drove in one of the movies: In "The Man with the Golden Gun", he drove an American Motors Hornet. In Thailand, none the less. And the bad guy chas
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00231.html (7,225 bytes)

394. RE: >>NASS Yet another battery box question (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:31:33 -0500
If the rear wing was such a great place for the battery, they would have put it originally. I think you can get a proper steel replacement battery box. You would find it a lot easier to properly fix
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00269.html (7,917 bytes)

395. Re: Humour? - (non LBC) but with LBC content (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 21:33:43 -0500
What? They threw over your shoulders a big dirty rug off the floor that people had been walking on? Doug Braun '72 Spit /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bi
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00290.html (7,111 bytes)

396. Re: From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com> (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:17:58 -0500
The same circuit that powers the other gauges would be ideal. Specifically, the input the the voltage regulator on the back of the speedo (or is it the tach?) Don't try to attach stuff to the fuse bl
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00296.html (6,940 bytes)

397. Re: Stella Lives! (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:22:37 -0500
You can get new jet bearings: the part in which the jet slides. The ones I got from Rimmer were nice OEM ones from Rover. Also, examine the old jets and see if they were really worn. If not, maybe yo
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00297.html (8,836 bytes)

398. Re: Rear Spring - The results x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:11:54 -0500
BTW, if the new spring is so stiff, and the rear end so high, that the rear wheels tip outwards at the top, it is not so great for handling. The actual spec for rear camber is 3 3/4 degrees negative,
/html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00319.html (8,367 bytes)

399. Re: Is this wear normal? (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:09:08 -0400
Those shiny parts are not wear, they're the machining done in the factory. The bearing inner races are meant to creep slowly around the stub axle (to equalize the wear). So in theory the stub axle ca
/html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00050.html (7,480 bytes)

400. Re: Distributor needed - HELP! (score: 1)
Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:20:37 -0400
i think you are smart to look for a replacement points distributor. But I bet the problem will turn out to be something else. Anyway, I think that adding Electronic ignition to a LBS is mostly a wast
/html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00100.html (8,220 bytes)

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