- 141. Re: Tranny Questions??? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:24:05 -0400
- Hmm, that ain't right. You're getting 1/2" of motion? And you also said "along with the bearing." So I'm confused: If the shaft and bearing are moving in & out of the case together, then either the o
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01034.html (7,540 bytes)
- 142. looking for torque wrench (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:32:11 -0500
- Hello the camp! Does anyone know where I can find a torque wrench with a range that maxes out at ohmaybe 20-40 lbs-ft? There's one made by Stahlwille, but that one goes for almost $200-- hell, do I l
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00606.html (6,565 bytes)
- 143. Re: On the Hook (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:20:29 -0500
- POINTS!!! of course! Ah, the memories... 1974, climbing the mountains out of Reno, Nevada... the Opel-- the missing, the spitting, the stop... the points... the eraser, the paper clip.... oh, forget
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00659.html (8,884 bytes)
- 144. Re: carbs (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:32:58 -0500
- [snip] I'll second that motion. Esposito's been very good to me, he has part others don't, and his prices beat the big 3 every time-- by quite a margin, too. -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Fr
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00662.html (7,151 bytes)
- 145. Fire extinguishers in a Spit-- where stored? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:32:53 -0500
- This reminiscing of favorite fires of the past is all very But where, in a Spit (or GT6) do you KEEP the d*mn things? Do you just let it roll around on the floor behind the seats? -- Douglas Frank Co
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01000.html (7,719 bytes)
- 146. advice needed: thrust washer shims (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:50:58 -0500
- Hello all I've run into a problem rebuilding my GT6 non-OD :-( gearbox. When fitting the (NOS!) laygear and its (also new!) thrust washers, I get too much endfloat. The Bentley calls for .007-.013 an
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01204.html (7,312 bytes)
- 147. want churchill tool info (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:03:42 -0500
- Does anyone know what the thread pitch was in the Churchill diff spreader? (For GT6/Vitesse, in case there are more than one.) tia -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Friendship, n. ZKO 110 Spit B
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01522.html (7,068 bytes)
- 148. Anyone have an *old* Vicky Brit "SG" catalog? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:50:34 -0500
- Say, if anyone has a Spit/GT6 catalog from ohsay 4-5 years ago, would you mind taking a look at the cams page and see if they were offering a Kent cam for GT6's, and if so what were the specs on it?
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01566.html (8,613 bytes)
- 149. Re: e-bay and the list longish (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:07:19 -0500
- HERE! HERE! Thank you Fred, that made my day. -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Friendship, n. ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. A ship big enough to carry two in 603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 fair wea
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01626.html (7,273 bytes)
- 150. Vicky Brit's old GT6 Kent cam specs (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:14:15 -0500
- My special thanks to Joe and Michael for their efforts to dig this stuff out. I just received a response from Kent themselves, to an email I sent a couple of weeks ago: ...and that's one thread that
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01709.html (7,662 bytes)
- 151. Re: Virus warning (yeah I know, but this ones real) (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:20:49 -0500
- Jeff's got the right idea. Don't open any spreadsheet or Word macro files either. (Or, get a Unix/Linux box.) -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Friendship, n. ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. A ship big e
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01710.html (8,430 bytes)
- 152. how do ya get them dang oil seals out? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:07:38 -0500
- Now I just *know* someone out there has solved this problem. Fess up! :-) I'm trying to get the front oil seal out of my GT6's bellhousing. Naively, I assumed it was just rubber and began worrying it
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00471.html (7,215 bytes)
- 153. Special Interest carpets-- any good? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 16:51:06 -0500
- Hello the camp! I'm considering bidding on a carpet set for my GT6. They're described as being from Special Interest Car Parts, and several years old (but never installed). The seller says, "The set
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00063.html (7,339 bytes)
- 154. Re: Dash veneer (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:01:15 -0500
- Along those lines, has anyone succeeded in saving a cracked dashboard/fascia veneer? I want to: 1. Strip the old finish 2. bleach the cracks, which have probably darkened 3. steam up, flatten the war
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00243.html (7,703 bytes)
- 155. Re: Storing engine out of the car (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:54:54 -0500
- [snip] See, this is why these things leak oil all over the place. No rusty bolts, by design! -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Friendless (adj.) ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. Having no favors to bestow
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00271.html (7,451 bytes)
- 156. Deep 6-pt sockets? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:16:15 -0500
- Does anyone sell these? Sears just seems to have 12-pointers (in stock, tia -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. Friendship, n. ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. A ship big enough to carry two in 603-884-0501
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00322.html (6,843 bytes)
- 157. What the heck's a S.4221A-19? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:11:14 -0500
- Hello the camp, Well inspired by the New England Triumph tranny-teardown demo held last Saturday in Salem NH, I went right home and began stripping down my car's gearbox, using the workshop manual (i
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00424.html (7,480 bytes)
- 158. Calling all GT6/Vitesse gearbox gurus! (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:12:42 -0500
- (that address list oughta just about cover it :-) I just finished dismantling my '73 GT6's gearbox last night. Or more precisely, it finished falling apart. Comparing the bits that fell out, against
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00474.html (7,601 bytes)
- 159. dups (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:06:05 -0500
- I seem to be getting a lot of dups. Embarrassingly, they're just coming from me. Honestly, I'm not continually posting that question on GT6 gearboxes-- I've seen it repeated at least 4 times now. --
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00475.html (6,516 bytes)
- 160. transmission woes (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:27:13 -0500
- I've been working on the gearbox, all the live-long day. I've been working on the gearbox, the laygear's blown away. Can't you hear the cluster grinding, hear that bastard howl? Can't you hear the ne
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00478.html (7,488 bytes)
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