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181. RE: spitfire graveyard (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:56:05 +0100 (BST); I believe that they have a website planned for later in the year, I'll keep you posted when it's up and running. They do however ship worldwide and also seem to have cheap postage rates (for the UK a; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00662.html (10,776 bytes)
182. spitfire dreams (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:02:30 +0100 (BST); I had another dream about spitfires last night: I had bought another 2 spitfires from the Spitfire Graveyard for #500 each, both in quite a tatty condition, one was a 1500 that I was going to use as; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00663.html (7,231 bytes)
183. Saskia bursts a blood vessel! (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:51:32 +0100 (BST); I spent some of my Saturday flushing out the radiator and trying to fix a small coolant leak from the radiator bottom hose. I managed to make the leak smaller, but still have not fixed it. I think th; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00787.html (8,832 bytes)
184. oil leak from spark plug holes (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:46:02 +0100 (BST); Saskia, my 1977 Spit 1500 is leaking oil from No.2 and No.3 spark plug holes (and probably elsewhere that I'm not aware of!). Has anyone else had this problem? Could it be that the plugs need tighten; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00057.html (7,719 bytes)
185. Re: GM Alternator Conversion (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:19:02 +0100 (BST); When my alternator went and I had to call the AA they, unfortunately, did not have a spare alternator in the back of the van. I got the quick battery charge and drove the 2 miles home. I picked up a; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00119.html (8,424 bytes)
186. Re: leak from spark plug holes (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:50:04 +0100 (BST); Thanks everyone who replied to my original e-mail. Anyway I just pulled all the plugs to see if I could find out any more about the problem. Anyway it looks like they are all being carbon fouled, so; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00260.html (11,399 bytes)
187. Re: leak from spark plug holes (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:45:44 +0100 (BST); It's MOT time tomorrow for Saskia, I have asked them to adjust the timing and carbs, once that's done I'll clean up the plugs and keep an eye on any future leaks... Fred suggested that this may be a; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00277.html (14,092 bytes)
188. Saskia fails her MOT! (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:07:35 +0100 (BST); I took Saskia for her first MOT since I've owned her yesterday and she failed! Some of the things that she failed on seem somewhat suspect, although I think she was having a bit of an off day, which; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00329.html (9,786 bytes)
189. Re: Saskia fails her MOT! (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 17:15:59 +0100 (BST); I did quite a bit of fiddling with Saskia yesterday and I think that I have solved most of the MOT failure problems. I managed to borrow my neighbour's ramps, so much easier than faffing with jacking; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00449.html (11,356 bytes)
190. Re: Autocar Road Test ( was : Mk1 Spit Crash Pad Survey ) (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:09:45 +0100 (BST); While on the subject of Autocar roadtests, recently I was the Ebay winner of a 1975 copy of Autocar magazine with a feature article on the 'new' Spitfire 1500! I have it in work with me today with th; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00529.html (7,891 bytes)
191. 'Spitfire 1500 road test' from Autocar 1975 (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:50:30 +0100 (BST); I have now put the whole of the 'Spitfire 1500 road test' article from the March 1975 issue of Autocar magazine onto my website. I tried to do it as a PDF but I don't think that geocities supports d; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00535.html (7,434 bytes)
192. 'Spitfire 1500 road test' from Autocar 1975 (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:54:45 +0100 (BST); Forgot to mention the URL! It is: http://www.spit1500.co.uk/ You might get a javascript error when you go to the page, just ignore this, it is something to do with the geocities account and I can't g; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00536.html (8,066 bytes)
193. Re: 'Spitfire 1500 road test' from Autocar 1975 - PDF available (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:54:09 +0100 (BST); **STOP PRESS** I have put a PDF version of the article on another site and linked to it from my site, so you can now download the PDF version! I recommend this option as it is a bit smaller overall,; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00539.html (8,539 bytes)
194. Re: 'Spitfire 1500 road test' from Autocar 1975 (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:28:59 +0100 (BST); At the last garage that I took my car to they charged me about 11/hour for labour, that's pretty good! The 'oil consumption: negligable' made me laugh! cheers John -- Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonsta; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00546.html (7,755 bytes)
195. tie rod end nut (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:30:28 +0100 (BST); I can't get the damn thing off! It's stuck tight. I have tried WD40 and some penetrating spray but it won't shift! Any ideas what else I might try to free the nut? cheers John /// /// spitfires@autox; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00598.html (6,592 bytes)
196. Re: update from the newbie (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:04:49 +0100 (BST); My car does that too, and I've had new bushes and shocks on the back quite recently. The spring hasn't been replaced though. It always sits high after being jacked up, but always goes back down agai; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00724.html (8,289 bytes)
197. a few bits and bobs (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 12:27:27 +0000 (GMT); Hi all, I have a few queries to fire at you all so here goes... I am thinking of getting a set of alloy wheels from a dolomite sprint for my spitfire 1500. I understand that these need spacers, but t; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00230.html (7,131 bytes)
198. Replacing wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 11:33:32 +0000 (GMT); The front wheel bearings on my 1500 need replacing, how easy is this to do? Do I need any special tools? I have looked in my Haynes manual and it appears to be relatively straight forward. I am a com; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00279.html (7,585 bytes)
199. dumb brake question (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 17:59:22 +0000 (GMT); Could I ask you a quick question about my brakes? I don't want to bother the whole mailing list as I think it's a bit of a dumb question. I was looking at my front brakes today and noticed that the; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00289.html (6,862 bytes)
200. Re: Replacing wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:20:33 +0000 (GMT); Thanks, some useful advice there! What exactly is the endfloat and where do I measure it? I know that I need a set of feeler guages to measure it, but I don't know what 'endfloat' is! Did you have an; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00337.html (9,488 bytes)

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