- 101. Re: Gasket (subj. change) lights (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 09:37:45 -0700
- And assuming the price is right, I could use 8 and possibly 12 of those things. Keep working. Cheers, Fred -- Fred & Wendy Griffiths, Calgary, Canada http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm mailto
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00009.html (7,150 bytes)
- 102. exhaust pipes - long and heated! (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:04:15 -0600
- Just had a verbal run-in with a local muffler shop, with the result I'll be getting my $75 plus taxes back on Friday. The story goes: I had the exhaust off my '71 MK IV to repair the diff. I thought
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00284.html (8,912 bytes)
- 103. Pop Rivet guns (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 20:01:04 -0600
- As an alternative to trying to buy the correct "snout" for my pop rivet guns, I either modify an existing one by turning it down in a lathe, or you could grind it against a grinding wheel. Also I tur
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00420.html (7,834 bytes)
- 104. Re: Suggested boot tools? (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 20:14:54 -0600
- Sounds like you'd be ready for the Dakar Road Rally and then some! Cheers, Fred -- Fred & Wendy Griffiths, Calgary, Canada http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00422.html (8,691 bytes)
- 105. Re: Shipping to Canada (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:12:41 -0600
- Hello Nick, Glad all's well with your part. About shipping to Canada - you're right most companies won't make the effort to ship via US Post and Canada Post. Most grab the simplest - UPS. Watch out f
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00559.html (7,277 bytes)
- 106. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:17:36 -0600
- Hello John, Not wanting to appear like an opportunist, but... I am in need of a hood prop also My box of bits revealed a pretzel-like prop in 2 pieces. IF any of your donor contacts would like to sel
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00560.html (8,597 bytes)
- 107. Re: door trim (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:38:46 -0600
- When I had a 1500 on the road, it had the black plastic door caps. Looked OK. Then I got a MK IV where someone had removed the caps and painted the door tops to match the outside paint. Looked great
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00799.html (7,674 bytes)
- 108. Re: Fwd: Lights on - Tacho off! (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:54:45 -0600
- This must be a VERY common problem. Although I have a mechanical tacho, I find all lights in the rear of the car sometimes go out. Wiggling the bundle of wiring that appears to come from the inboard
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00883.html (8,634 bytes)
- 109. Mk IV is legal again (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:17:37 -0600
- I'd just like to inform the listers that Kimbell the Fugitive is now entirely legitimate, legal and exonerated. You may remember the thread "Hypothetical Question" sometime last year about registerin
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00885.html (8,259 bytes)
- 110. Re: TTA - Looking for some feedback (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:59:27 -0600
- I applaude you Jeff for your project. I can only say that as a Canadian I won't find it very useful - for the same reasons that e-bay is not appealing to me. Exchange rate, Freight, Customs, Duty (so
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00900.html (7,434 bytes)
- 111. Re: Looking for "B" pillar cappers (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:18:52 -0600
- Hi Jeff, I see Rimmers has them in their catalogue. For a MK IV/1500 the PN is 815138 (RH), and 815137 (LH). I don't have a price at the moment. They also show MK1 (to FC18813) and annd MK (from FC18
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00901.html (7,727 bytes)
- 112. Re: Another Trans question/Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:21:59 -0600
- Hi Jason, Yep, there is a set of nylon bushings in the linkage that needs replacing. My MK IV (Kimbell) just got his done. Made a WORLD of difference. You can buy them from the usual suppliers. I mad
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00903.html (7,759 bytes)
- 113. Re: Convertible Top (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:52:56 -0600
- Hi all, with respect to getting the new top tight, I wonder about the following: My old top is rarely put up. When I did need it recently, I tried to put it up only to find ti had shrunk. Couldn't ev
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01097.html (8,424 bytes)
- 114. Making do. (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:29:12 -0600
- While installing the transmission in my project car, a composite of '74/75 and whatever else I have in boxes, I found the bottom bellhousing/transmission bolt stripped. Couldn't find a 3/8 X 24 Helic
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01124.html (7,161 bytes)
- 115. driveshafts (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:21:24 -0600
- I've come to the stage of installing a driveshaft from my boxes of bits into my 73/74 1500 project car. I've got one with the 'bean-can' (CV joint) end, but don't know if it is standard or OD length.
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01125.html (7,421 bytes)
- 116. Re: tires (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:21:22 -0600
- I also tried to find some P44s this spring. Ichecked over 30 tire shops in Calgary and around, but found only 1. So I settled on some near new P77s (I think). They have a very strange aggressive trea
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01171.html (7,490 bytes)
- 117. Re: Steering shaft bent? (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:13:26 -0700
- In the process of rebuilding my 1500 Spit, I'm just doing the steeriong column. The column is out of the car, so will be easy, but I'd offer the following. With the steering wheel off I slide the inn
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00007.html (7,051 bytes)
- 118. Re: Tire Information (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 19:55:06 -0700
- Hello Terry! What a piece of work on your page! Looks so simple on the web page, but I read the source and see the trouble you went to to get it all set out. Congratulations. Even found the Pirelli P
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00045.html (8,161 bytes)
- 119. 1500 for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:29:09 -0700
- Just got back from Mesquite Nevada. Didn't get time to ask if any listers live in the St. George, Mesquite, Vegas area before going. While walking the street (singular) of Mesquite I found a Spit for
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00550.html (7,221 bytes)
- 120. Re: Glove boxes (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:57:54 -0700
- Hi Ken, Yep, that glovebox does go in there. I've a '71 MK IV and i got mine in several times. Originally the DPO had torn the steering lock off and mounted another under the dash so the box and bar
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00571.html (7,734 bytes)
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