- 161. Re: Haynes Wiring Diagrams ("Control Unit"?) (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 18:40:56 -0600
- While probing around in my '73/4 1500 I investigated the insides of that thing. I circuit traced the whole thing and have it on paper. If it is really any help to anyone I'll try to redraw it and put
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00132.html (8,793 bytes)
- 162. Electric Spit (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 19:26:09 -0600
- Neat lookin' MK IV electric Spit! I guess you'd have to have a tape deck built in to give you that 'throaty roar'? Cheers, Fred Real '71 MK IV -- Fred & Wendy Griffiths Calgary, Canada mailto: griffc
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00189.html (6,592 bytes)
- 163. Burned on the net (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:31:05 -0600
- Hi guys & Gals, Don't know if this is what you call 'bombing'(if so, I apologize) the list, but I want to warn you about a guy selling Spitfire parts. He's stung me so far. Guy named R. Nick Durham o
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00449.html (8,073 bytes)
- 164. Burned on the Net (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:52:26 -0600
- I must really say thank you to you all for the support recently shown on the list regarding my misadventure with a certain Nick Durham. I really do appreciate it. I hadn't meant to flog the dead hors
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00500.html (8,006 bytes)
- 165. Burned on the Net (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:07:16 -0600
- Thanks again for the interest and concern expressed regarding this topic. For those who were interested, here's the guy: Nick (R. Nicklaus) Durham, (513)561-4925 5992 Kenwood Rd., Cincinatti, OH, ema
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00511.html (7,723 bytes)
- 166. Burned - Burned on the net (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:22:32 -0600
- He listers, Isn't it always the way that we hit the SEND button one second too soon? I just spoke with Nick Durham's MOTHER about the motor that didn't get sent. Now he's left it up to her to get it
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00514.html (6,986 bytes)
- 167. Plastic Mirror mount (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 08:53:55 -0600
- The "stupid" plastic mirror mount is one of those safety features - you know, so you don't cut your head on a fixed immovable object like a mirror when you are in a full frontal head on crash at 60 m
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00076.html (8,860 bytes)
- 168. Re: cute little map lamp (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:37:08 -0600
- and Hey I got one of those! Cute little map lights that is. Now I just want to know where it should go on a MK IV, cause I got it in a box of stuff. I've seen photos of them mounted up under the pass
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00079.html (7,263 bytes)
- 169. Looking for... (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 08:21:43 -0600
- Does anyone on the list know a Nick Durham of Cincinatti, OH. He had a '71 MK IV? I have had an on going negotiation with him. I sent the cash and seem to be coming out short on the goods. Chers, Fre
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00644.html (6,647 bytes)
- 170. Re: Fuel Tank/Repair or Replacement (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:47:32 -0600
- I've had them repaired. Get it done at a radiotor repair shop. They cleaned it, filled it with steam to prevent explosion and brazed it. Worked fine for 8 years! Cheers, Fred -- Fred & Wendy Griffith
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00667.html (7,384 bytes)
- 171. Air in oil pressure tube (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:55:55 -0600
- It doesn't matter. If there's 100 pounds per square inch of pressure in the oil line, that air will be pressurized to the same 100 psi which will transfer to the guage at 100 psi also. That's the way
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00698.html (7,336 bytes)
- 172. Trunk (boot) turn handle (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:17:22 -0600
- Regarding replacing lock barrel - if it is not REALLY seized you may just take it to a locksmith shop and have them 'pick' a new key. They did mine by feeling the tumblers and cutting a new key to fi
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00793.html (7,675 bytes)
- 173. Re: fuse box wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 11:51:28 -0600
- At the risk of going 'non original', but functional - I just drilled two tiny holes at diagonal corners of the fuse box,through the firewall and used small self tapping screws. Painted black - who kn
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00850.html (7,069 bytes)
- 174. Re: Amateur Confusion (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:17:11 -0600
- Just in case this somebody would remove the antipollution junk - I know the bolts that hold seatbelts into carbodies is the same thread and bolt size. They are straight thread. Since there is a seat
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00941.html (8,438 bytes)
- 175. Re: Seat Belts (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:16:44 -0600
- I've done it. Found Chrysler product belt hardware at a wreckers, took measurements of the Spitfire's requirements then went to a seatbelt maker - for the auto racing industry. They have the "exact"
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00947.html (7,409 bytes)
- 176. Boot Lock Barel Pin (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 09:53:38 -0600
- I just happen to have my lock apart to be rebuilt also! The square pin or shaft you refer to is 5/16" square by about 1 3/4" long. It extends from the barrel by exactly 1 7/16". One end is drilled an
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00009.html (7,281 bytes)
- 177. Gearshift Pattern (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:27:14 -0600
- While restoring my 1500 transmission, I found the grungy old leather covered shift lever knob needed renewing. The cheap metalic foil transfer stuck on top with the shift pattern had worn off. What t
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00036.html (7,540 bytes)
- 178. Auto Tuners (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 20:22:11 -0600
- For those LBC owners in BC Canada, Does anyone know of a J.B. Turner Auto Tune (or Autotune) any where in BC at any time in the past. Seems they are no longer in business. Appreciae any leads. Cheer,
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00079.html (6,572 bytes)
- 179. Spirfire Squadron (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 08:22:51 -0600
- Hear hear on the name! I have already prepared for this eventuality. If you check my spitfire pages are at www.cadvision.com/griffco/hangar.htm. It is crammed with Spitfires - some wingless, some wit
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00110.html (6,720 bytes)
- 180. Jonmac's Book (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 19:03:02 -0600
- Just finished reading John MacCartney's book "In my Father's Shadow". I got it just after Christmas so it *has* taken me a long time to read it. But as I say, it was like good wine - sipping quality.
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00129.html (7,380 bytes)
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