- 241. RE: Seatbelt question - again (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:17:06
- I guess if I would have opened my eyes and saw that you drove a GT6 that would of kept me from getting confused. In a GT-6 you should be fine with a 5-point harness. The hardtop should give you enoug
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00188.html (10,089 bytes)
- 242. RE: Seatbelt question - again (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:22:23
- Greg, I can tell you from very personal experience. (I rolled a '81 Toyota Pickup down a highway a few years back) A shoulder strap will keep you from being thrown, forward that is it. I was thrown f
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00201.html (12,333 bytes)
- 243. Re: Failing overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:32:08
- Mike, I have had a problems with my Overdrive, I am not sure exactly what yours is doing. But, my problems were with the O/D switch not the solenoid. I would flip the switch and it would take 1 to 2
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00283.html (9,632 bytes)
- 244. Re: spitfire ignition timing (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:54:33
- A good question is, is your engine original or has it been replaced. Also is it California or Federal. Their are several different places to set your timing depending on the year and engine (I think
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00284.html (8,104 bytes)
- 245. RE: GT6's in a junkyard in CT (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:10:20
- Dave, that bulge actually is to clear the Water thermostat housing at the front of the valve cover, as well as the rest of the valve cover. Patrick Bowen
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00285.html (7,784 bytes)
- 246. Re: Failing overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:37:07
- First here is how the switch is constructed. A Plastic housing that has two L shaped pieces of metal in them (these are what your wires connect to). Then there is a tin cap for the housing and a pla
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00332.html (11,338 bytes)
- 247. Re: Failing overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:40:54
- By declutching I assume you mean pushing in on the clutch with your foot. But doesn't the O/D have its own internal clutch that does this for you? Patrick Bowen
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00333.html (8,026 bytes)
- 248. SPEEDO CABLE (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:33:48
- OK your cruising right along at say about 45mph then you look down and it says your doing )mph!!! Well with a brand new cable (3 months old) you know thats not the problem, right? WRONG! I went last
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00343.html (7,261 bytes)
- 249. Re: SPEEDO CABLE (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 07:03:46
- Atwell, what is a good synthetic grease to use, (and why not regular grease). My cable core sheared in half not the casing. Thanks for the input. Patrick Bowen '79 Spitfire that just can't make it ov
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00371.html (7,483 bytes)
- 250. Re: SPEEDO CABLE (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 07:05:37
- The only angle drive that is required for a '79 with O/D is from the O/D unit to the cable. Other than that it is just one long cable. Patrick Bowen ~~~
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00373.html (8,554 bytes)
- 251. Re: Spitfire Diagrams and Photos: Lotus Notes (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:33:14
- Sounds great, will this be accesible from the web? Patrick Bowen
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00382.html (7,560 bytes)
- 252. Re: Upgrading Prop Shaft to O/D (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:12:24
- I recently converted my car over to O/D it is a great deal. I had the O/D drive shaft though. When I sat them next to each other I only remember a difference of about a half inch. It really was not
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00418.html (7,874 bytes)
- 253. Re: Spitfire Clutch Question (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:35:30
- Shane you probably have a siezed clutch master cylinder or maybe slave cylinder or even more likely. both. Unless your clutch pedal has seized to the pivot bar that it hangs from these other items ar
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00420.html (7,458 bytes)
- 254. Re: Wacky OD (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:16:48
- With my very limited knowledge of transmissions and overdrives imparticular let me try. The O/D should work exactly the same in 3d or 4th, the difference is farther up in the actual gearbox with the
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00434.html (7,391 bytes)
- 255. Re: Spitfire Dealer Service Notices (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:45:35
- Joe, Thanks for the great info! I am very interested in the Triumph Factory Service notices, where by chance did you happen to come across them. Maybe these are something that could be put on the web
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00487.html (9,277 bytes)
- 256. Re: Brown Color (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:02:13
- Jack I have a parts car that was originally red and repainted brown (I don't know if it is the original Triumph brown) The color looks OK in areas where it has not oxidized at all, but looks awfull o
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00488.html (8,204 bytes)
- 257. Re: Triumph Technical Reference Database--PROPOSAL (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:51:02
- Great idea Rick!! I think this would be great, and if it could be posted on the VTR site that would be awesome, or at least a direct link from the VTR site. By the way a $25 fee for joining the VTR i
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00536.html (11,511 bytes)
- 258. Re: Fwd: Rear Wheel Knock/Noise? (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:59:00
- Have you checked your wheel bearings? writes: sounds sounds
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00537.html (8,917 bytes)
- 259. Re: Cockpit heat (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:16:47
- Ryan, I seriously understand your sentiment. I am interested in what you find out. I have contemplated some of the insulation that I see in VB and the local Pep Boys but am afraid that would harbor m
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00538.html (8,588 bytes)
- 260. oil pan gasket (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:32:36
- Well I fixed my speedo cable yesterday, hopefully that will last longer than the last one. My next project is replacing the front seal the gasket on the timing cover and the oil pan gasket. I recieve
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00539.html (6,858 bytes)
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