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1. need spitfire diff (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:06:42 -0400; Hello, all. I've been off the Triumphs and Spitfires list for a few months due to a change in email. I've just returned and am delighted to be back! Now for the business at hand. This afternoon I pul; /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00105.html (7,975 bytes)
2. MAKE IT STOP!!! (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:18:58 -0400; Gawd, I wish it would stop raining so dadgummed hard. We had to go away for the weekend. Folks back home in Boston said it rained pretty hard. So going back to work today in the GT6 I found 1/4in of; /html/spitfires/2006-06/msg00064.html (7,278 bytes)
3. replaCING BRAKE LINES (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:52:47 -0400; My Spitfire has been "up on blocks" (showing my southern heritage) for a month or so with the rear end pulled apart. The steel brake lines are looking quite rusted so I'm considering replacing them w; /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00017.html (6,667 bytes)
4. Re: Clutch repair options (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:14:52 -0400 (EDT); Hi, s1500. You asked about removing the clutch. The only way I've ever done a tranny removal was from the inside, never from underneath. So I have nothing to compare it again. However I can pull my t; /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00093.html (7,467 bytes)
5. brake line replacement procedure (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:22:29 -0400; Today I started replacing the brake lines on my Spitfire. I thought I'd share a few things I've learned. The best procedure for removong the old lines: At the front... 1. Loosen lines from MC. 2. Rem; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00004.html (8,267 bytes)
6. seeking brake advice (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:17:13 -0400; Okay, this time it's a serious enquiry. Three questions, if you 1. I have new copper brake lines ready to install. They are not bent to shape, but rather, are either straight or in large coils, perha; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00006.html (7,671 bytes)
7. making progress! (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:39:29 -0400; Will wonders never cease? Last weekend I actualy put the first piece bak ON the Spitfire after spending most of the summer taking them off. Today I got all the brake lines put back on (except two eas; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00057.html (7,236 bytes)
8. tie rod resolution (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:43:20 -0400; Thanks all of you who responded. Some of the play was the steering rack moving; the rubber bushings are good (I replaced one side a year ago). That seems to be a design feature. The free play was mos; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00011.html (7,064 bytes)
9. British Invasion plans (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:29:42 -0400; September is just a day away! Time to work out travel details for the British Invasion. We'll be going up on Thursday, staying at a campground just south of Morrisville. The obvious route from the Bo; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00064.html (6,966 bytes)
10. inner tie rod question (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:24:54 -0400 (EDT); My GT6 failed inspection this morning - too much play at the inner end of the left tie rod. Bummer. I've done similar work on the Spitfire and I recall that the inner end is somewhat adjustable. Do I; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00065.html (6,953 bytes)
11. Re: Oddball breakdown Monday (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:05:55 -0400 (EDT); I wonder about all the white smoke. How much and for how long? Did it have any smell? White exahust other than normal condensation on a cold-day startup is usually a sign of anti-freeze leaking throu; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00094.html (7,842 bytes)
12. GL5 in a Spitfire diff? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:20:46 -0400; Today I was reading an article about diffs in Spitfire & GT6 Magazine. It said that one shouldn't use a GL5 oil in a Spitfire diff because it will eat away the copper bits. Presumably it meant brass; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00106.html (7,025 bytes)
13. Brake line update (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:51:37 -0400; I spent part of today (first day back from vacation) wrenching on the Spitfire, including bleeding the new brake lines. It was an interesting experience. Someone had told me that flared fittings such; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00108.html (7,011 bytes)
14. Re: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:33:58 -0400 (EDT); David Brock lamented: As Andy Mace has already pointed out, the heating is the effect of the brakes being stuck on, not the cause. The hard pedal is just proof of the stuckness. The real question is; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00005.html (9,424 bytes)
15. shifter part needed (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:05:19 -0400; Fellow Spitfirers, I may need a part. Today I was installing a rebuilt OD (that's a long story) and part of the shifter mechanism broke. That part is the aluminum casting that holds the shift lever a; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00015.html (7,442 bytes)
16. Re: Frame Paint (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:09:19 -0400; An alternative is the rust encapsulator paint from Eastwood Co. (www.eastwood.com, IIRC). I been putting it on my Spitfire. I haven't used it long enough to speak about from experience about its effe; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00030.html (7,141 bytes)
17. Re: Zenith Stromberg Metering Needle troubles (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:44:02 -0400; The flat-spotted needle should make the mixture run rich. The effect of the dashpot oil is to keep the mixture from becoming too lean whenever you move the throttle to a more open position. In theory; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00043.html (7,897 bytes)
18. Re: clutch problem (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:36:23 -0400; Your clutch disk is frozen to the pressure plate/flywheel. It is a, umm, behavior that they can do occasionally if left alone for too long. There are several fixes. One is to put the handbrake on, pu; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00046.html (6,936 bytes)
19. recentering the PDWA (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:11:21 -0400; Late this afternoon, the Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I'll fire up the Spitfire today after its long nap. Having installed and bled new brake lines, I won't be surprised to find that the PD; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00049.html (6,639 bytes)
20. PDWA centering (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:21:57 -0400; Sorry if this is a duplicate post. Late this afternoon, the Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I'll fire up the Spitfire today after its long nap. Having installed and bled new brake lines, I won; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00050.html (6,906 bytes)

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