- 121. Re: [Spits] rear end troubles (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:52:01 -0400
- Are you sure the u-joint flanges fit properly into the mounting plates on the diff? Note, the four bolts form a rectangle, but not a square, so they shouldn't fit properly if you turn them 90degrees.
- /html/spitfires/2008-06/msg00035.html (7,292 bytes)
- 122. Re: [Spits] rear axles & u joints (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:02 -0400
- Do note that running the wheels in gear while the car is up on jackstands means the u-joints are at the extreme of their downward angle. This can give a misleading impression of how smooth, actually
- /html/spitfires/2008-06/msg00039.html (7,508 bytes)
- 123. Re: [Spits] Restorable? Your thoughts appreciated (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:44:07 -0400
- Aw c'mon, you're making that up! -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Spitfires@auto
- /html/spitfires/2008-07/msg00091.html (7,875 bytes)
- 124. Re: [Spits] Size of Crank Pully retaining nut. (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:33:10 -0400
- Anyone within driving distance (Waltham, MA) is welcome to borrow mine. However is probably further than would be willing to drive. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ ____________
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00017.html (6,904 bytes)
- 125. [Spits] gas mileage (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:32:18 -0400
- Since someone asked recently... I recently accepted a job offer in Manchester, NH, 55 miles from my house. (I always wanted a commute I could do on foot.) I've managed to carpool some days; some days
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00060.html (6,920 bytes)
- 126. [Spits] fixing gearbox leaks (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:56:50 -0400
- My Spitfire's supposedly rebuilt gearbox drips oil onto the exhaust pipe. It's embarrasing, really. Visual inspection shows oil all over the outside, a classic case of external lubrication. I'm guess
- /html/spitfires/2008-09/msg00009.html (7,755 bytes)
- 127. Re: [Spits] Turn signal indicator stays on (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:01:52 -0400
- I'd suggest you do more, if you have a voltmeter or a wiring diagram. Ask youself this - how can a bulb possibly glow if it has no voltage across its terminals? It can't (duh). So if a bulb is glowin
- /html/spitfires/2008-09/msg00021.html (9,037 bytes)
- 128. [Spits] lightswitch come apart? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:04:48 -0400
- Yesterday I cleaned up a few 'lectrical gremlins on the GT6+. I replaced a bunch of the bullet connectors, installed a new headlight rocker switch from Spitbits. The front rocker panel on the switch
- /html/spitfires/2008-09/msg00023.html (7,451 bytes)
- 129. [Spits] tires and tie rods (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:01:35 -0400
- So today I took the GT6 over to a respected tire place to have the wheels balanced (I spent nearly two hours there but that's another story.) They balanced the tires but showed me how one of them at
- /html/spitfires/2008-09/msg00029.html (7,972 bytes)
- 130. Re: [Spits] lightswitch come apart? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:01:35 -0400
- How long do I have to wait? I put it on the kitchen table and waited three days, but it didn't do a thing. I confess I don't have as much patience as I did when I was younger. It used to be that if I
- /html/spitfires/2008-09/msg00030.html (7,491 bytes)
- 131. Re: [Spits] PDWA switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:55:48 -0400
- Do call them. They often have a stash of used parts. Is there much difference between the '68 and later years' PWDWADPWA switch? Perhaps the threads... -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '
- /html/spitfires/2008-09/msg00042.html (6,619 bytes)
- 132. [Spits] keeping the latches closed (score: 1)
- Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:27:55 -0400 (EDT)
- My GT6 and occasionally the Spitfire have taken to popping their bonnet latches open. It usually happens after maybe 30 minutes of driving. Even after a shorter time period I can check them and see t
- /html/spitfires/2008-10/msg00022.html (7,395 bytes)
- 133. Re: [Spits] 1500 shift stick (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:26:00 -0500
- To make this even more complete, it is Up, Right, Forward. Rather an awkward movement for someone who has a weak right bicep or someone who has never done it before. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '
- /html/spitfires/2008-11/msg00024.html (7,527 bytes)
- 134. [Spits] the GT6 gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:59:14 -0500
- Speaking of the GT6, the noise emanating from the gearbox, mostly 2nd gear, seems to be getting louder. I'm thinking I might pull it again (I've had plenty of practice!) and rebuild it. I can follow
- /html/spitfires/2008-11/msg00025.html (6,541 bytes)
- 135. Re: [Spits] OD checking (score: 1)
- Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:29:14 -0500 (EST)
- stiker2126 wrote about a newly-acquired Spitfire: Ah, excellent! That's not strange, it's the original OD control (where, as some people claim, God and BL decreed it should be). It would appear that
- /html/spitfires/2008-11/msg00031.html (9,157 bytes)
- 136. [Spits] Got the tranny out (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:44:20 -0500
- Yahoo, sort of. Got the GT6 gearbox out. Sure didn't expect to find the time but it made itself available. The garage wasn't too cold and it isn't snowing yet. Now I can start disassembly, which must
- /html/spitfires/2008-12/msg00001.html (6,546 bytes)
- 137. [Spits] help on gearbox disassembly (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:18:31 -0500
- I know it's supposed to be the reverse of re-assembly, but I'm still stuck on a few points. GT6 3-rail gearbox, no OD. I've got the top off, speedo drive removed, rear flange removed from the output
- /html/spitfires/2008-12/msg00002.html (8,456 bytes)
- 138. Re: [Spits] help on gearbox disassembly (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:27:19 -0500
- Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! So you're saying I didn't need the Sawzall after all. It's out. Not too difficult. I shall continue this evening with what the old Porsche manuals used to call a "suitable drift". If i
- /html/spitfires/2008-12/msg00004.html (7,157 bytes)
- 139. [Spits] What's the next gearbox move???? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:59:29 -0500
- HELP! Bill Gingerich has kindly offered to fax me some good instructions, but I thought I'd ask the Font Of Automotive Wisdom on this anyway. I'm still stuck trying to disassemble my GT6 gearobx. Got
- /html/spitfires/2008-12/msg00011.html (7,449 bytes)
- 140. Re: [Spits] Rear spring GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:34:15 -0500
- I was hoping somebody more knowledgeable than I would jump in. If it was about Spitfire springs I would have answered directly. My uncertainty, which Joe "Fluif" Curry wouldn't necessarily share, is
- /html/spitfires/2008-12/msg00024.html (9,621 bytes)
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