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141. Re: [Spits] Rotoflex vs Early axle length (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:38:38 -0500 (EST); Joe asked: Joe, do you not have a GT6 with IRS? Or are you asking specifically about Todd's sliding-axle arrangement? On the production GT6 Mk2 the upper control arm was the spring itself. The axle's; /html/spitfires/2009-01/msg00007.html (8,463 bytes)
142. Re: [Spits] 79 Differential in a GT6 (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:48:18 -0500; Ooh, good question. The Spitfire used only 4 studs. I can't recall whether mine had 6 holes. If the casing has all 6 holes the unused two might be filled with gunk or rust. In any case, it is easy to; /html/spitfires/2009-01/msg00013.html (7,606 bytes)
143. Re: [Spits] Looking for a spitfire owner in Portland Oregon (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:14:49 -0500; Why shucks, you've come to the right place. Lots of us can help him out, that's what we do. Of course if he needs someone in person that's a car of a different feather. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.co; /html/spitfires/2009-01/msg00032.html (7,119 bytes)
144. Re: [Spits] test (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:06:10 -0500; Now try the lights. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Spitfires@autox.team.net ht; /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00008.html (6,343 bytes)
145. Re: [Spits] Electric Fan Power (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:58:40 -0500; Hmmm, I haven't but I can't think of any reason why you couldn't, provided you trust the switch actually to turn off so the battery doesn't run down. But consider this, without the engine running the; /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00016.html (8,256 bytes)
146. Re: [Spits] Electric Fan Power (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:25:04 -0500; Thank you, sir. Back in a prior life I bought a new '74 Fiat X-1/9. First year they came out, I believe, certainly the first in the US. Marvelous little mid-engine throw-about but anemic in the engin; /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00018.html (7,950 bytes)
147. Re: [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:21:52 -0500; Can't say I've ever done this, but I would ask - how hard do you stomp on the brakes? Are inertia switches calibrated for that? On the other hand, an oik-pressure-drop switch must have an override ci; /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00028.html (7,905 bytes)
148. Re: [Spits] [TR] Looking to buy Early Spit (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:04:06 -0400; And does he intend to use his cell phone too? -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html S; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00005.html (6,577 bytes)
149. [Spits] clutch hydraulics query (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:15:22 -0400 (EDT); I drove my GT6 in to work this morning. I'm happy to report that the gearbox worked just fine. I must report unhappily that the clutch is more needy, which is to say less clutchy. It's a problem I've; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00021.html (8,788 bytes)
150. Re: [Spits] clutch hydraulics query (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:33:26 -0400 (EDT); Thanks to all who responded so quickly. The problem I have with this explanation (and all similar) is that if the pedal doesn't come up all the way it would also start its next journey down from that; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00023.html (7,803 bytes)
151. Re: [Spits] Separating spring from Diff (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:34:13 -0400 (EDT); Todd asked: You don't have to be an expert. The pumpkin comes off the back with minimal trouble and with no effect on the critical mechanicals. Remove the four u-joint flange bolts on each side with; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00027.html (8,534 bytes)
152. Re: [Spits] Separating spring from Diff (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:50:37 -0400 (EDT); All true enough. As a complication, IIRC, "they" put a 3.89 into those GT6's which got the OD gearbox and which were destined for North America. The rest of the world, or at least the home market, go; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00033.html (9,094 bytes)
153. Re: [Spits] Separating spring from Diff (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:36:36 -0400; Ah! If the gearbox and diff were original, or if both were swapped out by someone so that the diff matches the gearbox as the factory intended, then you probably had a 3.89 after all. If someone had; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00035.html (8,700 bytes)
154. Re: [Spits] Separating spring from Diff (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:39:11 -0400; You sure have an interesting collection of cars, three Mk I's, two of which are RHD. On which side of the Pond do you live, for all love? And how is it that one is considered a '66? I thought they st; /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00037.html (10,110 bytes)
155. Re: [Spits] clutch cylinder leak (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:22:09 -0400 (EDT); Harve asked: That is what is commonly referred to as a leak. Specifically on the main seal of the plunger, the one that creates all that nice pressure to disengage the mighty clutch springs. A more s; /html/spitfires/2009-04/msg00002.html (7,440 bytes)
156. Re: [Spits] Dolly or Trailer (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:17:49 -0400 (EDT); If you are going to tow it, do check the state of the Rotoflex couplings. Even if you aren't driving it under its own power they still spin with the halfshafts. You don't want one to fly apart at spe; /html/spitfires/2009-04/msg00008.html (7,261 bytes)
157. Re: [Spits] Door mirrors (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 07:40:45 -0400; Mirrors? We don't need no stinkin' mirrors. I have whatever style they came with, one on each door. Both cars had passenger-side mounts but no mirror, so I added one. I replaced the Spitfire driver-s; /html/spitfires/2009-05/msg00016.html (7,654 bytes)
158. Re: [Spits] Tonneau cover attachment (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 07:23:10 -0400; You can try some method to hold the grommets down on the pegs, but a possibility exists that when the tonneau flaps enough it will tear the grommets out of the fabric. Best not to drive very fast wit; /html/spitfires/2009-05/msg00026.html (7,647 bytes)
159. Re: [Spits] Clutch slave cylinders - advice sought (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:32:22 -0400; Greetings from much further downeast (Mt. Desert Island), at least until we get home tonight. Sorry, I can't offer any real opinion on OEM vs. later SC. You didn't say whether it was a later or earli; /html/spitfires/2009-05/msg00034.html (7,182 bytes)
160. Re: [Spits] Seat Belt Anchor Removal (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:47:18 -0400; Ain't nobody here but us crickets. Sorry about silence. We usually make more noise. Your solution sounds like it works. I would have considered a large crescent wrench across the loop of the anchor,; /html/spitfires/2009-07/msg00008.html (7,148 bytes)

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