- 1. 71 big bearing crank and 79 Big Bearing Crank (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:10:38 -0800
- Hi all, Is a 71 big bearing crank interchangeable with a 79 big bearing crank? Looking at the spitbits catalogue it seems to be. Thanks ahead of time for the wisdom. Keith ___________________________
- /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00172.html (6,846 bytes)
- 2. Re: Replacing Battery Box - 70 Mk3 (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 06:53:16 -0800
- I also replaced my battery box. I used a dremel with a small disc cutter blade (well 4 or 5 really). This after talking with my body man. Since I am not doing a complete rebuild altering the structu
- /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00358.html (7,846 bytes)
- 3. Gear Lube (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 05:32:46 -0700
- The input shaft of the tranny does not have a seal in the traditional sense. It is actually an open ball bearing. Then on the bell housing there is a tube where the input shaft goes that has deep thr
- /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00119.html (6,806 bytes)
- 4. Re: Clutch bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:13:29 -0700
- You did not mention what lead up to the bleeding. If you changed your slave cylinder it is possible that you put it in upside down. The bleed nipple should be on top not on the bottom as that will t
- /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00524.html (7,292 bytes)
- 5. Re: 69 and 72 1296cc comparability (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:01:07 -0700
- /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00301.html (6,902 bytes)
- 6. Re: 69 and 72 1296cc comparability (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:24:09 -0700
- /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00302.html (6,904 bytes)
- 7. Re: 69 and 72 1296cc comparability (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:31:50 -0700
- /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00303.html (6,883 bytes)
- 8. Filters, oil and religion (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:48:34 -0700
- TO K&N or not to K&N? that is the question. This has been an interesting and informative thread. I think, ultimately, that the filters discussion is similiar to an oil discussion or even closer a dis
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00475.html (7,063 bytes)
- 9. cardboard shroud (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 05:31:48 -0700
- Hi all, In a recent rebuild, sadly, one of my cardboard heat shrouds has died. What material(s) have you used to replace them? Thanks for the wisdom. Keith /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00507.html (6,967 bytes)
- 10. Re: Carbon Cannister rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:45:13 -0700
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- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00355.html (6,818 bytes)
- 11. Re: DIY painting (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:17:58 -0700
- A friend of mine who has been amateur painting for years says he finally found the secret to no runs. Which is to start painting from the bottom and work your way up. The theory is something about th
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00161.html (7,450 bytes)
- 12. Re: Rubber gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:50:45 -0700
- When I was in art school we made molds using a rubber compound from 3M. It has been my plan, we all know how plans go, to make a mold from my old light gaskets in plaster and then out of the rubber m
- /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00517.html (7,356 bytes)
- 13. Timing swapped parts and wisdom of the Triumph Gurus (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:31:34 PDT
- Dear Gurus of all that is Triumph, I have a stock October 70 Mk IV engine. Timing supposed to be set to 2 ATDC. I have swapped in the distributor and dual SU's from a 68 MK III timing supposed to be
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00806.html (7,083 bytes)
- 14. Colortune Difficulties (Just a coincidence?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:17:43 -0700
- Hello all, I was also unable to get a blue flame with my 72 with the single Stromberg and with the non vacuum centrifugal advance only distributor. Hmmmmm. Is this just a coincidence? Keith run any m
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00316.html (7,764 bytes)
- 15. sticking transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:06:03 PDT
- Hi all, My 71 spit has a sticking transmission. Sometimes it will not shift out of a gear. The lever will simply not move. Finally with some wiggling it will go out of gear. Happens more when you jus
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00861.html (6,589 bytes)
- 16. seat, wobbly speedo, and monza volume (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 21:00:38 -0800
- Hi all, Three questions: 1. 71 spit do the seat recline levers go towards the middle or towards the doors? 2. My speedo needle is very bouncy. Got a new cable (the other snapped) and still very bounc
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00058.html (7,300 bytes)
- 17. Re: exon valdez oil pressure story (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 14:45:57 PST
- Yes they do. When I first got my spit running after a 9 month rebuild of the suspension system and the hydraulics I took her for her first ride to Wallmart to get a battery. It was evening and I liv
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00404.html (7,662 bytes)
- 18. Re: Plastic Engine Valences? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:08:28 PDT
- Hi List, What I have wondered is what kind of plastic would be good to use as they seem so easy to cut myself. Would plexiglass work? Anyone have any experience with making them themselves. Any ohter
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00115.html (7,701 bytes)
- 19. Re: Crank nut (score: 1)
- Author: Keith Burns <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:00:19 PDT
- I bought a 3/4 drive set just for a 1-3/4 and 1-7/8 socket for my Mini Cooper and Alfa Spider steering wheels. It was only $30 for the complete set though which even came with metal case. Its from Ha
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00439.html (7,075 bytes)
- 20. Disc brake calipers (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 07:28:02 PDT
- I am rebuilding the disc break calipers on my 71 spit. The haines manual says not to split the caliper halves. Why? So if you do split them to replace that little bitty O ring what torque do you ret
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00123.html (6,354 bytes)
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