- 21. Re: Car names minimal LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 16:05:01 PDT
- My gold pathfinder was "Goldie" My ford explorer is "turtle" Green and carries lots of stuff My Spit has not earned a name yet. I figure I can't name her 'till I can drive her. Keith Spit 71 (as of y
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00192.html (7,492 bytes)
- 22. roll bar padding? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 16:13:24 PDT
- Just curious Why are the spitfire roll bars always sold with optional padding? I notice many other cars without. Is it because the roll bar is closer to you then in other cars? Thanks, Keith
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00193.html (6,740 bytes)
- 23. Re: top [was interior] colors (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:08:43 PDT
- Hi Laura, The DMV often put and still does sometimes register the car by the date it was first sold rather then the year of manufacture. Keith
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00719.html (6,956 bytes)
- 24. Redlines? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:10:03 PDT
- Hi all, What are red lines? I mean I know there are a kind of tire but ...? Thanks, Keith
- /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00961.html (6,138 bytes)
- 25. steering rack and stub axle (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 11:55:57 PDT
- Hello all, Rebuilding the front end (71 MK IV). The steering rack is tight, no play. When I removed the tie rods from the steering I notieced that they just flop down from the rack. Hmmm. What I mean
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00232.html (6,957 bytes)
- 26. firewall (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:25:11 PDT
- Where do I get new grommets for the firewall? Thanks, Keith 71 MK IV spitfire
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00388.html (6,319 bytes)
- 27. Re: Gear box tunnel padding (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 07:05:48 PDT
- Woa there mike, Uh have you done any tests? I am a whitewater kayaker myself and am not sure that I would do that with out a bit of scientific method before hand. Get a little scrap foam supmit it to
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00488.html (8,766 bytes)
- 28. RE: Engine Swaps Again (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:02:49 PDT
- Ohhh. I thought an off road four wheel drive spit WAS the idea. :) Keith
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00513.html (8,005 bytes)
- 29. Year? and wheel cylinder woes (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:55:28 PDT
- Two problems maybe related. Ordered wheel cylinders for my 71 Mk IV. The replacements looked similiar, but the piston is wider. So I install them and can not get the brake drums on. Checked the adju
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00739.html (7,668 bytes)
- 30. Wheel cylinder woes continued. (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:46:44 PDT
- Hi all, Adjusters are fully backed out. Emergency brake is fully released. Shoes are correctly orriented per my notes and the manuals. Still can not get the brake drum on. Two things might help. How
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00747.html (6,614 bytes)
- 31. Symetrical Brakes rear? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:53:24 PDT
- Are the rear brake pads supposed to be symetrical? (both having the rectangle emergency brake hole at the top? Or is the rear pad supposed to have the emergency brake cut out on the bottom? Thanks,
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00780.html (6,497 bytes)
- 32. broken over brakes. (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:44:03 PDT
- Hi all, Well I went to check my work for the weekend. I actually put the pads on asymetrically and only remembered it as symetrical. thanks to all that straightened me out on that point. Sooooo since
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00808.html (6,786 bytes)
- 33. RE: Speedbleeders (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 08:30:37 PST
- All you could ask! Keith 1971 MKIV (rising from the ashes)
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00067.html (7,031 bytes)
- 34. Trunion front? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 09:06:57 PST
- Front trunion question? Putting it together the top threaded part will have 90wt oil. What about the bottom part with the two plastic things and the metal sleeve where the mounting bolt goes. Does th
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00070.html (6,617 bytes)
- 35. higher RPM's? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 10:22:18 PST
- Hi all, I often see on the list statements about running at higher RPM's being a no no. So what is higher RPM's? 3,500? 4,000? 4,500? 5,000? 5,500? Is it model specific? I have an unmodified 1300 71
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00168.html (7,243 bytes)
- 36. Front shocks (and spring) (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 05:37:57 PST
- Took my front shocks to a machine shop and had KYB's installed on the springs. (Shame, shame... Yes, Japanese shocks on my LBC) (Machine shop... No flying springs for me please). Anyway, The rubber
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00232.html (7,407 bytes)
- 37. spring orientation? Help me with my shocks! (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:15:34 PST
- Hi all, Still having trouble with my front springs. The bushing at the top under the shock mounting bolt is so squished out that I can not put the spring and shock assembly back into the location on
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00406.html (7,201 bytes)
- 38. Front springs (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:41:36 PST
- Hi all, I am also working on the front end. What I really want to know is how do I determine if I need to replace the front coils? I would rather not replace them as my wallet already has a large hol
- /html/spitfires/1999-02/msg00014.html (6,681 bytes)
- 39. greasy brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 07:11:49 PST
- Hi all, Just popped off the rear drums to redo the brake system. Some grease had leaked in from the axle trunion place. Could this be from an overzealous grease squirter? How do I determin if I can g
- /html/spitfires/1999-02/msg00043.html (6,681 bytes)
- 40. battery box (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Burns" <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:54:44 PST
- Hi all. My 71 Spitfire has no rust (no really!) except for some under the master cylinders (for obvious reasons) and the battery box. The battery box is quite holy (sic) and so I need to do something
- /html/spitfires/1999-02/msg00349.html (7,494 bytes)
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