- 1. Fuel tanks (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:05:00 -0400
- Does anyone know if fuel tanks are available in the aftermarket? Mine has stress damage to its bottom seam from my car trying to shake itself to bits (The trunk floor separated from the wheel arch an
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00204.html (7,009 bytes)
- 2. Announcing a new Spitfire driver! (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 02:33:03 -0400
- Victoria Deanna-May Lewis 6 lb 13.5oz Born 12:20 AM, May 16, 2003! Now I'm going to eat my McDonald's and go to bed! Luke /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-
- /html/spitfires/2003-05/msg00194.html (6,806 bytes)
- 3. Re: TSSC Duxford Photos & Photos Galore (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:50:43 -0400
- Plus that spotless red Spit is Vic Whitmore's! /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00121.html (7,913 bytes)
- 4. Clutch master spring (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:55:57 -0400
- Greetings all, After a GREAT summer as my daily driver (With a total of just 5 or 6 days with the top up), old Fireball has finally let me down. The spring inside the clutch master cylinder grenaded
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00158.html (7,764 bytes)
- 5. Re: Clutch master spring (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:49:54 -0400
- That was probably the problem, I think some DOT 3 got in there... My apprentice mechanic brother-in-law borrowed the car a few times this summer and did some cleaning and topping-up. No huge deal, if
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00169.html (9,437 bytes)
- 6. Re: Need a new battery (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:05:10 -0400
- Any Group 26 or 34 battery will fit fine, the 34 fills the whole battery box while the 26 isn't as long. Canadian Tire #10-3478-2 is a 850 cca battery with 3 year free replacement and 7 year pro-rata
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00253.html (7,568 bytes)
- 7. Re: Good vendor news (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:13:41 -0400
- Have you tried Mike at Obsolete Automotive in Sarnia? They're not the best priced, but they certainly have helped me out a few times - he brought a used 1-2 synchro hub and reverse gear to the Bronte
- /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00006.html (8,815 bytes)
- 8. Re: Rebuild engine or replace starter? (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:09:31 -0400
- I just finished taking my starter apart and putting it back together for the second time in 2 years - There are 2 things that seem to happen that will cause a very slow crank, very high draw (Make su
- /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00422.html (10,231 bytes)
- 9. Re: Carpet Install Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 19:37:03 -0400
- If they're (very) roughly six by six inches and have one curved corner and 3 angled corners, I had the same 2 pieces sitting behind the seat for 2 years before I realized they were to replace the car
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00460.html (7,395 bytes)
- 10. Re: SU Carbs (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 13:55:04 -0500
- You may find that an intensive degreasing/decarbonization will reveal the port in the manifold. When I was tuning up my father's Mercedes 350SL one year (he bought it after a long period of neglect),
- /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00193.html (8,911 bytes)
- 11. Re: British-American Terminology (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:04:58 -0500
- and That's a good one - especially since my wife is a baker at a bakery that sells meat pies and pasties! Luke /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorc
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00006.html (6,941 bytes)
- 12. Re: British wiring...an enigma! (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:10:12 -0500
- Oh come now! You have that many LBC's and this surprises you? When I picked up my newest Spit my buddy (An MGB/Land Rover guy) and I fired it up, cleaned out the carb and tried out all the lights and
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00082.html (8,794 bytes)
- 13. Re: Stuck brake bleeding nipple (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:52:45 -0500
- Don't forget that brake fluid is designed to operate at temperatures up to 450+ degrees... you can feel pretty safe using gentle amounts of heat, or hot/cold cycles, with an easy-out in the broken bl
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00143.html (8,270 bytes)
- 14. DGV Manifold (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:17:45 -0500
- I have just come into posession of a brand-new Weber DGV carb, but it's set up for a non-Spitfire application... the carb's PO didn't even know what it had been bought for, and it doesn't have a mani
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00303.html (7,004 bytes)
- 15. Re: waterpump question (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:44:14 -0500
- Severely rusted? Up here in the Rust Belt (Salt Belt, more like), that'd be a find! Both my cars are/were in that shape when I got them. (Of course, I paid the equivalent of $450 and $650 US for them
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00427.html (9,144 bytes)
- 16. Wow... Pictures of my car... (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:26:49 -0500
- Click on '71 Spit and you'll see that Fireball has a bunch of new pages! (Well, only one page of NEW stuff, but it has PICTURES...) Sorry they're so dark - we're still getting used to the new camera
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00431.html (6,714 bytes)
- 17. Re: SNOW (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:55:02 -0500
- Right back at ya! :-) http://members.rogers.com/lukage/snowball.htm Luke
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00575.html (6,534 bytes)
- 18. HS4 Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:45:26 -0500
- Happy Easter weekend all, I picked up a complete set of HS4's about a month ago, and I wanted to check with all you gurus out there to make sure I don't do anything overly foolish (Not that I can gen
- /html/spitfires/2002-03/msg00604.html (7,935 bytes)
- 19. webpage update (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:34:25 -0500
- Just thought I'd drop a line that the Spitfire's homepage has been updated and corrected. for anyone who wishes to check it out it's at http://members.rogers.com/lukage/spit.htm Luke /// spitfires@au
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00275.html (6,612 bytes)
- 20. British-American Terminology (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:11:42 -0500
- Here's something I've been meaning to ask the list for a while: What are some British terms for driving fast? I've heard "giving it some Welly" and "spirited driving" and so on, but that's all I can
- /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00768.html (7,286 bytes)
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