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61. Laygear (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:14:20 -0600; I got some good pics of the two laygears I bought on Ebay. The new camera helps. I think the new laygear may be a reject or just unfinished. Matthews Parts has offered a new laygear lately, on Ebay.; /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00108.html (7,085 bytes)
62. Re: Laygear (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:12:49 -0600; I had a closer look at the laygears I have and decided the new one is not for a late Spit. If you know what it fits make me an offer. It's the one on the right. Thirteen reverse teeth. The used one o; /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00113.html (7,506 bytes)
63. Re: Push Button Start (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:05:01 -0600; Will the twin webers be going through a compressor? Webers have have cold start units that require cables, but I understand they are as useful as teats on a boar. Larry; /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00141.html (7,909 bytes)
64. laygear cluster (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:13:22 -0600; Maybe some of you transmission rebuilders can help me out here. I have two laygears I bought that do not have the same number of teeth as a standard single rail or late three rail laygear cluster, wh; /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00144.html (6,509 bytes)
65. late spoiler (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:40:16 -0600; I bought a 1980 type radiator a couple of years ago. I wanted MY Spifire to have all the best parts, of course. It will need some repairs and the fan was noisy, at first, when I tested it a couple of; /html/spitfires/2004-12/msg00007.html (7,959 bytes)
66. Re: late spoiler (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:47:37 -0600; the ends So has anyone replaced the rivets? The two inner rivets, that are expanded between the two surfaces, prevent me from squirting some type of adhesive in the gap and squeezing the pieces toge; /html/spitfires/2004-12/msg00032.html (7,636 bytes)
67. zerks (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:16:39 -0600; I spent the last couple of days at my neighbors shop. He has a 20 ton press and a big solid bench vise. He has a lot more I wish I had, but I thought the press would work fine to change out all the u; /html/spitfires/2004-12/msg00050.html (7,688 bytes)
68. Re: zerk (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 12:46:03 -0600; The Haynes manual shows a grease fitting in the cap. The only instructions about grease, in any of the manuals, is for the ball joint in the rack. It says use 2 cc's of grease on the ball joints and; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00004.html (6,894 bytes)
69. Re: zerk (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:23:54 -0600; I'm just speculating, since I don't have any parts earlier than '73, but it looks like the early racks had a grease fitting opposite of the steering shaft and were probably BSP tapered and all that.; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00008.html (8,185 bytes)
70. Re: zerk (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:31:41 -0600; I did a google search for BSP. I thought Whitworth would rear it's head. Sure http://www.newmantools.com/taps/bsp.htm Anyway BSP is straight and BSPT is tapered. Larry; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00015.html (6,741 bytes)
71. Rack (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 20:00:09 -0600; I just got the new gaiters on the steering rack. I'm surprised the subject never came up before. I greased the rack up, turning it lock to lock, and put a nice blob of grease on both the inner ball j; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00023.html (6,984 bytes)
72. brakes (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:28:07 -0600; Is alcohol appropriate to clean up and assemble the calipers if I want to switch to silicone brake fluid. I know the pistons are hard to push in past new rubber seals without some lubrication. What t; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00027.html (7,028 bytes)
73. Re: brakes (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:39:50 -0600; SEPTICS? You want to explain what that means in cockney. Or whatever british dialect. I was referring to isopropyl alcohol. Perhaps it's the same. Larry; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00030.html (7,459 bytes)
74. Re: brakes (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:01:49 -0600; It's not friendly. Larry british; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00032.html (7,635 bytes)
75. Re: brakes (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 16:46:35 -0600; Very interesting. Joe should look up Curry! Larry; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00035.html (7,475 bytes)
76. camber (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:43:25 -0600; I keep getting side tracked in this reconstruction process but working out the kinks as you proceed is probably better than starting over when it's all together. The '73 Spit had 2 shims on each side; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00054.html (7,156 bytes)
77. Diff gasket (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:57:35 -0600; I bought a pair of paper gaskets for the differential. The two I seperated had no gaskets or sealer of any kind. Do I oil or grease the gasket? Or use it dry? It's probably in the book but usually re; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00057.html (6,340 bytes)
78. output shafts (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:25:04 -0600; I set the output shafts aside, with the left one on the left. Then I cleaned them and forgot which was left and right. I hate it when I do that! What is the worse that could happen if I reverse them; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00073.html (6,469 bytes)
79. Preservation (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:26:13 -0600; This may seem odd. I keep all the packets of moisture absorbing pellets, that come in packages. I keep them in my gun cabinet. If I put some in a butter dish and set it in the oil pan of my rebuilt 1; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00081.html (6,656 bytes)
80. Re: Swapping transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:45:19 -0600; Hey Bill, I was interested in your steering column u-joint. I bought a bunch of plumbing washers, before I dismantled my Spitfire steering column joint and none of them were the correct type. I've be; /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00082.html (7,228 bytes)

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