- 1. More About Oil Filters (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 14:17:26 -0500
- I have a list of filters that work on Spitfires, and the Motorcraft FL-2005 is listed as a possible replacement. I use them on my Ford Focus, and when I change the oil the filter comes off full and t
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00678.html (6,744 bytes)
- 2. RE: Engine rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 11:44:35 -0600
- I remember your posts about the body condition of the GT6 you picked up. Perhaps what you have here is Providence telling you to do a Spit6 conversion. Bob Waid
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00035.html (8,674 bytes)
- 3. Transmission Kit on Ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:41:51 -0500
- Check out the 5 speed conversion kit for Spitfires offered on EBay: Item # 467512545 No financial interest. This is the first one I've actually seen a photo of. Bob Waid 71 Mark IV, FK4081L
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00320.html (6,792 bytes)
- 4. A Very Good Spitfire Day (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 20:13:58 -0500
- I made my annual trek to Osceola, WI, today to the Wheels and Wings Event. This is (among other things) a community festival, air show at the small municipal airport, and free car show and half-pric
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00401.html (7,304 bytes)
- 5. Tonneau Cover Studs Wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:12:02 -0500
- I'm looking for a set of (4) tonneau cover mounting studs for a Spit, the kind that clip into (under) the defroster vents. If any of you parts car tycoons can help, please contact me off list. Thank
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00514.html (6,374 bytes)
- 6. Re: Trailing Arms (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:32:55 -0500
- I had to repair my rust-damaged trailing arm bracket last year. It was previously repaired by gas welding and was broken loose; the front section of the mounting beam was oilcanning fore-and-aft (mad
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00559.html (7,252 bytes)
- 7. Steering Wheel Flex Coupling (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:29:16 -0500
- I've been silent for quite a while becuase the car's been running so well I've just been enjoying it. However, I now realize that I've developed a lot of slop in my steering. Most of it appears to be
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00670.html (7,595 bytes)
- 8. <no subject> (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:37:16 -0500
- Any chance that it's your trailing arm moving back and forth on a bad bushing? I had to detach mine from the vertical link to detect the motion that was due to the rust-damaged mounting oil canning i
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00672.html (7,370 bytes)
- 9. <no subject> (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:03:07 -0500
- I finally got my copy of (Moss) British Motoring todya. Aside from the already-discussed bizarre MkIII-GT6 hybrid with the digitally restored bonnet, I thought the most interesting item was an expla
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00864.html (6,672 bytes)
- 10. Flex Coupling In! (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:09:02 -0500
- I got the flex coupling in this evening! Tight steering for the first timeWonderful! My original coupling could have been rebuilt, but the VB replacement can not-deformable bolts in the new one. The
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00865.html (7,043 bytes)
- 11. RE: Arguments & people leaving the List (long, sarcastic, factual (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:39:51 -0500
- (SNIP) Bob Waid
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00934.html (7,419 bytes)
- 12. Question on Steering Column Position (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:34:35 -0500
- What should the position of the "trafficator cam" be when the steering wheel/front wheels are straight ahead? My right turn signal almsodt never self cancels with the cam centered at 12:00. It seems
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01099.html (7,071 bytes)
- 13. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:34:14 -0500
- I thought I might weigh in on this subject (epoxy vs welding), as I have formulated structural epoxy adhesives for 3M (aerospace and automotive) for 13 years or so. The main reason that structural b
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01136.html (10,553 bytes)
- 14. Driveshafted (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:39:46 -0500
- Hope everyone had a wonderful British car week. Today I took advantage of the MN June monsoon to replace my leaking rear transmission seal. On removing the driveshaft, I found out that I must have a
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00058.html (6,977 bytes)
- 15. Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 22:00:20 -0500
- I found the two missing rollers from the sliding spline driveshaft!! The questions I have now are: 1. Do all the rollers lie in the same plane in the races? As the driveshaft was falling apart in my
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00100.html (8,821 bytes)
- 16. Re: Driveshafted, Part 2 (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:40:59 -0500
- Thank you for the information. What does the retainer look like? Is it a metal or rubber washer of some type? Bob Waid FK4081L --
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00197.html (11,467 bytes)
- 17. Driveshafted, Epilog (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 15:39:51 -0500
- Sincerest thanks to Joe Curry, Donald Locker, Carter Shore, Ralph Jannelli, Barry Schwartz, and anyone else I may have missed. I'm probably now the world's expert on all the wrong ways to assemble a
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00203.html (6,455 bytes)
- 18. MG Midget vs. Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:13:27 -0500
- I attended a car show on Saturday, driving the Spitfire 200 miles round trip. After enjoying the hot cockpit, hard ride, uncomfortable (broken down with age) seats in my car, I was wondering if any o
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00557.html (7,691 bytes)
- 19. RE: Oil leak in diff -- what to do about it. (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:34:19 -0500
- I replaced my pinion seal (a metal-leather sandwich) with a modern rubber seal from VB in 1997. I still had the leak until last week, when I found and cleared the mysterious top vent on the diff tha
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00560.html (8,088 bytes)
- 20. Re: Hand brake wearing hole in thumb (score: 1)
- Author: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:41:46 -0500
- My car came without the button-just the sharp metal post sticking out of the end of the handle. I used a black plastic top from small screw top chemical sample vial. I found one of the right diamete
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00656.html (7,653 bytes)
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