- 21. Spring Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:43:06 -0800
- Hi all, traffic is low (hopefully everyone is raising glasses to Joe and the other birthday boys) so thought I'd share an observation. Over the last few days, I've removed the pistons from 3 _pairs_
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- 22. Re: Spring Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 16:31:52 -0800
- Doug, excellent advice! I've been using a syringe to extract the old fluid. Considering the song and dance I had to go through to get it from a pharmacy ("No, its my car that has the habit, not me!),
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00004.html (7,596 bytes)
- 23. Re: Leaky heater (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:46:52 -0700
- There's a little radiator, the heater matrix, inside that metal box. The hoses that feed through the bulkhead at a 45 degree angle are attached to metal pipes that come from the matrix. If those hose
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- 24. Electric Cooling Fan Isn't (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 19:49:50 -0700
- My 80/81 must have let the smoke out of the wires that go to the electric cooling fan, as it has stopped spinning. Electricity is one of the world's marvels to me, could someone please help? Current
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- 25. Re: Electric Cooling Fan Isn't (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:13:40 -0700
- Many thanks to Joe C, John Perry, Dan Aycock, John Blair, Richard Gosling, Don Slicker, John Reynolds. The general agreement is that the fan motor is dead and just plain needs replacement. The hunt i
- /html/spitfires/2006-05/msg00057.html (8,056 bytes)
- 26. Electric fan Cont'd: Wasn't - Now is (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 15:14:31 -0700
- For posterity, here is a wee bit of advice for any whose stock electric cooling fan for the radiator quits. Check the contacts in the wiring first, then take it off, remove the fan and the front plat
- /html/spitfires/2006-05/msg00073.html (7,304 bytes)
- 27. Re: Looking for some horns (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 15:00:48 -0700
- I have what I thought was a set; L is by Lucas, other is by Mixo (France), both have two spade connectors. You're welcome to them. I can send pics off list if you like. Nick Moseley == This list supp
- /html/spitfires/2006-05/msg00089.html (6,601 bytes)
- 28. Happy Canada Day all! (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 14:39:39 -0700
- Happy Canada Day to all, and especially Liv, Wilf, Mark, Andre and family, and any other Canadians out there! I'm celebrating by flying the Maple Leaf, painting an (English) Spit bonnet, and working
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- 29. RE: making progress! (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:09:10 -0700
- Big Congrats Jim! I too am 3-D challenged, and had a heck of a time getting that line in, and that was with the engine out! Great that you are at the famous "re-assembly is the reverse of removal" st
- /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00059.html (6,774 bytes)
- 30. Stripped oil sump bolt threads in aluminum filler piece at (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:26:01 -0700
- Apologies for the cross-posting. In the continuing saga of the engine purchased at a good price, fully rebuilt, I checked main bearings and they were indeed brand new. Ahh, that's nice. However, the
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- 31. RE: Stripped oil sump bolt threads in aluminum filler piece at (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:21:14 -0700
- Once again, apologies for the cross-posting. Wow an over-whelming response! Many thanks to: William, Roger, Henry, Lee, Mike M, Cyrille, Howard, Douglas, rek46, Geoff, Carter, Larry V, Leon, for thei
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- 32. RE: Stripped oil sump bolt threads in aluminum filler piece at (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:13:17 -0700
- Many thanks for all the suggestions. The existing piece has been successfully re-tapped to a slightly larger size. As well, I've ordered a steel saddle bar, just in case. Nick Moseley Vancouver B.C.
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- 33. RE: Replacing rockers (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:42:44 -0700
- Mike, I had a similar adventure a couple of years or so ago. One thing to bear in mind is that the quality of the replacement parts varies wildly. Before you start cutting, carefully compare the old
- /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00100.html (7,699 bytes)
- 34. RE: sagging rear/advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:32:27 -0800
- All, for the record, my opinion of Joe Curry's contributions to this and other lists strongly disagrees with another recently expressed. Joe has always been very helpful to me, and to other list memb
- /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00023.html (7,652 bytes)
- 35. Different Intake Valve sizes between years on a head for a (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:41:46 -0800
- Sorry for the cross-post. I took a head in to be rebuilt, per the suggestion of many listers answering an earlier question. (OK, this is your chance, get your digs in. yes indeed, my head DID need to
- /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00024.html (7,524 bytes)
- 36. RE: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:47:01 -0800
- BTDT, got the T-shirt, now I forget exactly how. Gee aging is fun, all those old skills to re-learn. Anyway, you are right the bottom leaf doesn't go into the "box". It's a kind of escape valve, in
- /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00080.html (7,926 bytes)
- 37. RE: GT6 Carpet (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:48:05 -0800
- Are there any pictures on the web of each, close enough and with enough focus that I/we could compare them and see the difference? In lieu of pictures, are you talking about carpet that might be desc
- /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00018.html (7,607 bytes)
- 38. RE: [Spit] Ongoing brake master cylinder saga (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 21:29:33 -0700
- Jim, don't be sorry to e-mail the list. Many of us have had occasion to tap into the collective wisdom, and are eager to repay the favor. Those that don't want to reply, won't. There have been mixed
- /html/spitfires/2007-05/msg00006.html (7,654 bytes)
- 39. FW: [Spit] Restoring Tail Lights (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 17:04:29 -0700
- Hi Bob. I restored a set, and am happy with the results. I can't remember if it was with Duplicolor Chrome Tone, or high heat aluminum-look paint, as both are sitting around here. At any rate, it mad
- /html/spitfires/2007-05/msg00054.html (6,592 bytes)
- 40. [Spits] FW: Welcome to the "Spitfires" mailing list (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:13:36 -0700
- Thanks Mark. I'm here too Andy, on and off so to speak. Nick Moseley Near Vancouver B.C. "Looks like the upgrade worked. Thanks Mark! Is there anybody else out there? Andy" __________________________
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