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21. RE: Seats (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:22:54 +0100; Yeah, Paul, I used your instructions to mount the seats, as that seemed to put the runners as low as they could get compared to other peoples methods. But I didn't do any foam mods; maybe if I had I'; /html/spitfires/2006-06/msg00002.html (7,570 bytes)
22. RE: Overdrive questions (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:38:05 +0100; I'd agree with Joe. There's no need to use the clutch when switching the overdrive, but if nothing else, lifting the throttle slightly when you engage overdrive will prevent you getting a slightly j; /html/spitfires/2006-06/msg00023.html (8,714 bytes)
23. RE: GT6 Pistons (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:37:22 +0100; You said that, because of the scarring on the cylinder wall, that it "Looks like I'll have to have the cylinders bored one size bigger because of that" - you are planning to bore out all 6 cylinders; /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00053.html (8,729 bytes)
24. RE: 1500 project car for sale, Bedford, England (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:26:30 +0100; Hi Mike, Sorry to hear that Crunch Time has finally come for Daffy's twin sister! I remember you umming and ahhing about what to do about this a while back... My experience with selling Daffy's ruste; /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00056.html (8,849 bytes)
25. RE: 1500 project car for sale, Bedford, England (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:07:33 +0100; NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Talk about going over to the dark side! <g>" Yeah, well, I love Triumphs and MGs. I appreciate the friendly rivalry, but don't subscribe to it myself. I had a Black Tulip BGT befor; /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00058.html (9,434 bytes)
26. RE: Help: Engine Rattle (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:07:09 +0100; Sounds very much like the noise Daffy made a couple of months after I got her. Banging in time with engine RPM, got MUCH louder with revs. Car would still run. Cause - a conrod big end failure. By th; /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00105.html (7,768 bytes)
27. RE: seeking brake advice (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 09:05:05 +0100; 1 & 2 - Sorry Jim, no special tips on installing lines 3 - I've frequently heard advice to use what is called methylated spirits in the UK, denatured alcohol in the US, to flush the lines of old flui; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00010.html (7,800 bytes)
28. RE: My Spit is now on eBay (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 09:11:33 +0100; Looks like you've got a buyer then - do you know yet what he intends to do with Carly's mortal remains? At least you got a couple of hundred more for her than I got for Daffy (although I made up the; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00011.html (7,377 bytes)
29. RE: clutch (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:09:41 +0100; Re-building hydraulic cylinders is neither particularly hard nor expensive (the biggest faff is getting them off the car to start with!). If you're going into the clutch hydraulics, might as well do; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00044.html (8,162 bytes)
30. RE: Clutch fork pin (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:56:02 +0100; It is not uncommon for these pins to fall out completely - as originally designed, they are only held in by friction. Several owners have replaced them with long bolts (unthreaded except at the end),; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00033.html (8,263 bytes)
31. RE: Petrol (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:02:52 +0100; OK, the obligatory British comparison - this week the price just came DOWN to the equivalent of $6.35 per US gallon (was $6.78 a couple of weeks ago). We pay effectively about 400% tax on road fuel..; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00073.html (7,488 bytes)
32. RE: Video of fast spitfire (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:06:40 +0100; Completely whips that Peugeot 205!!! Richard ________________________________________________________________________ This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. I; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00082.html (7,353 bytes)
33. RE: door mirror (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:11:58 +0100; My (UK-spec) '78 had black mirrors when I got her, although I can't personally guarantee they were there from new. A friend who had an identical model (a '77 I think) was very keen on originality, an; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00085.html (7,729 bytes)
34. RE: Door Mirrors for Spitfire MK3 1970 (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:13:59 +0100; The car that replaced my Spitfire (I'd better not mention its name, but it is a 70's coupe by a well-known British manufacturer with a two-letter name...) came with wing-mounted bullet mirrors both s; /html/spitfires/2006-09/msg00096.html (8,569 bytes)
35. RE: sagging rear/advice (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:02:08 -0000; ..."My 76 Spitfire 1500, my first Triumph, has suffered the dreaded drivers side lean for most of it's life. As I said, three spring changes in the rear has only resulted in a need for a forth"... I; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00000.html (8,016 bytes)
36. RE: early/late rear springs, was sagging rear/advice (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:49:44 -0000; I'll add: 6. A lean to drivers side on a swing-spring car should be fixed at the front suspension, even if that lean is most easily seen by looking at the rear of the car. Richard Let's see if I can; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00001.html (10,636 bytes)
37. RE: early/late rear springs, was sagging rear/advice (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:21:21 -0000; ..."However breaking that leaf will remove *all* the roll stifffness from the rear"... Not exactly - unless you manage to break the bottom leaf on BOTH sides of the diff. If you just break it one sid; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00007.html (9,469 bytes)
38. RE: sagging rear/advice (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:05:02 -0000; I've seen Joe comment on all sorts of stuff. Joe is very knowledgeable about Spitfires, and I've found his advice good and reliable, on many aspects. He offers a lot more advice than he asks for, so; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00018.html (8,839 bytes)
39. RE: Triumph owner death in Millersville, MD (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:54:12 -0000; My bet - nothing to do with alcohol or drugs, everything to do with the half-shaft UJ. I assume this has to be a Spitfire 1500, as the TR6 was out of production by '78 and the convertible version of; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00053.html (7,790 bytes)
40. RE: sagging rear/advice (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:57:28 -0000; If the rear is sagging overall, then yes, the rear spring needs to be If the main problem is a lean towards the drivers side, then (on a swing-spring car, i.e. square-tail) the problem HAS to be at t; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00072.html (9,747 bytes)

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