- 141. RE: Fuses (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 12:17:57 +0100
- I have 35A fuses for all three in the fuse block. For the one that controls the side and tail lights (the middle one??) I guess it doesn't need to be rated that high. Remember that the other two both
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00234.html (7,449 bytes)
- 142. RE: norwegian vitesse (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:35:07 +0100
- Mike asked: ...Rimmers list 703741U ("Hook and Door Catch, DHC") as available at GBP22.50 + VAT each in their price list. I don't know what the "U" suffix indicates... 'U' at the end of any Rimmers p
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00278.html (7,954 bytes)
- 143. RE: Oddities (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:26:31 +0100
- Gary said (of the o/d wiring harness): ...that there appears (at present) no reason whatsoever to ever purchase a harness, but to rather, make it yourself anyway... That's exactly what Daffy's PO did
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00280.html (9,466 bytes)
- 144. RE: Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:21:04 +0100
- Mike Hargreave Mawson did a fantastic job of calling round a number of insurers for comparative quotes. I enclose a copy of the e-mails he sent with the results below: Well, this *has* been an intere
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00377.html (15,017 bytes)
- 145. RE: freeze plug saga (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:37:48 +0100
- I had an odd one once (this on an MG BGT I had before the Spit). The head gasket blew. I picked the car up from the garage after it had been repaired, and that evening set off on a 1 1/2hr trip to L
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00378.html (8,453 bytes)
- 146. RE: Door Lock/latch assembly (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:45:50 +0100
- Try some of the specialist Triumph and Spitfire breakers. In the UK I know of: www.spitfiregraveyard.co.uk www.trgb.co.uk www.manvers-triumph.com Between them they have a pretty remarkable collectio
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00379.html (7,775 bytes)
- 147. RE: hardtop lift (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:55:49 +0100
- Hoist??? That thing is so light I lift it off single-handed! Now, a Stag hard-top, that's a different matter entirely! I have one of those old-fashioned roof-racks (bought so I could carry my skis ar
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00405.html (8,052 bytes)
- 148. Spitfire Seen In China (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:57:34 +0100
- Dayton Carpenter tried to post this message to the list, but the text didn't come through. He has asked me to post it on his behalf: I dont know if you can view the show in the US, maybe on a satelli
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00409.html (8,020 bytes)
- 149. RE: Nuts are off (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:02:42 +0100
- You removed your nuts with a Dremel grinder, and you say it was 'quite painless' - that must be some strong anaesthetic you are using ;-) !! I don't want to be around when it wears off... I can't re
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00414.html (8,117 bytes)
- 150. RE: MOT failure (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:19:12 +0100
- My sympathies - one of the annual events that tries the tolerance of the most dedicated Spitfire driver in the UK... done at this price will be a cosmetic repair only, it won't really add back the f
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00416.html (9,758 bytes)
- 151. RE: Drive Shaft (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:47:20 +0100
- If I understand you right, you want to separate the drive-shafts from the differential? In that case, you should remove the bolts that connect the UJ (twisty coupling) flange to the differential out
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00421.html (7,679 bytes)
- 152. RE: MOT failure (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:52:02 +0100
- Under the circumstances I think that's the right thing to do - when your car is starting to feel like a money pit (and they all do occasionally) you don't want to keep making it worse! Patch it up a
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00422.html (8,333 bytes)
- 153. RE: rear spring questions (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 09:38:26 +0100
- Yes, not having a marking or an arrow seems to be a common problem. I have a feeling one side may be supposed to be ground flat, and the other not. I also think you are supposed to be able to tell b
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00463.html (7,962 bytes)
- 154. RE: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: MOT failure (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:00:29 +0100
- You say your Spit is "ready for the summer sunshine!" Have you looked out of the window today???? Looks like summer lasted a couple of weeks and we're into autumn already!! Richard -- Important Noti
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00481.html (7,856 bytes)
- 155. RE: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: MOT failure - summer (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 14:14:41 +0100
- ... and we wonder why people who aren't British accuse us of being obsessed by the weather!! Fair enough, I started it, so I'm as guilty as anyone!! Richard & Daffy (where, after my initial pessimism
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00488.html (8,131 bytes)
- 156. RE: Fantasy Football? How about Fantasy F1? (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 09:13:52 +0100
- For the last few years I have run a Fantasy F1 game at work - this was at my last job, and it was pretty successful, the guy I talked into taking it over when I left got 50 people to sign up for it t
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00516.html (9,449 bytes)
- 157. RE: Spitfire overdrive transmission (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 09:36:41 +0100
- I suggest you check out the on-line parts catalogue at www.rimmerbros.co.uk - if the part numbers are the same then you can use the same parts... Richard & Daffy -- Important Notice: The information
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00517.html (7,511 bytes)
- 158. FW: Thereafter and on a monthly. (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 08:58:30 +0100
- Anyone else get something through that looks like this? It seems to have come through via the Spitfire List, as it had the trailer at the end with the /// at the beginning of each line - although it
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00526.html (8,283 bytes)
- 159. RE: Ugly noises.... (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:40:33 +0100
- Oh dear, it sounds to me like a big end has gone... Should be repairable, best case analysis you need new big end bearings, worst case (probably) you need a replacement crankshaft, at least one conro
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00536.html (7,596 bytes)
- 160. RE: Spit 1500 running again (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 09:53:46 +0100
- My absolutely standard Spit 1500 just has lines running from the mechanical fuel pump straight to the carb float chambers - no pressure regulator or anything. No fuel leaks or spurts. I have always
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00558.html (8,340 bytes)
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