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361. RE: 78 Clutch replacement (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:48:57 -0000; Hear Hear!!! Oh well, it sounds like I'm not the only soul to attempt a gearbox removal/replacement on my own, to end up screaming NEVER AGAIN!!! Richard & Daffy -- Important Notice: The information; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00095.html (9,209 bytes)
362. RE: 78 Clutch replacement (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:18:19 -0000; I'm not sure it's a particularly British thing, as I've never met it on any car other than those in the Herald/Spitfire/GT6 family. It's certainly not present on MGBs or Midgets - but they are monoco; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00097.html (9,703 bytes)
363. RE: 78 Clutch replacement (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:22:39 -0000; Fair comment Luke - if only we all had access to an engine hoist! Vaguely on the subject, my wife is toying with the idea of giving me a workshop lift for my next birthday - soon after the new year w; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00103.html (9,202 bytes)
364. RE: spitfire quiz questions (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:31:09 -0000; ...What is so unique about the hood (bonnet) on a Triumph Spitfire - it is whole front end and it flips forward.... Unusual, certainly, but not unique - as well as the other Herald derivatives, the J; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00105.html (8,674 bytes)
365. RE: spitfire quiz questions (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:51:40 -0000; Sounds a fun idea - are you offering to compile it then? Richard -- Important Notice: The information in this email is confidential and may be legally-privileged. If you have reason to believe you ar; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00117.html (8,578 bytes)
366. RE: Looking at new engine - questions and NOS Boot Cover FS! (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:47:11 -0000; In the UK, a fully reconditioned engine is about #600 ($900), while the dealers will pay around #50 ($75) for an unknown-condition engine to be taken in for reconditioning. So a fair price should li; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00148.html (8,792 bytes)
367. RE: carb update 2 (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:17:31 -0000; YES, that hole would have had an effect! NO, I don't think it's supposed to be there! No idea what it's doing there, but it may well have been your culprit. AFAIK (and there are plenty who know bett; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00167.html (7,770 bytes)
368. RE: Found a new victim - er - project! (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:51:19 -0000; If the UK-spec manifold is considered that much better than most after-market headers currently available, why are so many people spending big money on less good headers? Anywhere in the UK that brea; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00197.html (8,804 bytes)
369. RE: It was just a joke! (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:26:56 -0000; It's not quite as daft as it might appear... I have found that universal, old-fashioned type roof bars (the ones which attatch to the rain gutter) fit just fine onto a Spitfire hard-top. However, I h; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00198.html (7,412 bytes)
370. RE: Spit mk3 flasher, Continues (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:31:52 -0000; Sounds like you've got some INTERESETING wiring going on from your DPO!! My flasher only has two wires going to it - but that's for a '78 UK Spitfire, and there's no guarantee different marks, or ev; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00226.html (7,560 bytes)
371. RE: Spitfire tires, help (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:54:32 -0000; I used to get my tyres from a place that offered a mileage guarantee. The Continentals I bought were guaranteed for 40,000 miles. I got through two sets, at the legal limit after c. 16,000 miles, bef; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00230.html (8,069 bytes)
372. RE: cuts, c-hoovers and carbs (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:52:17 -0000; They will certainly look at timing - and with more detail than you can manage at home with a feeler gauge and timing strobe. Dwell angle, vacuum advance and centrifugal advance will all be checked, o; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00253.html (8,691 bytes)
373. RE: wiring to the ignition circuit (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:39:32 -0000; Almost - they are 10V, and although they are ignition switched, the supply passes through a voltage regulator to fix the voltage at 10V. This prevents the guages varying their readings as the exact b; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00259.html (8,540 bytes)
374. RE: no reverse (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:56:15 -0000; Every time my wife borrows Daffy (not often) I get a call from her asking me to remind her where reverse is! Richard & Daffy -- Important Notice: The information in this email is confidential and may; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00275.html (7,726 bytes)
375. RE: To advance or retard (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:24:57 -0000; This particular starting problem sounds very likely to be caused by over-advanced timing to me. Maybe your centrifugal advance is not working properly? This should advance timing with engine speed -; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00295.html (7,489 bytes)
376. RE: Non LBC MX5 (Miata) Question (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:32:47 -0000; Moss (the UK version) sell a range of MX5 accessories, including what you are after. They seem to make more effort on these (particularly on their website http://www.mossint.co.uk) than they do on th; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00296.html (7,385 bytes)
377. RE: Hard Top Refurb (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:59:00 -0000; The exploded diagram at http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/spitfire/hard_tops_hoods.html should help, both with layout and part numbers. Richard & Daffy -- Important Notice: The information in this email is; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00348.html (7,204 bytes)
378. RE: How important are the brass manifold nuts? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:11:47 -0000; As Nolan says, brass nuts are better, mainly from a corrosion point of view. However, I've used steel nuts in the past with no noticeable problems (probably because the %&*$#^ manifold-to-downpipe ga; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00359.html (7,909 bytes)
379. RE: Tired of the Monza/Pacesetter Noise (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:14:07 -0000; You could do a lot worse than the perfectly reasonable exhaust system Triumph originally sold our cars with. In the UK a stainless version of it can be bought new for around #120 ($180), a steal cons; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00360.html (7,471 bytes)
380. Mazda MX-5 Seats (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:21:15 -0000; My wife promised me new (well, replaced) seats for Christmas (Daffy's have now almost completely collapsed, to go with the badly stained and torn covers they already had). After looking at the variou; /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00363.html (7,948 bytes)

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