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1. Club Triumph Millenium picnic 2nd July (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 23:18:00 +0100; A late posting for Club Triumphs national event tomorrow for all the UK listers. It is being held at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. It will make a change from going to Gaydon! An unusual attraction wi; /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00006.html (7,012 bytes)
2. Re: Ever taken the roof off a GT6? (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 21:38:02 +0100; What mark of GT6 are you concerned with? The windscreen(shield) frame of the Mk1 and 2 (+) are the same as a spitfire Mk1/2/3, TR4/4a/5/250/6, apart from not having the side reinforcements/mountings.; /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00121.html (8,366 bytes)
3. Re: Front to rear brake pipe (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:20:47 +0100; The brake pipe on the LH side of the chassis carries on along the side of the chassis, under the axle, doing an S bend around the damper/body mount tower, then comes up vertically in line with the t; /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00253.html (8,507 bytes)
4. Re: Sluggish Tach (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:29:09 +0100; I think that you will find that the reason the tacho is 'sluggish' on start up has something to do with the fact that your ignition coil has a ballast resistor and your tachos are electronic. When y; /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00713.html (9,597 bytes)
5. Engine setup Problems (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:29:15 +0100; Received this from a non-lister and wondered if anyone could shed light on this guy's engine problem. He seems to of checked all the things that I would of suggested to check... Over the weekend I c; /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00259.html (8,095 bytes)
6. Re: Quiller Triumph (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:04:27 +0100; T D Fitchett in the UK remanufacture them for 60 UKP. They do not have a web site but can be 'phoned on +44 1952 619585 +44 1952 620434 or faxed on +44 1952 610510 and do worldwide mail order. Quill; /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00740.html (9,435 bytes)
7. Re: EARLY SPITFIRE HARDTOP (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 17:02:01 +0100; I think that you will find that it is a fibre glass one if it is part number RL1542. It is not the same as the original in that the seals are more 'generic' in design and the headlining is 'composit; /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00907.html (8,162 bytes)
8. Re: Engine question (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:22:15 -0000; The only differences between the engine you have and the Mk2 are the camshaft profile (same as Mk3 65-25 timing as opposed to 56-18 on the Herald engine), cylinder head (Herald had lower compression; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00104.html (8,755 bytes)
9. Fw: electrical spitfire advice (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:48:17 -0000; Owning an early spitfire without such luxuries as hazard lights and heaters with more controls than 'on' and 'off', I wonder what the collective can come up with for this problem that I had sent to m; /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00982.html (9,935 bytes)
10. Re: Poly diff mounts / poly bushings in general (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 21:36:47 -0000; I can thoroughly recommend the poly bush kits. I used them on my daily driver spitfire (10k miles last year) in all cases where they are available. Repro rubber bushes only seemed to last about a ye; /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg01134.html (8,790 bytes)
11. Re: One Lap Around Great Britain (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:13:25 -0000; I did this in 1998 and are planning to do it again this year. It is called the 'Club Triumph Round Britain Reliability Run'. Details can be found of it on the web link below. If you need any more he; /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg01160.html (8,089 bytes)
12. Re: Engine Transplant Questions (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:45:59 -0000; Not the easiest of conversions to carry out due to the Sprint engine being on a slant, causing problems with the suspension turrets perhaps? Quoting from the TriumphTune catalogue on engine swaps fo; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00008.html (8,417 bytes)
13. Re: QUESTION ON ENGINE, PLEASE HELP!!!! (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:55:15 -0000; My Mk2's 1147cc engine is bored out to +060" with no problems. The only area of slight concern may be the higher compression ratio from the increased capacity but same combustion area in head. I use; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00159.html (8,310 bytes)
14. Re: Upgrades (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:40:02 -0000; aluminum You will have to either have the crankshaft machined to have the reverse scroll (a backwards 'thread' on it to push any oil back into the sump) removed and find a seal that will fit, or, mor; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00612.html (8,402 bytes)
15. Re: hard top (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 19:06:48 +0100; hard-top You mean 'captive nuts'. and you top When I found a rust free hardtop for my Mk2, one of the previous owners had (apart from glue pink shagpile carpet in as headlining) 'removed' the said i; /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00101.html (7,564 bytes)
16. Re: Dual SU pictures (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:02:00 +0100; If it is any use, my old Bond Equipe GT4S (Herald based glass fibre bodied, with Spitfire mechanics) used a dual carb 1147cc Mk2 Spitfire engine with the cable linkage to the herald accelerator pedal; /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00318.html (8,866 bytes)
17. Blowing my own Trumpet (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 17:17:28 +0100; Just got my copy of Triumph World for October/November and found my own Spitfire on the front cover and a four page feature. OK I knew that it was going to appear in there as they had done an intervi; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00895.html (6,779 bytes)
18. Re: Roof fit (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:59:05 +0100; What Mk Spitfire is it? My Mk2 seals well across the front - the hood tucks under the aluminium screen finisher. Late Spitfires with the over centre catches can be adjusted slightly to make the heade; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00896.html (9,785 bytes)
19. Re: question.... (score: 1): Author: "Phil Johnson" <spitfire.man@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:32:53 +0100; 95% of it is. The only panels that are different are the front sidelight panels (separate indicator and side lights on the Mk2, single combined unit on the Mk3), and the grill panel (single panel bet; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00997.html (7,990 bytes)

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