- 141. Re: Throttle return springs (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 04:09:01 -0400
- You can really use generic springs, even the ones you would order from a supplier are likely some generic item that were deemed acceptable. Try to avoid using a higher-than-necessary spring tension,
- /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00325.html (7,357 bytes)
- 142. Re: Help ID an electrical part (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 16:15:33 -0400
- It's a capacitor, it's probably there to take ignition noise out of the car's electrical system. This keeps the radio signal cleaner. -- Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada. tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.bri
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00021.html (6,840 bytes)
- 143. Re: Love my MIG Welder!! (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 00:04:51 -0400
- It mostly varies with conditions. Many MIGs (including mine) have a fixed gas flow, and that seems to work fine. However, if welding in windy conditions such as outside, it can help to flow extra gas
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00026.html (7,606 bytes)
- 144. Re: New Modem Required - Don't go shopping just yet (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 22:57:03 -0400
- Heheheh stop talking about it like it's "the future", I'm connected with it right now. ;> -- Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada. tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/ [ Seeking some miscellaneous
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00099.html (7,061 bytes)
- 145. Re: Welding on Gas Tank (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 02:13:58 -0400
- Nothing is guaranteed, I wouldn't do it. Flowing MIG gas through the tank sounds fancy and if somebody said that's what they did I would say "cool", but I still wouldn't do it. ;> -- Trevor Boicey, O
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00175.html (7,150 bytes)
- 146. Re: Spitfire Mark III (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 02:25:39 -0400
- That's me! The best Ottawa-area locations are Miniman in Carp (just past the Corel Center) and the Sports Car Factory in Hallville, about 30 mins South. The shops serve different markets and make a g
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00224.html (8,371 bytes)
- 147. Re: 1975 Spitfire hard starting (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 02:04:55 -0400
- That to me would indicate a rich mixture, that really shouldn't happen, at least not easily. ok, the battery low thing is very strange. Ignoring the battery thing, it sounds like you could be running
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00234.html (7,261 bytes)
- 148. Re: Thermostats (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 04:00:01 -0400
- This is not an "opinion" question, this is a fact question. We can debate whether spitfires are prettier than TR4s, that's an opinion question where everybody can be right. It doesn't work to say "In
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00281.html (7,260 bytes)
- 149. Re: Camber Adjust on the spitfire. (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 01:19:01 -0400
- Do the wheels on your R/C cars change camber as the suspension travels? One thing about "full size cars" is that as the car corners, the suspension on the outside gives, which causes the wheel to go
- /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00426.html (7,924 bytes)
- 150. Re: Mig (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:18:56 -0400
- I am using the "three foot" bottle as well. The prices here are about the same. The main reasonf for choosing the large bottle around here is that you can walk in and walk out with a full one on an
- /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00186.html (7,068 bytes)
- 151. Re: Insult of the week (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 15:28:12 -0400
- Tell me again why insurance rates are so high, Uncle James? -- Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada. tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/ [ Seeking some miscellaneous MG parts, see the list on the
- /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00266.html (7,012 bytes)
- 152. Re: Point Gap quick question (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 17:32:01 -0400
- As always, check and see. If you change the timing your carbs might be off, but it is quick to check. Likely, you won't have to, but if you do, you'll be better off adjusting than just ignoring. It's
- /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00318.html (7,293 bytes)
- 153. Re: Spitfire spits fire (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:01:09 -0400
- Yes, but the "old fashioned carb dashpot" doesn't perform that job. It is there solely to richen mixture on acceleration, there should be no resistance to the piston falling. -- Trevor Boicey, Ottawa
- /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00346.html (7,691 bytes)
- 154. Re: Help needed!! (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:04:32 -0400
- All conclusions aside, this point isn't really valid. I have seen MANY frame cars that had undriveable frames, but surprisingly few unit body cars that have actually caved. The MGB bodies are phenome
- /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00347.html (7,985 bytes)
- 155. Re: Help needed!! (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:54:45 -0400
- Some evidence points to heating being significant. The "problem" seems worse in Midget 1500s than Spit 1500s, and it might be no coincidence that the Midget has a much more confined engine bay. As we
- /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00348.html (8,337 bytes)
- 156. Re: Electric fans/power gain (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 01:00:43 -0500
- I think it is going on the notion that the fan is almost never needed. My rice burner has only an electric fan and it's NEVER on unless I am waiting in line at the drive-through or something. -- Trev
- /html/spitfires/1998-03/msg00027.html (7,079 bytes)
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