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1. RE: Hardware for hardtop (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:50:25 -0500; I drove 4 winters without those mounting pins, just the two bolts at the top of the windscreen and the ones at the back where the ragtop bar bolts downno problem at all. Two hardtop seasons I didn't; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00120.html (8,778 bytes)
2. RE: Badging blues (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:02:49 -0500; Another thought is to keep your eye on Ebay. Originals show up there frequently, they seem to go for as much as the repros and of course have wear and tear for the most part, but at least the pegs sh; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00179.html (8,778 bytes)
3. RE: 1500 motor swapability (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 07:28:42 -0500; Funny you should bring up that particular combo- when the original '77 engine threw the #3 rod back in '88 I ended up with a 1500 engine from a '73 Midget. Kept the head from the '77 so it would hav; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00188.html (7,968 bytes)
4. Progress report on Ol' Yeller (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:26:24 -0500; Hi All, If anyone's still following, I'm on to the rear wing while I wait for all the seam sealer to dry in the rockers, etc. More interesting discoveries when THAT was cut open. Besides the usual 2; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00238.html (7,608 bytes)
5. RE: Rear spring approx changing time x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:01:32 -0500; Hi James, The Shop Work Estimate pages I have on this say its a 2.5hr job. But... As I'm remembering, the first time I did a spring change it took about half a day including rear shocks working outsi; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00243.html (9,736 bytes)
6. Yet another battery box question (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 07:44:05 -0500; Hi All, I'll be working my back up to the front of Ol' Yeller next and in light of the recent threads about relocating batteries, floating batteries, etc I'm wondering... where does the drain go TO?; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00259.html (8,478 bytes)
7. RE: >>NASS Yet another battery box question (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:16:44 -0500; Hey ListersWow! what a response. Many Thanks to each and all for the advice, suggestions, info and pictures both linked and privately sent. I particularly like the suggestions about relocating to the; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00268.html (7,956 bytes)
8. RE: U-Joint Clips (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:32:22 -0500; Plasma torch... ... just kidding. I've had the clips snap off too- are you using the inside clip pliers? If they're jammed and rusty, you can get a can of penetrating oil (basically WD40 in a bottle); /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00270.html (8,557 bytes)
9. RE: Steve McQueen's GT6! (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:45:58 -0500; Yo! you dissin' yellow? Hey JesseK and Michael Mawson- the kid from Canada doesn't like yellow! Heh! Heh! "Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..." Jon '77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol'; /html/spitfires/2002-11/msg00271.html (8,491 bytes)
10. RE: Hub Puller (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 12:18:17 -0400; Hi MartinYes (been there, done that), Yes (it ain't cheap), Yes (you can build your own) and Yes (do 'em both). The big thing about the specialized puller is that it ensures the flange does not get b; /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00066.html (8,855 bytes)
11. RE: Warning- reversing polarities on (some?) Motorola radios... (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:27:39 -0400; Learned that one the hard way with my first car- a '66 MGB back in the mid 70's. Positive ground is to be feared... Had just installed a top-of-the-line (read $29.95- I was 16 at the time...) Radio S; /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00256.html (8,820 bytes)
12. RE: A newbie (Steve) (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:08:11 -0400; John- That's not an oil leak, his spitter's just marking its territory! Steve- Welcome! "Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..." Jon '77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller" FM66043 7; /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00264.html (7,999 bytes)
13. RE: Looking for... (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 19:50:15 -0400; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1779256819 ...ok its a spitter, but you asked! "Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..." Jon '77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller; /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00275.html (7,387 bytes)
14. RE: >>NASS Update- Long (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 06:35:45 -0500; Hi Nick, Thought it was just me that the list was a tad quiet... Oh! Wait! Guess all those with cars THAT RUN (think maybe I saw JesseK's yellow Spitter up near Longwood this past weekend) were out e; /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00352.html (8,614 bytes)
15. RE: Spitfire Hub Puller on EBAY (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:05:23 -0500; Joe- the sketched one on ebay looks an awful lot like the TSSC model I have "Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..." Jon '77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller" FM66043 7U Nass #104; /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00397.html (8,888 bytes)
16. RE: RANT- Problems with restoring (long) (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:29:17 -0400; Yeah Andre, same issues here. Luckily through ebay and having the LBC equivalent of that mythical "Elephant Graveyard" 15 minutes from my home, I've managed $10 her, $10 there (ok, $30 there...) to p; /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00100.html (9,122 bytes)
17. rocker panel / door alignment question (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:19:04 -0400; Hi All, Ok, here's the scoop, in aligning the replacement rocker panel: I put the door back on, rigged the door gap spacer with a modified bar clamp (pushes out instead of clamping in) to keep the bu; /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00309.html (8,370 bytes)
18. Spitfire frame question (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:17:25 -0400; Hi All, The original frame on the 77 1500 I'm restoring has the rear bumper strengthener extensions, the donor frame is a 75 w/o them. If I'm going to be mounting a 74 bumper without the big rubber y; /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00315.html (7,161 bytes)
19. RE: Spitfire frame question (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:35:15 -0400; Aha- went back and checked again- they were cut off, I can see grind marks where they would have attached. Didn't catch that when I sandblasted it down. The ones on the original frame are too tattere; /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00317.html (7,910 bytes)
20. RE: Body off resto (score: 1): Author: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:11:12 -0400; As to length of time, I'm 8 months into the planned year on my frame-off, mine- through neglect (my own as well as the DPOs) is more of a total recon (last estimate, the left door handle will be ori; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00229.html (10,307 bytes)

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