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1. cylinder head (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 11:52:34 -0700
Joe et al, Wanted to take few moments of your reading time to thank the list for the comments and advice on the cylinder head routine. Head is back on. Re-torque started at 40 and needed it. Didn't b
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00005.html (6,523 bytes)

2. RE: Crashpad restoration (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:17:44 -0700
This in the FWIW category. I bought an overlay item from BPNW. Didn't fit. Went and got it done at an upholstery shop for $90. Looks great. Perfect. Shoulda done that first. Hi guys and gals Well, my
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00035.html (9,270 bytes)

3. RE: Spitfire Auto Cad Drawings (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:58:17 -0700
I will be standing up a server here in a bit for email etc...and I am willing to cut off a couple of gigs for this type of thing if there is a need for it. For that matter, I could host a smallish w
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00065.html (8,955 bytes)

4. finally (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:08:16 -0700
FM30471U is on the road...officially. Registered the other day. DEQ'd (thanks to the Sports Car Center 77th and Sandy, Portland, OR [nfi] ) No leaks, no drips. Bad vib, balanced the drive shaft and t
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00161.html (6,536 bytes)

5. valves (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:26:25 -0700
Was just quoted $600 to redo my valves/head. Is this a pretty good quote or is it way out in gouge land? John '75 Spit
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00238.html (6,684 bytes)

6. valves #2 (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:09:44 -0700
OK...so the consensus seems to be that even with the shop removing the head, reinstalling etc, that 600 is tooooo high. So, just how technically nasty is reinstalling the head? Is there something out
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00294.html (7,023 bytes)

7. head reinstall (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 16:46:18 -0700
Cylinder Head R&R. After looking at the job at hand, I see the need for 4 gaskets: Head valve cover intake/exhaust combination thingy water pump 1. Is this correct? 2. Any othe parts I should just p
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00397.html (6,414 bytes)

8. BPNW (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 16:48:26 -0700
BPNW sent me my parts. BPNW sent me my parts on time. BPNW sent me the correct parts that I wanted, on time, in a box, WITH CHOCOLATE! BPNW for some reason didn't charge me (maybe a frequent customer
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00398.html (6,617 bytes)

9. RE: Fw: Shaky Spit - Update + Solution (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 23:40:30 -0700
Would there be any method of telling whether or not the drive shaft was re-installed 180 degrees out? I seem to have the same type of vibration; starts at about 35mph. Recently replaced all 4 u-join
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00406.html (9,092 bytes)

10. RE: Trunk restoration (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:41:45 -0700
Made mine from 1/8 masonite from Home Depot. Painted it primer gray to match 50% of the rest of the poor car. Looks OK to me. When I get to it, I will go to Joanne's Fabric (or similar) and buy a cou
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00427.html (8,752 bytes)

11. veneering masonite (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:12:52 -0700
Take the original and lay it down and trace around it onto the masonite. Cut it out via saber saw. Make it too big by about 1/4 inch all around. Cut the holes with a 1/8 inch drill based on the orig
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00464.html (11,704 bytes)

12. RE: veneering masonite (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:26:24 -0700
I always say "no power tools" because if I don't, somebody will take a 1/2 inch router and a dovetail bit at 8000rpm and go after it. If they don't do that they'll put a belt of 150 (if 220 is good,
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00497.html (8,957 bytes)

13. thrust washers (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:38:50 -0700
Is there a magic number of miles, that, having been achieved, sort of requires that the thrust washers be suspected of being worn to the point of needing replacing? John '75 Spit
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00528.html (7,077 bytes)

14. cylinder head (score: 1)
Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:12:47 -0700
Joe, et al: Yesterday, when I dropped my head off for rebuild, the mechanic reminded me to torque the head immediately after the engine warms up...and to do it again at about 500 miles. This agrees w
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00732.html (7,688 bytes)

15. rubber body plugs (score: 1)
Author: "JM Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 07:18:41 -0700
Things are moving well here. Rubber body plugs, large and small. Spitbits has them for 1 buck each (large) and .35 each (small). I can't find a local source, BPNW doesn't carry them. Anyone know a l
/html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00014.html (6,879 bytes)

16. RE: sacralige or ???? (score: 1)
Author: "JM Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:25:01 -0700
I found it quite amusing that you mispelled Ralph's last name into something that also describes him quite well; as in "...extreme point of orbit or eccentric revolution..." It got me thinking again
/html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00185.html (8,098 bytes)

17. RE: rust paint (score: 1)
Author: "JM Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:02:10 -0700
RustMort (TM) I got a quart of it at a local body shop supply house. You gotta paint it afterwards, but it does use acid etching to change the iron oxide into something a little less harmful. WEAR RU
/html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00381.html (7,363 bytes)

18. She Runs! (score: 1)
Author: "JM Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 06:00:24 -0700
For the first time since November 1975 (excluding some garage work) Sputter lives, breathes, and drives (around the block a few times to set the suspension a bit). Commission Number FM30471U is back
/html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00431.html (6,654 bytes)

19. front suspension (score: 1)
Author: "JM Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 06:04:58 -0700
I have noticed that I have a severe amount of positve camber on the front end...the top of the wheels lean outboard. I also noticed that when I back up, they return to the (nearly) (to my tired eyeb
/html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00432.html (6,735 bytes)

20. RE: She Runs! (score: 1)
Author: "JM Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 06:06:02 -0700
just noticed that I said 1975. Man! So pumped I didn't even notice the November 1997 is the corrected date. :) John '75 Spit - Sputter For the first time since November 1975 (excluding some garage wo
/html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00433.html (7,067 bytes)

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