- 141. Off topic messages (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:31:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Can we please restrict the messages on this list to Spitfires, Triumphs, or atleast automotive related discussions. I realize that this is not my list (Bradakis owns it), and that feedom of speech is
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00265.html (7,955 bytes)
- 142. Re: valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:26:42 -0700 (PDT)
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=595463640 This is a reusable silicone gasket for a TR2/3/4/7 etc. engine but there's information on how to put yourself on a list to
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00386.html (7,344 bytes)
- 143. Windshield trim (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:25:22 -0700 (PDT)
- Does anyone have any tips/hints/suggestions for installing the windshield trim on a windscreen gasket? I know the trick with using a piece of rope and some liquid soap to install a window, but I don'
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00404.html (7,234 bytes)
- 144. Re: Paint and brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:33:48 -0700 (PDT)
- There are lots of resources on Triumph web sites regarding the use of Silicone brake fluid. I've been tempted to use it in the past, but can't come to grips with the disadvantages. Even though it doe
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00020.html (9,943 bytes)
- 145. Re: Paint and brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:46:10 -0700 (PDT)
- Okay. I capitulate and I'm doubling back on my previous statements. If Silicone is good enough for Tiny Tim, it's good enough for my car. Now, when you say "not neccessary to rebuild all of the compo
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00026.html (8,846 bytes)
- 146. More help please. But I'm getting closer (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:05:50 -0700 (PDT)
- Okay! I need some help here AGAIN. Let me start by saying this has been a long road of discovery as to why my car has been acting up the past few months. By acting up, I mean there has been a lack of
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00055.html (11,244 bytes)
- 147. Re: More help please. But I'm getting closer (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:50:18 -0700 (PDT)
- Okay, It's hotter than a dry griddle out today, but I decided to go ahead and hazard heat stroke to check the valve clearances. First I wanted to make sure that #2 was sparking (It was sparking when
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00065.html (10,040 bytes)
- 148. The Good, The Bad and the not so Ugly (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 18:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
- Well, I'll start with the bad: My company went Chapter 11 this afternoon which means I'll probably be unemployed in a week (We were warned it was coming. Oh well). The Good: after adjusting the valve
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00071.html (7,969 bytes)
- 149. Re: The Good, The Bad and the not so Ugly (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:10:46 -0700 (PDT)
- That's the way the cookie crumbles! They're estimating 6 weeks of severence pay...fire me please! It's just more impetus for me to get out to Salt Lake City. (If I don't get a job in Salt Lake in the
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00074.html (8,843 bytes)
- 150. Lions and tonneaus and bears...oh my! (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:07:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Just in case anyone is wondering how fast the turn-around is on the free shipping offer from Rimmer bros. I faxed the order to England late last Monday evening (Tuesday morning UK time). And this pas
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00113.html (7,654 bytes)
- 151. A lot of work, but... (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 11:35:08 -0700 (PDT)
- After 3 days of measuring, cutting, shaving, trimming, gluing, screwing and cussing, my customized trunk area is almost done. I still need to glue the carpet on to the wheel arches, but you get the i
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00150.html (8,911 bytes)
- 152. Paint prep question (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 18:54:36 -0700 (PDT)
- I've spent the day stripping laquer paint from the body of my spitfire (also all of the original enamel that the DPO didn't strip off of the car initially). I'm almost half way done (not including t
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00330.html (8,000 bytes)
- 153. Re: Sun Roof on a GT6? (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:08:03 -0700 (PDT)
- Anyone? Not me, but someone did. toward the back of the "Triumph Spitfire & GT6, A Guide to Originality" by John Thomason is a b&w photo of a GT6, with a sun roof and a description of: "Although not
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00332.html (7,911 bytes)
- 154. Mallory Dual point Dizzy (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 08:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
- Whomever wanted the literature for the Mallory Dizzy, please email me again. I must have tossed your email accidentally the other day and "out of sight - out of mind" kicked in. (Lots on my mind with
- /html/spitfires/2001-08/msg00337.html (6,998 bytes)
- 155. Re: Hazard Light Indicator (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 12:17:54 -0700 (PDT)
- It does the same thing as the WIPER indicator light does. Nothing, except occupy space on your dashboard, and make it look cluttered. According to several books I've read, atleast half of the "safety
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00013.html (8,882 bytes)
- 156. Manifolds, plastic grill, shocks & horns (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:15:07 -0700 (PDT)
- I pulled-off my intake manifold/carbs because of a hair-line crack in the intake I had to fix. I also took off the paint on the intake manifold (not exactly shiney but the Daytona yellow was a bugger
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00108.html (8,618 bytes)
- 157. New Smiths gauge for my Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
- My new Smith's Air to Fuel Ratio sensor (carb enrichment gauge). http://www.geocities.com/firespiter/smithsairfuel.jpg It's actually just a Nordskog analog air/fuel gauge that I crammed into a triump
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00191.html (7,655 bytes)
- 158. Rimmer sale & Triumphs on Speedvision (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:21:48 -0700 (PDT)
- RIMMER SALES OFFER: I just wanted to let people know that if you're looking at getting some hard to find part - Rimmer has thier semi-annual free shipping offer starting today until the 31st of Augus
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00422.html (8,214 bytes)
- 159. Re: Front Springs - a question for you (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 05:42:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Is it possible that they adjust like the Carrera's? The instructions for adjusting shocks: Remove a bushing which allows the shock to fully compress. line-up a dot on the shaft with a marker position
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00459.html (8,941 bytes)
- 160. SU Carb problem (score: 1)
- Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:06:50 -0700 (PDT)
- I have a problem where in the rear carb on my spitfire (two SUs) floods causing fuel to choke off the engine as well as flow out of the over-flow tube. Where it then drenches the fire-wall and the fr
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00465.html (7,902 bytes)
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