Tonight I took the maiden voyage of my rebuilt 79 Spitfire. After 7
years as a garage decoration, it is running, and thanks for all the help
from many of you on the lists. Had there been a list back then, it
probably would not have sat dormant all these years.
I finished the rebuild last February but wasn't able to get it to fire.
After replacing ignition, coil, a carb from razorbob, timing check, and
even dumping oil in the sparkplug holes, I couldn't get it to fire.
And the reason... the supplier put Spridget 1275cc rings in with my
Spitfire 1500cc flat-top +.020 pistons....Argh!!
Lesson: Measure twice, cut once.
Thanks again for all the support and help!
Gene
NASS #275
'79 Spitfire 1500
'88 Jeep Cherokee TSV
http://webpages.charter.net/eighmy/spitfire
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