[Spits] Got the GT6 running!

[030845 at charter.net]

Only a year. In my world that's practically overnight. 
------Original Message------
From: Jim Muller
Sender: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net
To: Triumphs at autox.team.net
To: Spitlist
ReplyTo: jimmuller at rcn.com
Subject: [Spits] Got the GT6 running!
Sent: Jul 17, 2011 2:47 PM

Today was an even better day.  I got the GT6 fully assembled.  It 
fired up without too much trouble and I drove it aroudn the 
neighbohood successfully.  Even used 3 of the 4 gears.  They all 
worked.  The clutch behaved and sounded normal.

This was all due to a squealing bearing between the input and 
mainshafts, also producing a whine on overrun.  I had a local machine 
shop put a hardened sleeve on the tip of the mainshaft, then 
installed new bearings of course.  I took the opportuntity to have a 
pin put into the brass TO bearing holder to eliminate the noise where 
it had gotten so worn.

It's only been a year or so...  Yay!!!

-- 
Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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