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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Ah ha!!! Lights out - a new race craft tact=
ic!<div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent fro=
m my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jul 8, 20=
24, at 8:25=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrot=
e:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=
=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Here's some in-car video of Jim (in Russ Moore's old Spi=
t) and I racing in the dark after we got his car fixed back up.<div>Thompson=
road course, last Saturday night. 2 red 63 Spitfires, we had LEDs on the ro=
ll cages so the spectators could tell us apart. Jim's were Red, Mine were Bl=
ue. The plug on mine shook out with a few laps to go and I went dark. Jim th=
ought I had an off until we got back in the oval section of the track a=
nd saw I was still on his tail.<br><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://yo=
utu.be/FXzls1xzMTo">https://youtu.be/FXzls1xzMTo</a><br></div><div><br></div=
><div>mike h</div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr=
" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 9:03=E2=80=AFPM Philip Gott vi=
a Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>> w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px=
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Glad to be o=
f help Jim! You certainly drove that car very well. All the more remarkable a=
s it is a relatively new car to you. Well done!<br>
Phil<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
<br>
> On Jul 7, 2024, at 3:32=E2=80=AFPM, James Trudeau via Fot <<a href=3D=
"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wro=
te:<br>
> <br>
> =EF=BB=BF<br>
> Suited up and ready to head to grid in 10 minutes hit my fuel pump and s=
tarter buttons on my Spit, only to hear a lonely click and no motor turning i=
gnition. Again. Click. Out of car, hood up, frantically checking for obvious=
problems: fuel pump, oil pressure override, loose wires? Nothing obvious.<b=
r>
> <br>
> Jumped on my bike to consult with FoT members Mike Harmuth and Phil Got=
t. Get it push started and we will look at it after.<br>
> <br>
> I return to my car and strap in, when I look up, Phil Gott is there orc=
hestrating the push and as my group is released I get the car started (to fa=
ce a flag waving official in my path - don=E2=80=99t make me stall!).<br>
> <br>
> After my session, Phil came by and checked continuity- all good to the s=
tarter: Phil=E2=80=99s prediction was a broken wire inside. Frustrating sinc=
e I=E2=80=99d replaced it two weeks ago!<br>
> <br>
> Since I has my old starter, Phil suggested I pull the new one and we=E2=
=80=99d refresh the old one before the afternoon session!<br>
> <br>
> Jackie up the car, wheel off, transmission cowling off, oil pressure se=
nsor off and the bolts and soon starter follow.<br>
> <br>
> What followed was a lesson in troubleshooting as Phil and Mike tested o=
ld and new starters with my lithium jump pack in the bed of a utility golf c=
art. . The new starters internal jump was separated from its terminal lug. T=
he old starters solenoid was indeed grimy (which caused the intermittent pro=
blems that had prompted the purchase of a new British Starter.)With Phil and=
Mike sanding contacts and reassembling components, I was reduced to tool su=
pplier.<br>
> <br>
> With the old starters health rejuvenated, it was handed over to me to i=
nstall, with Mike down on the asphalt holding wrenches and making jokes.<br>=
> <br>
> The solution worked, the car is again starting on command!<br>
> <br>
> So my thanks again to FOT=E2=80=99s Phil, and Mike (and Mark Wheatley o=
n some other questions) for getting this vintage novice =E2=80=9Cback on tra=
ck.=E2=80=9D Mike and I had some close racing in the later sessions (t=
hat Mike as HRG leader organizes!).<br>
> <br>
> Jim<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
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