Sam,
Thanks, you have the only answer that makes sense in this situation. I just
would not have thought of having to route it down that far. That explains
why the spring hangs from a long metal wire extension in all the drawings
and you never see the bottom end of the spring.
Thanks again,
Richard
> ----------
> From: Sam Gentry
> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 5:07 PM
> To: Ceraldi Richard-ERC004
> Subject: Re: Spit MKIV questions
>
> richard, I looked at my son's 72 and the spring attaches to a hole in the
> FRAME (of all places) on the side just under the charcoal cannister. I
> don't know if that is the same on the 71.
>
> Sam
>
> At 05:31 PM 9/8/1998 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Scions,
> > I am trying to finish up the restoration on the 71 MKIV (1300) now
> >that the temps in Texas have dropped back into the 90's.
> > What I am having a hard time locating is the correct way to connect
> >the accelerator return spring to the car. The car was dismantled when I
> >bought and came with a new spring in a box, so I have no reference. Now I
> >have the carb end figured out (no rocket science there) but what does the
> >other end hook into? I am not having much luck locally as most of the
> Spits
> >have been trashed over the years or the Stromberg removed and so I have
> no
> >example to go by. All the parts illustrations don't show where the spring
> >attached at the bottom so I have exhausted all my resources before taking
> >your time.
> > Also I have never seen a car with a heat shield mounted to the
> >exhaust. Wouldn't this be desirable or is it not necessary. Did the MKIV
> >have one? There are 3 holes in the exhaust manifold for something.
> >TIA,
> >Richard Ceraldi
> >71 GT6 MKIII KF166L
> >71 Spitfire MKIV FK9365L
> >Austin, TX
> >http://www.exact.com/~gt6mk3
> >
>
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