Alright I give up! What is a QUID??????
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spit
At 10:16 PM 9/8/98 -0700, John Weale wrote:
> Just to help avoid misplacing blame on the DPO (although he/she/it
>surely derserves some -- mine never undid a single snap when putting the
>top down "you just have to give it a good shove like this (wince) and it
>goes right down..."), I have the same donut things on my 1980 Spitfire.
>However, on mine it's the pins (that everyone stocks :) that are missing.
>Just got her last week, and the bonnet rattles horribly! This is job #1
>for me (err, right after that brake fluid fountain in the left rear wheel
>-- she stops a bit long on only one circuit...).
>
> Just to add a totally unrelated question to the topic, anyone have
>any info on
>
> Anglian Triumph Services
> Crossways Garage, Loddon Road
> Ditchingham
> Norfolk NR35 2QY
> Telephone: 01986 895387 or Fax 01986 896860
> www.angserv.demon.co.uk?
>
> I ask because they have a great price on tonneaus (45 quid, I'm
>hoping to get one for about $100USD shipped - much lower than I've seen
>elsewhere). Good enough to make me hesitate just a min. Any
>experiences?
> Oh, and rebuiding the brake wheel cylinders for the rear drum
>brakes is easy, right? (I was going to do it next month anyhow, but I was
>kinda hoping that it'd be a pre-emptive strike -- my speedbleeders haven't
>even been ordered yet @#$@!$!).
>
> John Weale
> 1980 "British Racing Orange" Spitfire
>
>========= jweale@writeme.com ===============================================
>"The world does revolve around engineers...they pick the coordinate system."
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>On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Gregory W. Smith wrote:
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>> My 1980 Spit also has at least one "donut" where the pin rests. Maybe
>> something done at the dealer to even up hood clearances quickly?
>>
>> Gregory W. Smith http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith
>> Member, Central Pennsylvania Triumph Club
>> 1980 Spitfire 1500 "for the wife" :)
>> 1980 TR7 Spider v8 (in progress)
>> 1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition (deceased)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 11:27 PM
>> Subject: Mythical Hood pin donuts
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>> Thanks to all who replied re:my mythical hood pin donuts. The consensus is
>> that
>> they are the figment of a previous owner who was likely trying to stop a
>> rattle.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
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>---======================== John Weale(jweale@u.washington.edu)
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