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Re: Help with small part

To: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@enteract.com>
Subject: Re: Help with small part
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 15:03:42 -0700
Eric,
Maybe you can talk Glenn Trunnell into sending you that early exhaust
manifold he wants to get rid of.  That will cure both your problems.

Joe

"Eric A. Yates" wrote:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I am searching for a little part that is keeping my Spitfire off the road
> and I am getting sick of looking for it! Help!
> 
> My car has had its air pump removed, and that leaves a hole in the exhaust
> manifold... a hole which was plugged with something that blew out somewhere
> along Interstate-90. The car is now incredibly noisy as you might imagine,
> so I haven't been driving it.
> 
> The hole that was plugged is actually a hole through a fitting that screws
> into the exhaust manifold. This fitting is threaded on the outside,
> non-threaded on the inside, and, of course, it is stripped and mangled and
> generally not usable. What I really want is a solid fitting that matches
> the outside threads, so I can screw it in the manifold and plug the opening
> for good.
> 
> The trouble is, I can't find anything to match the thread, and I don't
> think the major parts suppliers have anything like this because it would
> not be a "stock" part. Anyone have any ideas/info/part numbers?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Eric.
> 
> -----
> Eric Yates
> eyates@enteract.com
> 1978 Spitfire 1500 FM 71614 U
> Chicago, IL USA

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