What other ground strap is there except the
restraint cable? My new 1980 Spit (back in 1980)
never had any ground strap except for the cable either!
Paul Tegler
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
To: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>
Cc: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: RE: clutch bleeding on 1500
> --- "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> wrote:
> .....
> > There is also a heavy steel cable attached to the front of the bell
> > housing on one end and the frame on the other....
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Carter Shore replied:
> DO NOT FORGET to put that 'steel cable' back! It's not steel,
> its plated copper wire....
Carter, I believe you might be confusing a ground strap with the restraint
strap fitted to some later Spitfire 1500 models?
--Andy
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