Hey Phillip!
Congratulations! Regarding the tach, sounds as thought the cable was
binding in the sheath the second time you started it up, or perhaps wasn't
seated fully in either the tachometer itself or the tach drive on the
distributor.
Or do you have an electronic tach. If so, nevermind!! :-0
If your tach is mechanical, pull out the cable and treat liberally with
graphite, then replace. If the cable is at all frayed or damaged in anyway,
get a new one. But something tells me you have an electronic tach, in which
case I have no idea! Congrats on the website, too!
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
'68 LHD Spitfire Mk3 frame-off resto project
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----- Original Message -----
From: Phillip <metaz76@earthlink.net>
To: spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 8:00 PM
Subject: IT RUNS!
>
> Today has been a GREAT day! I got to start the Spitfire after it's 10
year
> nap, and it sounds good. Now I need to take Jeff's advise and rebuild the
> brakes so I can take it for my first ride in a Spitfire.
>
> I do have a few questions now that I have torn into the little car. Can
> anyone tell me what the electronic ignition is on a 76 Spit? Here is a
> link to what mine looks like,
> http://home.earthlink.net/~metaz76/ignition.html Is this the correct
> ignition module or an after market, I am leaning towards aftermarket. The
> handbook says my car has a Lucas 45D4 (Electronic pointless distributor)
> but nothing about a module mounted next to the clutch master cylinder.
>
> Second question is about the tach. The second time I started the car the
> tach bounced and would not settle. The problem is that this was the only
> time that it did this. Is there a possible problem with the tach or is
> this a normal thing that happens every so often? I have since started the
> car several times and evertime it is smooth and seems to be acurate.
>
> In case anyone is interested I have been maintaing a web site on the
> progress of this project.
> http://home.earthlink.net/~metaz76
>
> Thank in advance for any help. And thanks to all the people that had
given
> me advise on what to look at and repair when I first got the car, it
really
> helped a lot!
>
> Phillip
>
>
> Phillip
> metaz76@earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~metaz76
>
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