Hi Trevor
A black art indeed! Plus I actually like doing them (but for around $500!)
<grin>
BTW do you need any more OD trannies for the spits?
Regards
John J Black
Waterloo Drivetrain Systems
http://www.waterloo-dtr.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Trevor Boicey
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 9:03 PM
To: Ptegler
Cc: Kevin Rhodes; spitfires
Subject: Re: $$$ for Diffs
Ptegler wrote:
> Prime example. Explain to me why a 71-78 Spitfire front bumper
> cost $549.95 for that little flimsy thing.
Insurance insurance insurance.
Most accidents involve "things at the front" and most insurance
payouts just look it up and write a check.
I suspect almost all bumpers, bonnets, and fenders sold
by these guys are sold to body shops doing insurance work.
The spitfire is a little "special" because the way the
bonnet and fenders are one, but is a Midget fender worth
$599 US? I had six in my basement I couldn't give away.
> The recent differential talk has brought back to mind one of the (to me
> anyway) great puzzles of Spitfire ownership - why the heck do rebuilt
diffs
> cost so darn much in the US? It is cheaper to buy a rebuilt transmission
> for a Spit from the "big 3" than a differential. Surely a differential is
> far easier to rebuild and far less complicated?
Perhaps, but a transmission is lot easier to work on DIY
than
a differential.
If you are careful and have basic tools, you can strip and
rebuild a tranny. Not so with a differential, setting the gear
mesh is a bit of a black art.
--
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
"Is this cool or not, I can't tell?" - Eric Cartman
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