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Re: $$$ for Diffs

To: "John J. Black" <helejohn@neteze.com>
Subject: Re: $$$ for Diffs
From: Mike Ginter <mikeginter@frii.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:06:45 -0700
I need a thrust pin for a J OD.  Anybody have one or a source for one?

Mike

"John J. Black" wrote:
> 
> 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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