Hi Gary,
reading your post, we have a few suggestions and ideas.
Not being able to actually see the car makes things difficult to judge.
Question: Did you replace sills? If not properly aligned, this will affect
the fit of your doors and your bonnet.
Question: How did the bonnet and the doors fit before restoration.???
Question: Is your frame bent in any way? Did you ever check this out??
Bonnet: It's not a good idea to twist a good bonnet to make it fit, this'll
just create other problems.
Doors: What your are describing may mean the sills may not be installed
right, which is causing the misfit of the doors. There is not easy solution
to this, you may be looking at taking the Spit apart again if you want
things to fit proper.
Vibration: Are the u-joint centered? Some lower priced ones may not line up
too well. Is the half shaft vibrating. It could be the driveshaft being
unbalanced. You need to check all of this out. Big job.........
Hope this helps in any way.........hard to say when you can't see the car.
Cheers
Liv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Leroux" <geevee@shaw.ca>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:41 PM
Subject: vibration at speed
> After a couple years of amateur restoration I finally have my mark 3 spit
on the road. I of course have a few final problems giving me major
headaches, hopefully I can get some input from list members. Problems as
follows:
>
> 1- the bonnet seems twisted and does not fit properly, too far away on
the passenger side and too close on the drivers side. If I adjust the pivot
bolts to compensate they are both at their maximum adjustment and the bonnet
is flexed and bowed.......any ideas? can I raise the bonnet and twist in
the right direction or will this just cause more trouble?
>
> 2- the doors do not fit correctly, both bottom rear edges are rubbing (
very nasty on the new paint job ) and the strikers are up as high as they
can go. The passenger door is also as far forward as it will go and there
is barely any door gap at the rear. Any ideas?
>
> 3- There is a serious vibration problem at about 45 miles an hour that
seems to be originating in the rear of the car. I have tightened all
flanges and the u-joints seem good and the tires are new and balanced. What
could be the cause and how do go about checking possible causes.
>
> as usual thanks to all who respond I really appreciate the input and can't
wait to get driving!
> Gary.
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