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Re: [Spits] the GT6 has run again!

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Subject: Re: [Spits] the GT6 has run again!
From: "Bill Gingerich" <bill@gingerich.us>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:56:38 -0500
I love a success story!  Congratulations on getting it back on the road.

BillG
'74 Spit


-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Muller
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:36 PM
To: Triumph list; Spitfire List
Subject: [Spits] the GT6 has run again!

This has been a long journey.  Last year I took my GT6 off the road 
(again) because of a screaming noise from the gearbox.  I had a 
machine shop put a hardened sleeve on the end of the mainshaft, then 
I re-assembled and installed it, and took it for a test drive.  Just 
a short drive around the block convinced me that something wasn't 
right.  That something turned out to be a circlip that wasn't seated.

The next re-assembly took much longer than I would have liked, and 
even after I put it back in the car time didn't give much opportunity 
to test drive it.  Howver last weekend I got that opportunity and it 
passed the test.  So on Monday I decided to drive it to work, a 100-
mile round trip.  It made the entire trip successfully!  It didn't 
break, it stayed quiet, shifted smoothly.

It was a good day.

Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
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