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141. Re: Plenty-O-Cooling (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:45:25 +0100; Ok, seems like I was talking crap. Maybe one day I'll learn to only talk about things I understand. But in the meantime, has anyone read Stephen Hawkings "A Brief History of Time".....????? Dean -- i; /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00736.html (7,586 bytes)
142. Re: Window Regulators (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:28:46 +0100; Ken - good luck! <snip> I have vowed not to consume even one more beer until these silly windows go up and down, all the way !! TIA, Ken C; /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00776.html (6,492 bytes)
143. Clutch cylinder rebuild? (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:40:08 +0100; Morning listers! I have a clutch question which I'm hoping the expertise of the list will be able to help me with. Until recently, my clutch was engaging almost immediately as I started to let the pe; /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00777.html (8,222 bytes)
144. Getting old cars running (was Re: My 75 Spitfire is now running (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:16:49 +0100; I'll second that - well done John! On the subject of getting old cars running, I guess sometimes you get lucky. Two years ago my sister passed her driving test and was looking for a cheap car, and my; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00003.html (8,229 bytes)
145. Re: What have it done!?! (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:01:12 +0100; Frequently, but mostly when it's dark and the rust-patches become more Once a week, I teach music at a local youth band. One night, after the kids had left, I went out for a pizza with the rest of th; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00036.html (7,849 bytes)
146. Re: tranny help (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:32:47 +0100; On the subject of paying someone else to fix the gearbox... I had some similar symptoms a few months ago. Turned out to be the selector fork (I'm not suggesting that's what's wrong with yours - but; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00089.html (9,187 bytes)
147. Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:05:26 +0100; I promise you there are more than 3 Spitfires in the UK! But I think their rarity is part of their appeal. As you say, there are MGBs on every street corner, but it isn't often that you come across; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00177.html (8,313 bytes)
148. Re: The dreaded unleaded problem (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:13:20 +0100; 1 & 2 are, IMHO, the best solution, but you say you can't afford them, so: 3 - never heard of this, unless you mean additives, which you don't, because that's number 5! 4 - definitely don't! One ind; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00178.html (11,523 bytes)
149. Re: 9171 Spit (1971 Spit?) (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:18:17 +0100; Spitfires are brilliant cars, and if you do get one, I'm sure you'll love it! But they do go wrong - frequently. What exactly is wrong with the gearbox? Recon. gearboxes are fairly inexpensive, and; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00179.html (7,742 bytes)
150. Re: Spits in England (was Re: Plastic Mirror mount) (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:04:53 +0100; I believe that's true for the cars - not sure about the planes, thought! (But you also have to consider that the population of the US is considerably larger than the population of the UK.) I think yo; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00263.html (7,643 bytes)
151. RE: Cylinder head interchangeability (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:45:22 +0100; I don't know which cars had flat-topped pistons and which had dished-tops, but I do know that to convert the 1300 engine into the 1500, Triumph increased the stroke, and not the bore. Logic tells me; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00265.html (10,443 bytes)
152. Re: Headlight wiring (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:30:42 +0100; Why not go back to basics here? Disconnect the battery, then twist some wires together. Reconnect the battery, and see what lights come on. Let's say for example (and this really is only an example; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00315.html (9,062 bytes)
153. Re: 70 spit fast idle (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:39:57 +0100; Sounds like a carb problem to me. I've never done anything with Strombergs, so I can't really help you, but timing being out causes engines to run less smoothly, not faster. As for the run-on, this d; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00368.html (8,610 bytes)
154. Re: Trip Report (longish) (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:42:12 +0100; I know we all love these cars, but I've never taken spare parts to bed with me before...... 4. I loaded a Spit 1500 along with a bed full of parts and headed northward. I stopped for the night just; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00369.html (6,902 bytes)
155. Re: TWINS! non-lbc (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:43:35 +0100; Of course, you'll now be fitting baby seats into the Spitfire, sideways into the space behind the seats. Well, Nine months ago I announced we were expecting another Triumph enthusiast into the famil; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00370.html (7,648 bytes)
156. RE: 70 spit fast idle (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:28:27 +0100; --0__=gQHr8WCTUNcgJvcQCr3yu6mdw7OuYsRHJ1OSz0s9rTlhAQP6jPP60Ofl Content-Disposition: inline David, You are completely right about the run-on, of course. Because retartded timing causes the engine to g; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00372.html (8,810 bytes)
157. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:45:26 +0100; On the subject of bonnets, what is the correct way to lift a bonnet? I have always lifted mine by the latches, but I read somewhere (may even have been on this list, I can't remember) that this cause; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00510.html (9,537 bytes)
158. Re: Tranny Repair Cost (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:16:06 +0100; I found that the price I was quoted for gearbox repair, excluding parts, was the same price as a reconditioned o/d gearbox from John Kipping. The gearbox cost me Ł150 ($250), and has been in my ca; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00605.html (8,339 bytes)
159. Re: 70 spit battery not charging (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 10:35:57 +0100; Don't remember seeing a reply to this. Sounds like your "rebuilt" generator isn't working properly - get it checked out, and take it back if it proves to be faulty. Dean -- Listers I'm still trying; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00701.html (8,724 bytes)
160. Re: Oil coolers and rocker feeders (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:07:43 +0100; Oil cooler - Yes. I think the DPO must have had cooling problems, because I have an oil cooler, electric fan, and the old fan on the water pump. The engine was rebuilt fairly recently, and I've never; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00802.html (9,925 bytes)

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