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41. Re: Electronic ignition upgrade (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:35:52 +0100
Jeff, are you having problems with your points? I'm not aware of any advantages of electronic ignition, except maybe slightly less servicing, over the old points system, unless you're experiencing pr
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00988.html (7,577 bytes)

42. Re: O/D switch momentary or two pole? (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:52:15 +0100
Didn't notice a reply to this, so I'll post one: J-type overdrives weren't fitted with a relay as standard, although I believe it's ok to fit one if you want (for additional protection). D-type overd
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00120.html (7,590 bytes)

43. Re: Problems, once again (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:22:21 +0100
For an on-line catalogue, try http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk I couldn't find anything on their site that says that you can't place international orders on the website, although it doesn't explicitly sa
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00170.html (8,242 bytes)

44. RE: Engine setup Problems (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:13:56 +0100
Doug says that when number 1 cylinder is at TDC, to rotor should be pointing at the number one cylinder. True - but make sure you don't get it 360 degrees out...make sure that number 1 cylinder is at
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00361.html (7,987 bytes)

45. Re: Maplight (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:14:46 +0100
Wayne and Scott, Why not use some Velcro to hold the light in place? Dean -- Wayne - FINALLY - something I know about! The map light is a wonderful technological breakthrough lights when extended and
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00362.html (9,319 bytes)

46. Re: Fuel (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:41:31 +0100
And that's still cheaper than regular petrol in the UK (I'm serious...) I've wondered the same about the 108 octane race fuel available at my local svc station... If it didn't kill my engine, I'm afr
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00428.html (7,868 bytes)

47. Tonneau cover - fits! (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:43:11 +0100
You may recall that I recently purchased a tonneau cover from Prestige Auto Trim (http://www.prestigeautotrim.com) which didn't fit propertly. At the time, I said I'd update the list - well, here's
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00771.html (9,369 bytes)

48. Re: adjusting konis and oiling trunnions (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:33:45 +0100
You can pour gear oil into a grease-gun and then use this for oiling the trunnions - it's messy, but it's the standard way of doing it. I don't know where you are (looks like a Californian e-mail ad
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01077.html (8,742 bytes)

49. Daily Driver (was: Re: Great Info in Today's People) (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:37:06 +0100
I consider a Daily Driver to be car which is used in the same way as a "normal" car would be. I consider my car a daily driver, but I don't drive it daily (because I get the train to work, and I live
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01078.html (7,788 bytes)

50. Re: Appology / Warning (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:48:34 +0100
It certainly used to be true that you couldn't get infected by an e-mail virus until you opened an attachment. Viruses can't be contained in text, only in programs (incuding scripts, macros, applets
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01079.html (9,252 bytes)

51. Rear spring question (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:55:18 +0100
I'm after some advice on a subject about which I know absolutely nothing, but I know for a fact that there are several of you out there who know lots - the rear spring! My car is a '77 1500 with a s
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01120.html (8,667 bytes)

52. Re: Back-up lamp wiring access ? (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:02:15 +0100
I'm speaking from the point of view of my 1500 now, so I don't know how different this will be to your car. My lamps do not have a ground wire, they simply ground through the lighting assembly. When
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01147.html (8,725 bytes)

53. Re: Rear spring question (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:10:56 +0100
Doug, thanks for the reply - it made me smile! Actually, this garage I went to was the same one I mentioned a while ago on a thread about finding garages that will work on our cars - last year, when
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01185.html (8,706 bytes)

54. RE: Throttle control problems (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:24:06 +0100
Did you manage to fix this? I finally got round to looking at the problem on my car this weekend, and this is what I found. (Apologies if I use some incorrect terminology, I don't really know my way
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00048.html (10,778 bytes)

55. Re: TRF Catalog!! (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 10:44:33 +0100
Thought I'd add in my £0.02 to this one (just in case there weren't enough contributors ;-)). Every now and then, a thread pops up on this list where someone has had a problem with a big supplier,
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00101.html (10,522 bytes)

56. Re: Only in Britain! (non-lbc) (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:39:38 +0100
And another "Only in Britain" story - this time of political correctness gone a little bit mad. With Euro 2000 (the European soccer championships) only a few months away, the video for England's offi
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00349.html (8,511 bytes)

57. Getting Better All The Time (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:52:28 +0100
People let you pass like this in San Diego? Around here, if you're stuck behind someone who's driving slower than you, and the road's too busy or too windy to overtake, tough! <snip> I was able to le
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00390.html (7,210 bytes)

58. Re: Popping out of 2nd -- what's failing? (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:58:27 +0100
I don't know anything about the inside of gearboxes, but a club-member had a fairly similar problem to the one you describe. Her car popped out of 3rd gear, at almost any engine speed. Fortunately,
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00391.html (8,273 bytes)

59. Re: High RPM Smoke (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:39:47 +0100
Jeff, I'm not surprised your engine doesn't like the choke being pulled out more than 1/2". This thing was designed for British winters, not California summers! Even here in England, unless it's very
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00570.html (7,690 bytes)

60. Spitfire Ale (was RE: shows) (score: 1)
Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:57:18 +0100
You can get Spitfire Ale in a lot of pubs around here - and there were some cool ads for it last year, especially on posters on the tube in London. Check out their website: http://www.shepherd-neame.
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00692.html (6,907 bytes)


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