- 61. Re: Tail Happy (score: 1)
- Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:19:53 +0100
- Damn, you got me! Ok, I didn't mean "a couple" literally - more like 8 to Who was it that said (on this thread) that it's not incorrect pressures that give poor performance, but an incorrect differen
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- 62. Re: cylinder head (score: 1)
- Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:01:10 +0100
- Yesterday, by pure coincidence, I happened to read an article relating to this. Actually, the article was about metal fatigue in light airoplanes, but a significant part of it dealt with metal fatigu
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00771.html (8,499 bytes)
- 63. Re: Blown Fuse (score: 1)
- Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:51:23 +0100
- Sorry Donald, but I don't like the lamp idea - sounds like a recipe for an electrical fire to me (although you could use the location of the fire to spot the short!) Why not try this: get yourself a
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- 64. OOTO (score: 1)
- Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:06:26 +0100
- Yes, of course the lamp will limit the current - my mistake. Personally, I still prefer not to have any current (or at least, as little as possible) flowing through a circuit which I know is bad - th
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00895.html (7,435 bytes)
- 65. Re: Slipping O/D (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:02:19 +0100
- Thanks for the advice. I should have clarified in the original e-mail - I know for a fact that this is the inhibitor switch which is causing a problem, because I have put the car in 4th gear, and pu
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00000.html (8,400 bytes)
- 66. Re: Suggestions for a new hood (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 13:10:53 +0100
- Paul, I bought my tonneau cover from Prestige, and I was very impressed. When you phone them, you'll probably find them a little cold, and they don't sound like they're going to go out of their way t
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00194.html (9,320 bytes)
- 67. Tea (was RE: Running out of Petrol) (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:01:24 +0100
- Taxation of tea? Didn't know Yanks drink tea! The few times I've been in the States and ordered a cup of tea with my breakfast, I've got a confused stare, followed by "Oh, of course, you're English!"
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- 68. RE: Suggestions for a new hood (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:04:19 +0100
- Hmm - don't remember anything like that. I did get a steel hardtop with the car, which I believe to be original (but have no evidence...) so it's certainly possible. I'll try to remember to check the
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00208.html (9,597 bytes)
- 69. Re: 'Dead Man' pedal (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:07:41 +0100
- Welcome to the list, and congratulations on your new Spitfire! As for the 'dead man' pedal (I've never heard it called that before, but I think I know what your mean) - my car has one. It's a RHD, d
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00302.html (8,473 bytes)
- 70. Publicity (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:27:59 +0100
- Well, didn't see anyone else mention this, so I thought I'd mention it myself. I was reading the Courier this weekend - that's the magazine that gets sent to all TSSC members. Browsing through the te
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00478.html (6,740 bytes)
- 71. Re: Tech Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:37:39 +0100
- I have a similar problem on my car. Patrick and Graham both said that if you blip the throttle, it will close properly, and stay closed, and I've found this, too. Graham suggested it might be related
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00480.html (9,558 bytes)
- 72. Re: Clutch adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:48:25 +0100
- Frane, sounds like the clutch might need bleeding to me. Or failing that, rebuilding. But I'd try bleeding first. Dean -- Does anyone know if the height of the Spit clutch can be adjusted? how is it
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00535.html (7,198 bytes)
- 73. Re: period stereo (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:11:27 +0100
- Check out Jeff's excellent page at http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/radio.shtml In fact, the whole of his site is excellent. But the radio page describes exactly what you want to do. Dean -- I would lik
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00545.html (7,555 bytes)
- 74. Re: Radio mounting (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:20:42 +0100
- I have a CD player mounted in front of the gear stick, and I can just get CDs in and out in neutral, no problem in 2nd/4th. I was a little concerned about this when I bought the unit, but turned out
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00612.html (8,316 bytes)
- 75. Re: side marker lamps for 1500's & IV's (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:20:06 +0100
- Rob, can't help with a source for these gaskets, but (as someone else suggested) side marker lamps were only present on US cars as far as I know. My car, which is mostly UK spec, did have them when I
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00717.html (8,190 bytes)
- 76. Silver cars (was Re: Metal prep started -- reassurance?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:35:47 +0100
- Jeff, a friend of mine has just restored his Spitfire, and painted it metalic silver. Looks very good - and took me all the way to Le Mans and back earlier this year, too! When he took the car for it
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00882.html (9,252 bytes)
- 77. Re: Silver cars (was Re: Metal prep started -- reassurance?) (score: 1)
- Author: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:54:29 +0100
- Really? How do you check the brake lights with only one mechanic? Actually, the only time I've ever seen two mechanics work on a car at once is during an MOT, when the government decides how much the
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00887.html (10,188 bytes)
- 78. RE: Silver cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:00:16 +0100
- Yes, I remember the one! It was at Stafford last year, with a For Sale sign on it. (On show, not in the competition, because it had one Best of Show a few years before and cars that win that aren't a
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00911.html (7,763 bytes)
- 79. Re: Stafford Show (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:53:38 +0100
- Suzie, I'll be there, hopefully in my red 1500, RAW 571R. I'll look out for you and Bill, and any other listers who send their car details. I'll be going in convoy with the North London TSSC on Satur
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00322.html (8,143 bytes)
- 80. Spitfire Siting (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:58:05 +0100
- I have just returned from a conference in Amsterdam, and I'm pleased to report a Spitfire siting (although only one). On Wednesday evening, I left the conference centre and began walking back to the
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00325.html (7,976 bytes)
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