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61. Re: GM Alternator Conversion (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 06 Apr 2001 04:12:30 -0500; Hmm, I would not bother to pay 10 quid for an alternator of unknown life - not when I can get an exchange re-conditioned unit from Edmunds Walker (local trade car parts place, similar to Partco and o; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00153.html (9,770 bytes)
62. Re: Bolts (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 06 Apr 2001 10:11:40 -0500; The Rimmers catalogue gives their/Triumphs part number for each bolt. Then look it up in the price list and it gives you the size, e.g. Bolt 3/8"UNF*2.25" - i.e. 3/8" UNF thread, 2.25" long (with the; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00169.html (7,685 bytes)
63. RE: MK3 Brake problem (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 10 Apr 2001 08:18:51 -0500; I had a number of problems which compounded to cause a soft brake pedal last year- so soft I needed to press twice (i.e. pump it) to get it to do anything! However, if you are not moving much brake; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00305.html (9,274 bytes)
64. Greeting LBCs (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 10 Apr 2001 08:32:12 -0500; I like to greet other LBCs, but get put off when it is not reciprocated. When I drove an MGB GT, I could guarantee a wave out of any other MG driver (B, Midget, whatever) apart from MGFs! One disappo; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00307.html (7,816 bytes)
65. Re: 'nother Stag on the road + gremlins (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 11 Apr 2001 04:22:37 -0500; Good to hear of another Triumph out on the roads! I believe the speedo on a Spit is the same whether it is O/D or not. The drive for the speedo measures propshaft speed, and the same differential is; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00328.html (7,981 bytes)
66. Re: Originality (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 17 Apr 2001 09:22:53 -0500; Daffy seems to be pretty much identical spec to yours, just a very little later - her comm. number is FH125144. She comes with drivers and passenger side footwell courtesy lights, and has the little; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00472.html (10,578 bytes)
67. Re: taffy (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 17 Apr 2001 10:49:24 -0500; I have a 1500 called Daffy. Could you be confusing this guy with me? It wasn't me on ebay, by the way! Richard & Daffy /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain t; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00475.html (6,659 bytes)
68. Re: The Easter Repair Marathon (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 18 Apr 2001 05:25:39 -0500; Blimey, you have been busy! BTW, if you are paying anyone 35 quid per hour to work on Carly you are paying too much, TRGB charge 25 per hour and they know Spitfires much better than your local garag; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00495.html (7,916 bytes)
69. Re: Originality (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 18 Apr 2001 07:46:31 -0500; According to the books, Daffy and Carly should be twins, with a few minor exceptions: I have the nice "TRIUMPH" number plate light housing, and you don't (change at FH116000). You should have the US-; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00499.html (10,670 bytes)
70. Re: Originality (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 19 Apr 2001 05:35:58 -0500; Funny - I prefer small steering wheels, they make the already rapid steering on a Spitfire even more responsive to the smallest of inputs. It is true that it is a bit heavier at parking than a modern; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00530.html (9,358 bytes)
71. Re: Originality (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 19 Apr 2001 08:30:08 -0500; Already moved it as far as it will go - it certainly helps! If only the MG had got that adjustment too. Richard & Daffy /// /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain t; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00533.html (8,111 bytes)
72. Triumph Vitesse Convertible For Sale (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 23 Apr 2001 03:43:59 -0500; A work colleague/friend has decided to sell his Vitesse convertible, which sounds like a mostly-completed project. His message to me: "After much soul searching, I have decided to dispose of my Trium; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00595.html (7,874 bytes)
73. Re: Steering Slop (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 23 Apr 2001 07:29:31 -0500; Another cause of steering slop - the knuckle joint in the steering column just before the rack. I fiddled with the rack to no avail, until I realised that this joint was the problem. Bought a new jo; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00599.html (7,207 bytes)
74. Re: China Crap!! (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Mar 2001 02:44:49 -0600; Last place in the World I want to go (possibly apart from North Korea...) I like it here in Cambridgeshire! Richard wmmk1@informatics.net on 27Feb2001 05:56 PM To: spitfires@autox.team.net@INTERNET; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00001.html (6,679 bytes)
75. Re: Cambs/Beds Spits (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 01 Mar 2001 04:53:44 -0600; ....Mind you, if it looks as though the snow is over for the year, I might not fit it until October... SNIP Mike, don't go saying things like that, look what you went and did!!!!! (For the benefit o; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00003.html (8,647 bytes)
76. Re: triumph tune info (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 09 Mar 2001 04:50:40 -0600; Moss' latest price list is available on-line - check out www.mossint.co.uk. Looking up CLDOT5BF, it says "Use GBF5103". This item is priced at 11.35, including VAT (sales tax at 17.5%). In my August; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00226.html (6,633 bytes)
77. Re: Bonnet&Boot/Hood&Trunk (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 09 Mar 2001 05:45:22 -0600; I am not aware of any Spitfire 1500s having any sort of metal badges. I thought they all had stick-on transfers in black (although Rimmers also sells them in silver - don't know if these are origina; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00228.html (7,222 bytes)
78. Re: Something nice about the Spit! (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 15 Mar 2001 05:56:36 -0600; "Can't be any tighter than the Herald turning circle..... Scott 64 Herald 1200 Convertible(From which sprang forth the Spitfire...)" Spitfire - Herald suspension, Herald steering, but shorter wheelba; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00416.html (8,394 bytes)
79. Re: Brake problem. Long - Sorry! (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 19 Mar 2001 07:15:09 -0600; Not sure if your theory of what the problem might be is possible. However, I have two other suggestions. A few months ago I was having problems with soft brakes. Bleeding helped a little, but not en; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00492.html (7,828 bytes)
80. Spitfire v. Midget power (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 26 Mar 2001 05:49:12 -0600; Hmm, interesting.... I just bought a new oil filter for Daffy. On the box, it lists the various cars it fits, including, naturally, the Spit 1500, and the MG Midget 1500. However, it lists the Spitfi; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00668.html (7,917 bytes)

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