- 1. Re: Interesting test results (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:46:47 +0000
- Dear Larry, It's been over twenty years since I took the test, but back then, you had to score 148 on the invigilated test to be invited to join. Prior to taking an invigilated test, you could take a
- /html/spitfires/2005-12/msg00024.html (9,629 bytes)
- 2. Website update (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 18:18:37 +0100
- Dear All, If you would like to see a few pictures of my new Triumph Acclaim, please feel free to call in at: http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/Acclaim.html A link to this page, as well as links
- /html/spitfires/2005-09/msg00001.html (7,063 bytes)
- 3. 1977 Spitfire 1500 Swap or Part-Exchange (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:08:35 +0100
- Dear All, Firstly, apologies for cross-posting to five mailing lists, but I wanted to reach everyone who might be interested. I don't know whether this is going to work, but I thought it worth a try:
- /html/spitfires/2005-07/msg00040.html (8,346 bytes)
- 4. Depressing News (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 13:27:14 +0100
- Dear All, I have been rather quiet on the list of late, as I have had little to complain about, little to seek advice about, and even less to provide in the way of advice to others! However, I now ha
- /html/spitfires/2005-05/msg00046.html (9,020 bytes)
- 5. Re: Depressing News (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 08:12:59 +0100
- Dear All, Thank you very much indeed for your sympathy and advice. It seems clear that most of you believe that just repairing the present problems is not a sensible option (regardless of whether I i
- /html/spitfires/2005-05/msg00055.html (8,232 bytes)
- 6. Re: Exhaust Downpipe Gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:04:13 +0100
- I guess that answers my question about whether tubular inserts would cause a problem with the flow of exhaust gases. If Toyota and Fiat both design them in, there can't be any real reason for concern
- /html/spitfires/2005-04/msg00026.html (8,704 bytes)
- 7. Re: Exhaust Downpipe Gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:09:48 +0100
- Dear Bill, That sounds both complicated and expensive. For some reason, my posting to the list with an ASCII-art sketch of a suggestion for a modified gasket doesn't seem to be making it through a fi
- /html/spitfires/2005-04/msg00034.html (9,405 bytes)
- 8. Re: Exhaust Downpipe Gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:41:51 +0100
- Thanks for the clarification. I may well give this a go. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yell
- /html/spitfires/2005-04/msg00035.html (8,680 bytes)
- 9. Re: test (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:01:05 +0000
- Response, mail working. <g> ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
- /html/spitfires/2005-03/msg00048.html (6,480 bytes)
- 10. Exhaust Downpipe Gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:45:30 +0100
- Dear All, I am getting sick and tired of replacing blown exhaust downpipe gaskets. I have tried everything: fitting by a professional mechanic; fitting by a tyre & exhaust shop; fitting the damn thin
- /html/spitfires/2005-03/msg00096.html (7,429 bytes)
- 11. Re: Exhaust Downpipe Gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:28:18 +0100
- Dear Richard, I'm just scared stiff that after a while I would need to replace both the downpipe and the exhaust manifold if I tried that. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125
- /html/spitfires/2005-03/msg00104.html (7,286 bytes)
- 12. Cooling System Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:04:01 +0000
- Dear All, Thanks to all of you who replied with such helpful suggestions regarding my cooling system problem. I think Randall may have identified the first cause: The seal on the water pump *was* bad
- /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00001.html (9,353 bytes)
- 13. Cooling System Mystery - post-script (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:47:44 +0000
- Dear All, Just a brief note to say that <touch wood> the cooling system in Carly seems to be working perfectly now, subsequent to the fitting of a new radiator. Whilst "burping" the system, I kept a
- /html/spitfires/2005-01/msg00018.html (7,344 bytes)
- 14. Cooling System Mystery - please help (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:29:03 +0000
- Dear All, I've been very quiet of late, since all the things that have gone wrong with my cars over the past few months have been things that I have been able to diagnose and fix myself. This is no l
- /html/spitfires/2004-12/msg00086.html (9,980 bytes)
- 15. Re: Spitfire brakes question + Heating question + Map lights! (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:16:32 +0100
- You've had some good answers to this one already, and I have nothing to add. I had the same problem with mine when I first got it - the result of it having been a "summer only" car, I suspect. The an
- /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00025.html (9,342 bytes)
- 16. Re: 1979 Spitfire Comm #? (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:50:11 +0000
- Doesn't that mean it was made for sale in, and complies with the strict emissions legislation of, the State of California? ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie -
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00083.html (7,019 bytes)
- 17. Re: New to the list (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:02:57 +0000
- Dear Abeck (?), I think you had better have a look at: http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/Spittools.html ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00130.html (7,410 bytes)
- 18. Re: In boot - was: New to the list (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:11:14 +0000
- Dear Craig, NO-ONE goes out without a roll of Duct Tape. See the "General" section on the tools webpage - it's been listed all along! ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 C
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00146.html (7,603 bytes)
- 19. Re: Why on earth an empty gas can? (Re: New to the list) (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:13:11 +0000
- It isn't illegal in UK, but it may be elsewhere for all I know. You can get explosion-proof petrol cans (filled with a sort of steel-wire foam) that reduce the danger to nil. I've got one. And I've n
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00147.html (8,295 bytes)
- 20. Re: Need a UK resident (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:09:04 +0000
- Dear Ed, I'd be delighted. I am absolutely sick of US sellers refusing to post internationally, and am horrified to find a UK seller being equally parochial. Haven't these people ever heard of Global
- /html/spitfires/2004-03/msg00162.html (7,375 bytes)
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