- 61. Salvage yards-parts places in NE Illinois (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 23:51:52 EDT
- I have been informed by the boss we're going to Gurnee Mills, Kenosha-Racine, WI for shopping April 17-19. Does anyone know of British car yards or parts places in NE Illinois or SE Wisconsin? Bill
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00519.html (6,453 bytes)
- 62. Re: Steering Colum Help (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:44:52 EDT
- I take an old broomstick or wooden dowel slightly smaller than the tube. Insert, bang the bottom of the broomstick on concrete while holding the steering tube and out they come. Insertion is merely
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00593.html (6,644 bytes)
- 63. Re: Steering Wheel Interchangability (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:47:43 EDT
- Hi Jeff, You wrote, "I'm selling an aftermarket leather steering wheel I pulled from my '67 Mk3 on The Totally Triumph Auction and I've received a couple of e-mails asking whether it will fit later m
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00603.html (7,427 bytes)
- 64. overider and corner bumper (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 02:16:15 EDT
- I have discovered I have acquired a very rare NOS front overider for a Mk1 GT6. I thought it was for a Mk1 Spitfire, but it is slightly different. I would like to trade it for an NOS rear left side
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00910.html (6,627 bytes)
- 65. 1970 Mk3 folding top (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:36:23 EDT
- Hi all, Who was looking for a 1970 folding top? Jeff? Anyway, I believe I found one. I can make sure if you're still interested. Bill B
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00924.html (6,269 bytes)
- 66. Trade?? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:21:55 EDT
- Greetings all: Last winter someone offered to trade a Spitfire Mk1-2 Overdrive script badge for a TR OVERDRIVE badge. He never got back to me. Is there anyone wanting to make this trade? Is there any
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01033.html (6,721 bytes)
- 67. Re: Steering shaft bent? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:34:15 EST
- Hi Fred, Steering bushes are easily removed. Find a dowel or broomstick the approximate diameter of the steering cowl and insert it. It takes a little bit of force, but the only thing holding those b
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00011.html (6,785 bytes)
- 68. Re: Killer Squirrels (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:35:43 EST
- Hi Ree, There is a product called NIMBY (Not in my Backyard). I believe its main ingredient is pepper. Check with garden shops. Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00016.html (7,398 bytes)
- 69. Re: Killer Squirrels (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 19:17:43 EST
- I never had problems with rodents (at least the 4-legged kind) until November. That's when my companion of 20 years left this world. Cilcy the Siamese came home with me in my Spitfire in 1980. Lightn
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00039.html (8,570 bytes)
- 70. Re: seat, wobbly speedo, and monza volume (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 01:26:44 EST
- DOORS COULD ALSO BE IN THE TRANSMISSION GEAR Exhaust WHAD YA SAY? WHAT WAS THAT? CANT HEAR YA? THE ONE I USED FOR A WHILE ALSO HAD A LOOSE PIPE INSIDE THE CENTER MUFFLER--SO IT WAS CLANK,RUMBLE, RUMB
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00062.html (7,897 bytes)
- 71. Re: Windshield seal (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:01:25 EST
- Hi all, I've generally found it more difficult to remove the windshield than it is to install. Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00093.html (6,690 bytes)
- 72. Re: Adjusting steering wheel height? (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 00:20:41 EST
- Hi Jeff, Below the steering cowl is the thick U bracket (this assembly is probably 3-6 inches from the firewall) with two 7/16 inch bolts holding a rectangular plate with a 1/2 inch nut in the center
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00205.html (6,987 bytes)
- 73. Re: Moral support needed - badly (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:12:14 EST
- Hi Dave, I'm not sure what the history of your gearbox is, but it sounds like it may have been rebuilt without using a new circlip on the mainshaft. I've also seen suppliers send the wrong circlip. W
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00228.html (7,454 bytes)
- 74. Re: Brake m/c "tipping valve nut" (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 02:39:40 EST
- Hi Guys, Most of the cheapie hardware places have sets of 3/8 ratchet drive Allen wrenches in the extra large sizes. $3.99 to 4.99 for 6-8 different sizes. Another alternative would be to take a larg
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00418.html (7,669 bytes)
- 75. Re: Gearbox SOS! (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 12:58:10 EST
- Hi Jeff, I'm on my way out the door to photograph a wedding. Quickly, there are square-headed screws on the underside of the cover that determine the length of travel for each rail and rail position
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00551.html (6,732 bytes)
- 76. Re: Rear Spring Sag (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 22:10:43 EST
- Hi Tony, The buttons really get squished over time, and are barely recognized as such when you disassemble the spring. Your list to one side could be due to one of the leaves being cracked. I've had
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00577.html (7,081 bytes)
- 77. Re: Sensible advice please (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:33:17 EST
- Greetings Doctor, My vet has 3 Spitfires and a GT6. If the car has always been in CA, you'll probably be OK. 73's and 74's are the best looking 1500's, with fewest engine pollution devices as well. I
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00697.html (8,074 bytes)
- 78. Re: Tangent to: Spitfire collisions/safety (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:37:19 EST
- Hi Joe, I almost bought a Fiat 850 Spyder in great shape for $1900 last fall. In researching it I found that dealers had to buy back many of them because they rusted so bad in the Midwest. I bought 4
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00844.html (7,481 bytes)
- 79. Re: Spitfire Facts & Figures (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:29:20 EST
- Hi Joe, Do you have the data for the FM 1500's? Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00957.html (8,149 bytes)
- 80. Re: Spitfire Facts & Figures (score: 1)
- Author: SJagGo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:20:03 EST
- One of my 1500's body numbers is 19FM. I believe its commission # is FM487UE. Bill Brockschmidt
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00984.html (8,035 bytes)
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