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1. Re: Spark plugs and dash refinishing (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:01:51 -0400; Um, if it's too light for your liking, stain it! Start with something light - Minwax Ipswitch Pine looks great on maple in my Herald. Err on the side of yellow - every replacement dash I've ever see; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00156.html (7,894 bytes)
2. Re: Strange gnashing clatters (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 23:32:29 -0400; It's easy to tell whether it's the timing chain or the water pump, assuming these are the only 2 possibilities. Remove the fan belt and start the car. If it's silent, you've got exactly 3 possible c; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00313.html (6,970 bytes)
3. Re: Hot differential?? (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:34:04 -0400; How hot, that's the question. "Not quite uncomfortably hot" isn't very informative. Especially coming from someone who lives in Maine:> See if you can get an actual reading. Some kind of stick-on st; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00739.html (7,668 bytes)
4. Re: Clutch adjustment (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:06:03 -0400; No adjustments. You need a new clutch. There are lots of potential vendors by mail order. Check the links from http://www.vtr.org. If The Roadster Factory has any in stock, they're a safe bet to hav; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00879.html (7,585 bytes)
5. Re: clutch pivot pin (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:29:42 -0400; Can you post manufacturer and part number? Bill Kelly '62 Herald; /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00942.html (6,852 bytes)
6. Re: CRASH!-Crazy drivers (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:52:22 -0500; Gosh, all these horror stories about being cut off deliberately, people getting out to pound on your car, guns, make me glad I live in a civilised place - New Jersey! The Turnpike and Rte 80 generall; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00726.html (7,841 bytes)
7. Re: trans front oil seal (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:54:12 -0500; I know the early gearboxes used a "scroll seal" at the front. The hole in the bell housing is threaded, and the clearance is very small. Any gear oil that splashes up there adheres to the input shaf; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01455.html (7,203 bytes)
8. Re: Gearbox constant pinion shaft bearing removal (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:12:32 -0500; It's a severe press fit. Later on they switched to a loose fitting bearing that rolled on both surfaces. One option would be to machine the hole in the constant pinion shaft to accept one of those (A; /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01456.html (8,296 bytes)
9. Re: Rotors -- worth saving? Procedures? (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 23:58:55 -0500; No sandpaper, nor steel wool. You might try removing any scaling with a medium stiffness wire brush, though. The idea is, you don't want any abrasives between pads and rotor. They'll eat the rotor w; /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00128.html (7,251 bytes)
10. Re: Rear Brakes Again :( (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:20:44 -0500; And the adjuster screw is backed all the way out? And the adjuster pistons are pushed all the way in, with no binding? And they're riding on a flat part of the adjuster screw head, not a corner? Does; /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00781.html (7,043 bytes)
11. Re: Diff pinion nut removal (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 15:54:57 -0500; I assume you've removed the cotter pin:) Other than that it's purely a matter of applying enough torque. Whoever last put it together, if they did it right, applied around 85 ft. lbs of torque. Figu; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00321.html (7,951 bytes)
12. New Camber Compensator (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 17:47:38 -0500; My, my. What a difference. So that's what the camber compensator does! I finally had an opportunity to do some "spirited driving" this afternoon. I'm pretty sure I pushed it into the region where, pr; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00128.html (7,032 bytes)
13. Re: Seized Trunion Bolts! (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 02:14:23 -0500; Hi, Gerry! Sounds familiar Yup :{ You can try soaking it a few nights in a row with PB Blaster, and pound some more. When you give up on that, use a hacksaw. Assemble the blade inside the lower A-ar; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00187.html (7,626 bytes)
14. Lucas Generator Pulley (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:24:02 -0500; Does anybody have a spare bakelite pulley for a Lucas generator? Not the steel kind - I've had it with the steel kind. I'm talking about the black plactic ones, original on some versions of the gener; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00191.html (6,365 bytes)
15. Re: Starters POS/NEG (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:36:49 -0500; It'll spin the right way. Field winding and armature winding both get opposite polarity, and 2 negatives make a positive. Believe me, when I converted my '62 Herald to -Earth, I was convinced the mo; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00204.html (6,599 bytes)
16. Re: Gearbox top cover (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:00:29 -0500; 3-rail gearbox top cover disassembly is straightforward. I believe all operations are performed with the unit upside down on a bench. First you need to punch out the endcaps at both ends of each rai; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00297.html (7,888 bytes)
17. Re: steering update (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:45:37 -0500; Oh, THAT squeak. I just fixed that (again) on my Herald this weekend. What happened is, you succeeded in telescoping your inner steering column. The fix for this ties in quite nicely with Nick Mosel; /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00654.html (8,556 bytes)
18. Re: Dual SU pictures (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:20:07 -0400; Here's a rough depiction of the bracket the stock Herald uses to terminate the cable accelerator linkage, similar (same?) to what Phil described for the Bond Equipe. Looking toward the front of the; /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00326.html (8,527 bytes)
19. Herald Hubcaps (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:50:48 -0400; Can anybody comment on the quality of the hubcaps being sold under the part number 122806 (Herald, Vitesse, Spitfire up to Mk. 3, GT6) by TRF? Is the chrome nice & thick? Is the shape correct? How ab; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00506.html (6,623 bytes)
20. Re: Brake Pedal+Diff Leak (score: 1): Author: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 00:23:40 -0400; Congrats on your purchase. Yes, you can replace the diff inner axle seal without removing the diff from the car. You'll have to detach the outer axle (frame securely on stabds!!!), then just pivot i; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00085.html (7,725 bytes)

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