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61. Various questions (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:09:34 -0500; Hello all, I was working on my car a little over the weekend, and a few things came up: First, I had jacked up the back a couple of feet so I could fix up the muffler mounting. When I was finished, I; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00362.html (8,290 bytes)
62. Reliability (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:14:08 -0500; Me too, me too! In about 9000 miles of driving my Spit, I have never had to call a towtruck or leave the car at the side of the road to go and fetch help. The problems I can remember are: 1: A coupl; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00396.html (7,461 bytes)
63. Re: Market-specific production variations (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:29:37 -0500; My Mk IV parts book is very detailed, and it notes all the different parts variations that were required to different markets. There are some pretty silly ones, for example: 1: France required a clea; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00398.html (8,606 bytes)
64. Re: Market-specific production variations (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 19:12:29 -0500; So maybe you can also explain this "daytime running light" thing? I rent cars a lot, and sometimes they have 'em and sometime not... Doug Braun '72 Spit; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00454.html (8,174 bytes)
65. Half shaft U-joints (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:45:17 -0500; Here is a good test for these joints: 1: Put the top up, and you can hear it better 2: Coast about 20-25 mph in neutral and do some gentle S-turns 3: If the noise gets louder when you turn left, it'; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00489.html (8,180 bytes)
66. Oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:52:51 -0500; Keep in mind the difference between oil PRESSURE and oil FLOW. The oil pump is a "positive displacement" pump, which means that (at a constant RPM) it pumps a constant flow of oil (i.e. gallons/minu; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00491.html (7,079 bytes)
67. Electronic Ignitions (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:07:13 -0500; I noticed in catalogs that companies have started offering electronic ignition upgrades that fit completely within the distributor, so you don't have to mount a separate amplifier module anywhere. A; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00492.html (6,693 bytes)
68. MISTAKE about half-shaft U-joints! (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:13:14 -0500; OBelow, I meant to say: "The axle shaft normally exerts a DOWNWARD force on the Doug; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00534.html (7,062 bytes)
69. Re: ROBSON - page 10, August 99 Triumph World (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:26:45 -0500; Sounds like a tempest in a teapot, to me... Doug Braun '72 Spit; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00607.html (7,361 bytes)
70. Anoraks and Trainspotters (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 17:53:12 -0500; Could someone explain the meaning of this to a naive American? Doug Braun '72 Spit; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00814.html (6,954 bytes)
71. Re: Anoraks and Trainspotters (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 07:29:21 -0500; Thanks for the info. Now, can you explain what this has to do with the movie "Trainspotting"? The characters in that film didn't seem particularly anal-retentive... Doug; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00838.html (7,682 bytes)
72. Re: Further Info on my Spitfire height problem (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:14:57 -0500; Oddly, my car is a bit higher on the driver's side. If I really cared, I could put a spacer on the right front spring. But when one person is in the car, it more or less levels out... Doug Braun '72; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00854.html (7,222 bytes)
73. Re: spitfire u-joints (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:32:14 -0500; It would probably take me 4 hours... If it is an overdrive car, it is very hard to unbolt the front end of the shaft without having to get at it from above. Also, you have to remove the exhaust. One; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00855.html (7,406 bytes)
74. Mystery SU Needle (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:28:38 -0500; I started looking at a set of MKIII SU HS2s that I have, and I noticed that the needles were marked "007". (Like James Bond). But this is not an "official" SU needle type! Has anybody ever seen need; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00916.html (6,984 bytes)
75. Re: spitfires-digest V1 #221 (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:22:07 -0500; One day a couple of years ago, I was driving down the road and my shifter started feeling very loose and funny. It turned out that the plastic ball had simply disintegrated and disappeared without a; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01096.html (7,300 bytes)
76. Yellow Lights (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 21:37:53 -0500; In California (the last time I read the Vehicle Code), you have no obligation to stop at a yellow light. You just can't go through it if it is red. But .0.001 millisecond before is OK. Doug '72 Spit; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00079.html (8,342 bytes)
77. Plastic Engine Valences? (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:10:40 -0500; I have heard that Victoria British sells plastic replacements for those infamous cardboard panels (valences) on either side of the engine. Does anyone know if they are any good? Do they also sell th; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00105.html (7,692 bytes)
78. Re: Steering rack bellows (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:05:44 -0500; Do you really need to disconnect the ball joints (I assume you mean the tie rod Can't you simply unscrew the tie rod from the tie rod end while the tie rod end is still in place? You have to remove t; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00108.html (7,408 bytes)
79. Re: Power Timing (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:11:46 -0500; I tried this once, and I could not get my car to knock. I had it so far advanced that it was losing power, but still no knocking. This was with the standard US spec 1296 engine and regular gas. Does; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00109.html (7,344 bytes)
80. Re: Triumph Spitfire Hardtop Metal (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:29:22 -0500; Can anyone offer a guess on what this might be worth? Doug '72 Spit; /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00262.html (7,400 bytes)

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