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1. Re: Brake fluid (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:50:39 -0500
Just leave the line(s) connected to the master cylinder. Disconnect them further down and remove the master cylinder. You can bend the lines and hold the master cylinder away if you wish also. Any br
/html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00058.html (8,052 bytes)

2. Re: Victoria British LTD Word of Caution (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:09:09 -0500
Shrug, I can understand their shipping. Don't like it, but understand it. I run into it myself, on both sides. So I sell you a widget for $3. I paid $1. You pay by credit card (or worse, paypal). The
/html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00059.html (9,653 bytes)

3. Re: U-Joint bolts (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:18:26 -0500
The four bolt shanks are what locates the flange faces together, ensuring they are centered to each other. Going with a non-spec bolt that has a smaller shank will allow the flange faces to not be ce
/html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00060.html (8,059 bytes)

4. Re: underside of Spit (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:20:58 -0500
No one answer to your question. It's a personal judgment call. Just as doing a "full restoration" is a personal judgment call. I personally wouldn't bother without darn good reason. But that's just m
/html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00061.html (7,369 bytes)

5. Re: Brake fluid (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:44:07 -0500
Not all brake fluids are the common glycol ether. Citroen used an oil based fluid, and I think Jaguar did as well. Brake fluid has several requirements that negate the use of typical oils or other fl
/html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00066.html (8,141 bytes)

6. Re: front swaybar (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:48:30 -0500
It's standard setup for the fastest Spitfires out on the track. Well known to racers for decades as a very good setup for a fast Spitfire. I've got most of it done to mine for racing, and I can say f
/html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00081.html (7,451 bytes)

7. Re: Weber carb question. (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:51:21 -0500
The downdraft is a street carburetor, stock on many millions of 4 cylinder cars made throughout the late 20th century. It is a very streetable carburetor. Both the carburetor and the manifold it sets
/html/spitfires/2006-02/msg00036.html (8,288 bytes)

8. Re: got the plenum all welded up! (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:38:49 -0500
You make a work of art out of virtually every one of these projects you do. Very beautifully done Paul. == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/spitfires/2006-02/msg00071.html (6,851 bytes)

9. Re: Valve clearance for dummies? (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:25:38 -0500
Manuals often make it entertainingly difficult to adjust valves, when in fact it's downright easy without math or counting. A 4 cylinder engine has a simple crankshaft. Put the crankshaft on TDC. Tha
/html/spitfires/2006-01/msg00010.html (8,003 bytes)

10. Re: Spitfire & GT6 parts lists (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 05:48:15 -0500
Fairly regularly I see microfiche and paperback dealer parts books listed on e-bay. They could be scanned into a PC. And I suspect John K has something like that already. But having a database linked
/html/spitfires/2006-01/msg00022.html (8,727 bytes)

11. Re: Brake fluid question (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:19:56 -0400
Horse pucky. LMA is a glycol ether based fluid. http://safetydatasheets.bp.com/USSDS/AMERSDSF.nsf/0/1B604802597F96F78025707600503D92/$file/00015806000220003.pdf There's the MSDS to prove it. That sai
/html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00014.html (7,012 bytes)

12. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:54:59 -0400
LMA is unique. Just because it's a glycol ether based fluid doesn't mean all glycol ether based fluids are identical. Castrol's LMA brake fluid has low moisture activity, meaning it doesn't attract w
/html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00026.html (7,861 bytes)

13. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:49:18 -0400
Low moisture Activity (not affinity). Says so, right on Castrols LMA web http://www.castrol.com/castrol/productdetailmin.do?categoryId=82915492&contentId=6004007 Castrol LMA is not mineral based, it
/html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00030.html (8,389 bytes)

14. Re: Whitey is DEAD! (Long live Electra?) (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:30:48 -0400
Electric blue paint, electronic fuel injection. Electra seems rather logical to me. -- Original Message -- From: <ptegler@cablespeed.com> To: "CARS nass@yahoogroups." <nass@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <triu
/html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00055.html (8,313 bytes)

15. Re: Front Spring Question (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:00:21 -0400
http://www.spitfireg1.f9.co.uk/front%20spring.jpg Doesn't list a white/pink spring though. It lists a white spring as a Herald piece. == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register ==
/html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00074.html (9,016 bytes)

16. Re: air conditioning in a gt6? (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:41:47 -0400
I've seen it done on a Spitfire. It certainly can be done on a GT6 The kits have come a long way from the bulky things that lived over the passengers knees. == This list supported in part by The Vint
/html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00090.html (7,024 bytes)

17. Re: Problems with Miata seats (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 08:05:05 -0400
You're not the only one not happy with the Miata seat conversion. I did it twice, and didn't like it either time. Height was only part of the issue for me. The thing I really didn't like was the way
/html/spitfires/2006-05/msg00029.html (10,029 bytes)

18. Re: Some Questions about my car when you have time to read... (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 05:35:06 -0400
Where to start. Clean up the choke linkage and get it working freely. Odds are that's why it starts easily when cold but bogs when warm. Depending on the year of your transmission, you may have an un
/html/spitfires/2006-05/msg00097.html (7,576 bytes)

19. Re: Seats (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 06:22:57 -0400
As I recall the message said to remove the seat bottom cover & foam, trim some foam from the *bottom*, particularly in the center "scoop" or "bowl". Reassemble. The seat looks stock, but you sink dow
/html/spitfires/2006-06/msg00010.html (7,449 bytes)

20. Re: [TR] Spitfire Ignition Problems (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 05:41:57 -0400
Why did you change the ignition timing? In your description you say you found and fixed the manifold leak, and "rough timed it using one of those whistles that screw in like a spark plug and let you
/html/spitfires/2006-06/msg00037.html (9,355 bytes)

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