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21. Windshield installed (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:43:51 -0600
For those of you following my queries on windshield installation, here's the The shopping centre parking lot windshield crack repair guy wouldn't touch the big chip on the edge of my windshield. Can'
/html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00176.html (7,978 bytes)

22. windshield trim (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:02:05 -0600
Can anyone clarify the description found in the Leyland manual for use of the special tool to insert windshield trim? 1. "Hold the tool vertical position with open uppermost." Is this assuming you st
/html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00183.html (6,796 bytes)

23. Clutch MC pushrod (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:24:24 -0600
Assembled the clutch into my project the other day and wondered why the pedal was nearly on the floor. No amount of pumping would bring it up level with the brake pedal. Wondered why. Discovered toda
/html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00198.html (6,816 bytes)

24. Windshield & trim - final (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:31:53 -0600
Well, after much swearing, sweat and almost tears I got the metal trim around the windshield. The manuals aren't much help are they? The Leyland one says to make the special tool, hold it vertically,
/html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00199.html (7,566 bytes)

25. Seat sliders (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:43:06 -0600
I'm attampting to rebuild seats for the '73 project. A lot of welding up cracks, making one good seat out of two. I have drivers seats with different slide rails - one has the adjuster on the outside
/html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00061.html (6,687 bytes)

26. Re: Jargon (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 20:03:33 -0600
Hi John, I'd add BTDT - Been There Done That IMHO - In My Humble Opinion included such include /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives
/html/spitfires/2003-05/msg00347.html (7,948 bytes)

27. Seat upholstery (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 22:25:17 -0600
I'm getting ready to recover the seats and have a big problem. No where can I find a kit to cover the type of seats I have. Not Rimmer, Moss, TRF, Vic British. They are the 'tombstone' type headrest
/html/spitfires/2003-05/msg00348.html (7,373 bytes)

28. Seat Upholstery (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:02:38 -0600
Well, I did find an upholstery kit from Newtwon Commercial - but for GBP204.78 a set for vinyl only. By the time I added up foams, vinyl, webs and the do it myself part, costs were out of this world.
/html/spitfires/2003-05/msg00361.html (7,305 bytes)

29. Re: clutch noise (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:27:24 -0600
Could another possibility be a pilot bush, inside the flywheel? tranny is I may takes have any is I /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Arch
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00123.html (9,336 bytes)

30. Re: Looking for a template of the engine valance pieces (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 11:45:19 -0600
Hi Steve, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1080/spitfaqs.html and go down the page to "Etc". Cheers, Fred just $130 /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00187.html (8,121 bytes)

31. valances (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:32:44 -0600
/// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00191.html (7,686 bytes)

32. Fw: Electric Tach (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:41:46 -0600
I'm converting a MK IV wiring harness to a 1500 car, and need to know about the connections on the back of an electronic/electric tachometer. There is a flat spade (Lucar) connector - I assume it get
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00230.html (6,856 bytes)

33. Fw: Wiring Harness Tape (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:42:15 -0600
On replacing the tape on an original wiring harness, I note that the ends are glued down. I bought new wiring tape from British Wiring, and when I asked how to fasten the ends down, as per original,
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00231.html (7,013 bytes)

34. harnes tape and tach & circuit breakers (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:29:04 -0600
Thanks guys for the suggestions on metholds of sealing the ends of the wiring harness. I'll look into that tomorrow. Thanks also for confirming the tach wiring theory. On the old harness I'm ripping
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00239.html (7,237 bytes)

35. Re: electrical gremlins! (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:32:08 -0600
Hi Gary, I'm also in the process of putting an original Smiths electronic tach into a wiring harness from a MK IV, and had to wire up a tach supply. What colour wire did you tap into? According to my
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00265.html (7,761 bytes)

36. Re: door alignment (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:08:01 -0600
I'm sure this is a form of virus among Spitfires! I'm trying to get the doors to fit again after a body off restoration. They fitted fine while on the tub when painting it, but bolted back to the fr
/html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00403.html (7,455 bytes)

37. Datsun 510 - 5 spd? (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:46:10 -0700
Did I read correctly that a Datsun 510 has a 5 speed standard that is a good fit in a Spitfire? In our local wrecking yard I seem only to find 210 and 310 Datusns, most with automatic transmissions.
/html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00025.html (6,706 bytes)

38. Re: brass core plugs & brass monkeys (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 07:28:09 -0700
Interesting conversation! I had always heard that the opposite was true - ie that the brass 'monkey' contracted more during the extreme cold, while the iron balls did not. Therefore the brass tray (m
/html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00134.html (8,514 bytes)

39. Re: engine mounts? (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 07:46:13 -0700
Bill wrote:> > have to worry about getting them vertically past the flanges on the suspension tower as you lower the engine, but that's not really a big deal. Whichever way you choose, leave the moun
/html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00236.html (7,591 bytes)

40. Re: The goldarndest thing! (score: 1)
Author: "griffco" <griffco@griffco.ca>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:16:14 -0700
I disagree that the bearings disintegrated. If you check the service manual, you'll see that the whole short shaft is held in place by a circlip (#12 in Haynes, page 191). Looks like it let go. You m
/html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00280.html (10,204 bytes)

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