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121. On the floor (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:23:16 +0000; Hurrar, celibration, much drinking. My Spitfire officialy has 4 wheels on the ground. I took the day off work yesterday, and got the suspension back together, and the wheels on the car. Jacked the ca; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00288.html (6,935 bytes)
122. Re: DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEMS (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:54:53 +0000; Reed the artical on the VTR about snake oil, and the good it does. You will soon stop using all oil aditives, and instead of that spend your cash saved on desent oil. I have only used one good aditiv; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00289.html (7,582 bytes)
123. Re: Soft Brakes (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:57:22 +0000; At a guess it sounds to me like a master clinder leak. The piston doesent expand as much as the bore, the ruber seal can take up the difference in size when cold, but when it's hot there is too much; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00290.html (6,631 bytes)
124. Not Much Traffic (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:42:35 +0000; Has there been Nuclear War or somthing? What's happened to everyone, we need debate on somthing! Here is a starter, should I put a tow bar onto my Spitifire, so that I can tow my Dad's new boat (14'; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00293.html (6,886 bytes)
125. Re: what happened to my clutch? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:34:36 +0000; I would imagin if lefed in that state you are killing your synchros. Try double de-clutching untill you get it sorted. -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00307.html (6,685 bytes)
126. Re: Parts ID and interchangeability (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:38:16 +0000; No your car it one of the special ones, it's a mark IV 1300, with the 1500 engin in. It came out in America a year or so before the rest of the world got the 1500. As for the piston chaingerbility, i; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00308.html (6,873 bytes)
127. Re: Engine Block Repair. (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:06:02 +0000; The drain plug should be a brass bolt exactly where you described it on the oppersite side. i.e. undeneeth the exhaust for piston no 4. -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00329.html (6,973 bytes)
128. Re: Where does this wire go ?? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:09:16 +0000; I found when re-wiring my car that I needed to scrape at the wire to take top layer of insulation off before I could see what the real colour of the wire was. -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00330.html (6,692 bytes)
129. Re: 1500 in a Mk III???? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:30:17 +0000; THe clutch driven plate has less spleens on it. What you may be better with is a Spitfire 1500 clutch and clutch driven plate. Then just chainge the input shaft on the gearbox. Unless you can look ro; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00341.html (6,765 bytes)
130. Re: Installation of dual SU's (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:45:58 +0000; I would have a look at your carbs again. They ain't HS-4's they sound more like HIF's to me, I can't remember if they were just made in metric HIF-33 and HIF-44 or wether they came in imperial HIF2 a; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00342.html (8,105 bytes)
131. Re: Installation of dual SU's (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 07:02:45 +0000; They put them on the B? Having never seen a later B I don't know. One thing I forgot to add was look arround the carb for SU part numbers. Everything you can think of will have them on. Then get the; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00343.html (7,535 bytes)
132. Re: Installation of dual SU's (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:39:53 +0000; What you realy wan't to do is to put the rocker cover vent into an oil seporator, then maby into your carbon canister so satisfie emmissions, then direct into the air. You then wan't to block up the; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00345.html (7,198 bytes)
133. Re: Installation of dual carbs continued... (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:22:07 +0000; The 2-4-6-8 represents the diamiter of the bore. Goes like this 2 = 1"1/4 4 = 1"1/2 6 = 1"3/4 8 = 2" on the HIF's there were also 44 = 44mm 66 = 66mm The SU's were made in these styles H Early 40-50'; /html/spitfires/1998-06/msg00348.html (7,491 bytes)
134. Upper wish bone ball joint removal. Ug (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 11:03:40 +0000; I seem to have made a mistake removing the upper ball joint, one that is realy horible. I was removing the ball joint to check it etc when I hit apon a problem. I had not removed all the stuff from t; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00050.html (7,507 bytes)
135. VMS mail and linux mail don't like eache other (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 07:58:47 +0000; I have just found that my mail has been taking a pretty strage root, and it has got lost in the wastelands of VMS some where. Normaly it goes, majordom triumph.cs ukaea.org.uk h-proxy.ukaea.org.uk VM; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00102.html (8,176 bytes)
136. Re: gasoline gauge on Spit 1500 (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 07:23:19 +0000; I've worked out what causes petrol the smell in the boot, there is a tube with a blanking cap on mine, this I think is where you can put an emmission control system. It is blanked off on the UK ones,; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00135.html (7,493 bytes)
137. Re: Welding on Gas Tank-WARNING! (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 07:47:37 +0000; I seem to remember that you can make MIG welders work under water, you put somthing over the tip so that the gas pocket formed is held there, and so displace the water, there for you can weld the tan; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00194.html (7,149 bytes)
138. Re: Unbending MK4 Body Shell - How to ? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:08:23 +0000; If you jack up the car on the chassy between the doors does the problem get worse or better? I'm thinking it's maby your chassis that has gon. -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained ma; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00210.html (6,842 bytes)
139. Re: 1975 Spitfire hard starting (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 07:40:18 +0000; At first I would say it's a fule thing, but you say it's like starting with a flat battery. It could be some electrical component getting hot when the car is running, and so cooling the car down woul; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00252.html (6,919 bytes)
140. Re: Possesed Tachometer (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 07:50:14 +0000; Dito that problem, I can't see any harm in tapping the lens, mine just takes a small flick to get it working. I have never expericenced it stopping whist the engins going. I took mine apart recently,; /html/spitfires/1998-05/msg00253.html (7,177 bytes)

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