- 81. Re: <no subject> (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:19:04 -0400
- You mean that's NOT the traditional "Open shop manual"?!?!?!?! Luke '71 Spit - "Fireball" Disillusioned bonnet, I the
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00926.html (7,186 bytes)
- 82. Re: Flex Coupling In! (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:21:49 -0400
- Mine had ONE of those when I last changed them (about a month ago) - the other was red. By the way, to anyone who cares, I put early 80's Corvette shocks on the back - They work great! I used cheap-o
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00927.html (7,651 bytes)
- 83. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 06:02:20 -0400
- I put my floor/sills/rockers/etc. in with a flux-core wire feed Mig kinda weldy thing. It's messy, but they support my weight and the car doesn't sag anymore! Luke '71 Spit - "Fireball" (My welding s
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00971.html (8,128 bytes)
- 84. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:05:54 -0400
- Yeah, it's strictly due to the number of times my car has been on fire. :-) Luke London, Ont. Canada a
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01065.html (8,806 bytes)
- 85. Re: Windscreen capping removal (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:16:36 -0400
- I'm pretty sure that oven cleaner will discolour the metal. You don't wanna know how I know that. If you have "Goo-Gone" where you live (We have it here in Canada), I'd recommend that... Otherwise, m
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01066.html (7,718 bytes)
- 86. Re: One day, 2 Island, 3 Nation Tour (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:24:41 -0400
- I'm in! Luke Lewis London, Ont. Canada '71 Spit - "Fireball" Don't worry - it only catches fire when I'm welding it or parked in a parking lot! :-)
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01158.html (7,752 bytes)
- 87. Re: Electric Tachos (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:12:33 -0400
- MSD stands for Multi-Spark Discharge, as far as I know - it refers to performance ignition systems (By the company MSD as well as others) that zap the plugs a few dozen times per power stroke rather
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01191.html (8,329 bytes)
- 88. Re: Car won't run! (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:16:10 -0400
- Have you checked that your coil negative lead isn't shorting somewhere, at least some of the time? That was the problem with my MGB this year, I put aftermarket points in it that were a bit different
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01192.html (9,179 bytes)
- 89. Re: Electric Tachos (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:17:40 -0400
- And you should see what it does to a cheap timing light that isn't expecting it! KABOOM! Luke '71 Spit - "Fireball" That, for once, wasn't something that _I_ did!
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01193.html (9,281 bytes)
- 90. Re: Fuel tank sending unit. (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:13:51 -0400
- Here's an interesting story about sending units... When my car was still in pieces in my barn, but I'd finally gotten it to run, I put gas into it... about ten bucks' worth, which half fills it here
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01236.html (8,043 bytes)
- 91. Re: Fuel tank sending unit. (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:37:48 -0400
- It was mounted 180 degrees out from correct and the float was snapped into the arm backwards. This made it read the opposite way. Luke in since
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01277.html (9,043 bytes)
- 92. Re: put-put put (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 22:41:44 -0400
- My Spit did that just after a carb rebuild - what I found was a chunk of gasket material in the bottom of the carb needle 'tube', where the fuel gets drawn up out of the float bowl. The engine would
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00614.html (8,076 bytes)
- 93. Re: messy startup - need advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:59:10 -0400
- Dieseling (Running on) is usually caused by carbon deposits in the cylinder and on top of the piston which get so hot while the engine is running that they can ignite leftover fuel in the combustion
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00640.html (8,467 bytes)
- 94. Re: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:38:35 -0400
- I have a '71 with POSSIBLE head work (It runs suspiciously faster than it should), Monza exhaust and an Accel 45,000V coil ... I ran my old set of platinums at .025, and this year's set are at .030 w
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00698.html (7,790 bytes)
- 95. Re: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:41:05 -0400
- Bosch recommends using a wire-type feeler, and a claw-type gapper-thingy that just grabs and bends the ground electrode. The platinum centre electrode can be damaged by scraping a wedge-type gapper a
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00699.html (7,073 bytes)
- 96. Re: Truing OE steel wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 13:30:06 -0400
- I'm having the same problem with my '71 ... Three our of four of my wheels are, as we say, "Out Around" (Out of round) I'm a former parts manager at a Canadian Tire shop, so I spent some time one day
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00782.html (8,231 bytes)
- 97. Re: Oil Pressure Guage (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:46:26 -0400
- My car ('71) had a period Smiths oil pressure gauge when I got it (It's since blown up) ... I don't know if it was a dealer installed unit or what, but it was in a hole on the right side of the dash.
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00819.html (6,882 bytes)
- 98. Re: Fram Oil Filter (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 18:04:52 -0400
- I used to sell the things, and all I can say is this: 1. Teflon is a solid. 2. Dupont refused to sell its own Teflon to Slick 50, citing their findings that it had no beneficial impact on the longevi
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00853.html (7,770 bytes)
- 99. Re: Speedo (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:10:58 -0400
- That's right, if you don't connect the ground to the gauge, both the temp. and fuel gauges will read about 1/4 to 1/3 too high... if it's loose, they'll read erratically, and if it's tight, they'll w
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00982.html (7,710 bytes)
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