- 1. Re: [Spits] What are the odds!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:14:56 +0100
- "Ahhh, YECH 20-50W Valvoline instead of the taste I was used to..." Some might say that was an improvement!! Richard _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.n
- /html/spitfires/2008-04/msg00040.html (7,139 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Spits] What are the odds!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:14:31 +0100
- "BTW, what is the utterly disgusting drink sold by McDonalds? It wasn't the usual range of fruit sodas but something the bint behind the counter told me was "the American style drink to go with an Am
- /html/spitfires/2008-04/msg00045.html (8,240 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Spits] A movie NOT for Triumph fans - (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 09:44:00 +0100
- Firstly, the "launching the telegraph pole" thing: that's called Tossing the Caber, and is an entirely authentic and genuine highland sport, although needless to say there is no tradition of having t
- /html/spitfires/2008-05/msg00014.html (8,284 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Spits] Vacuum port (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 08:56:48 +0100
- Bill wrote: "...While I'm not an expert in vacuum dynamics, I would think in this case that vacuum is vacuum..." With the proviso that I am not an expert on this area either, I do think there is more
- /html/spitfires/2008-05/msg00037.html (7,307 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Spits] '77 Spitfier wiper blades?? (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:54:33 +0100
- The original wipers were shiny metal (I'd guess aluminium since they didn't rust and weren't shiny enough to be chromed) and had a sprung hinge in the middle. This helped the wipers cope with the cur
- /html/spitfires/2008-06/msg00017.html (7,508 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Spits] Chrome to Rubber bumpers happened....? (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:49:57 +0100
- ...except in the UK, where (unlike MG) Triumph had the sense to continue chrome bumpers to the end of production. The original Mini retained chrome bumpers in the UK until the end of production in 20
- /html/spitfires/2008-07/msg00017.html (7,481 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Spits] YOW! - Worst Triumph Ever!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:34:00 +0100
- That don't look like no Triumph to me... Richard _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailma
- /html/spitfires/2008-07/msg00052.html (6,947 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Spits] Fw: Oops!! - YOW! - Worst Triumph Ever!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:22:40 +0100
- What the...???? There's bits of it that seem vaguely remeniscent of a TR4, but I'm not sure there's enough of it left to call it a legitimate Triumph! Richard ________________________________________
- /html/spitfires/2008-07/msg00054.html (6,988 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Spits] cleaning electrical bullet connectors (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:49:44 +0100
- Frankly I wouldn't even think of cleaning an old bullet connector block. Every old one I ever have to have any dealings with gets replaced immediately, without question. They're not exactly expensive
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00075.html (7,053 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Spits] GT6 Running Warm revisited (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:56:03 +0000
- I don't know for sure. But, gut instinct, I doubt this makes any significant contribution to cooling. Sounds more like a DPO bodge to get rid of the PCV valve, no more. For any effective air cooling
- /html/spitfires/2009-01/msg00047.html (7,165 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Spits] [TR] Shipping a "heavy" item from England - (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:19:06 +0000
- I've found www.parcels2go.co.uk to be as cheap as anywhere. They generally subcontract the actual shipping to the likes of DHL and others, but can be a bit cheaper than going to DHL directly. Richard
- /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00005.html (6,890 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Spits] Foggy windows (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:47:24 +0100
- Can you feel a decent flow of air coming out of the vents? If so, a stronger fan won't give you much. If not, check the heater hose connections before you start worrying about the fan itself. Is the
- /html/spitfires/2009-08/msg00015.html (7,271 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Spits] Overdrive part (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:07 +0000
- http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID005719 Item 159505, cost #20 from Rimmer Bros in the UK. Should be available from any Triumph parts dealer, I would expect. Richard 2009/10/28 Grant Buss <buss
- /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00043.html (8,218 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Spits] Rear Spring (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:28:39 +0000
- If you are worried about the car leaning to the drivers side, your focus needs to be on the front suspension, not the rear (with a swing-spring car). The point of a swing-spring is that it swings - i
- /html/spitfires/2009-11/msg00009.html (9,230 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Spits] re Rear Spring/Driver's side sag (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:01:21 +0000
- A stiffer suspension may reduce your wife's enthusiasm for coming for a Richard 2009/11/10 Dennis Reese <dennis_reese@verizon.net> _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net htt
- /html/spitfires/2009-11/msg00016.html (7,287 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Spits] [TR] Amicale Spitfires (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:56:05 +0100
- I can speak French after a fashion (well, better than a comuterised translation anyway!). If you want a particular passage translated I'm happy to give it a shot. I ain't got the time to do the whole
- /html/spitfires/2010-03/msg00032.html (10,230 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Spits] 80 Spitfire Timing Chaing Cover (Luke Lewis) (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:05:53 +0100
- "What is DPO? I've seen that before..." Dreaded (or Damned) Previous Owner - the guy you can blame for all the dodgy bodges and repairs that have been made to your car in the past. They can produce p
- /html/spitfires/2010-04/msg00015.html (7,511 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Spits] Timing for dummies? (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:32:50 +0100
- Basic principle for timing - as far advanced as you can get it (with the fuel you usually use) without the engine pinking (or pinging, as it's called in the US). Go for a run. With the engine warmed
- /html/spitfires/2010-04/msg00018.html (9,310 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Spits] Sputtering when hot above 50 mph (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:53:11 +0100
- My guess is that it isn't vapour lock - that's much more likely to happen when the car is stationary and there isn't a flow of air to cool the intake system. Sounds to me much more like fuel starvati
- /html/spitfires/2010-07/msg00008.html (9,257 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Spits] Sputtering when hot above 50 mph (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Gosling <rbgosling@googlemail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:06:18 +0100
- You cannot fix an overheating problem by using a lower temperature thermostat (unless the existing 'stat was faulty and failing to open, in which case a new standard temperature 'stat would work jus
- /html/spitfires/2010-07/msg00015.html (8,206 bytes)
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