- 1. need itgnition switch (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:48:01 -0400
- Help! I need a complete ignition switch for my 78 Spit 1500. Also about 30 door clips. Thanks, Richard Triplett /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorc
- /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00048.html (6,464 bytes)
- 2. Carpet Install Question (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:33:57 -0400
- Would anyone be willing to look at a few Spitfire carpet peices and tell me where the heck they go? Please contact me off the list & I'll email a couple digital photos. This is what I get for waiting
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00411.html (6,748 bytes)
- 3. Carpet Pieces Identified (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 09:20:01 -0400
- As usual, the list came through with the answer(s) to the question concerning identification of two pieces of carpeting. Turns out, one covers the outrigger "hump" just in front of the seats and the
- /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00469.html (6,941 bytes)
- 4. Recent Canadian Statement (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:49:02 -0500
- Here is a posting that I just received from my cousin in Canada, which lets us know that we (U.S.) isn't alone in its grief: of our campuses. >Here are the remarks I made on our headquarters campus i
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00296.html (9,109 bytes)
- 5. Triumph sightings in NY (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:48:51 -0500
- While on a much needed vacation in Rochester, N. Y. last week I spotted a sharp-looking dark blue (maybe even black, I had sun glasses on) TR6 driving by Pittsford Plaza. Just wondered if it belongs
- /html/spitfires/2001-07/msg00024.html (6,571 bytes)
- 6. Dip-n-Strip (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:53:28 -0500
- Any ideas as to what it might cost to have a TR chemically stripped? Is there a facility in the Dallas, El Paso, or Albuquerque area that anyone has used and can recommend? R
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00237.html (6,673 bytes)
- 7. Travel to UK, non LBC (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:19:42 -0500
- Many thanks to all who replied to my post requesting recommendations on hotels while in London. I'm happy to report that I contacted a hotel that, although booked for my travel days, had an apartment
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00027.html (7,124 bytes)
- 8. Where to stay in England (No LBC Content) (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:27:05 -0500
- I'll be heading to London next month, can anyone recommend a good, cheap (oxymoron?) hotel in London, close to the tube? Thanks, Richard
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00838.html (6,639 bytes)
- 9. TR3 Choke Cable (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 08:35:25 +0100
- Because my TR3 now has a TR4 engine and Stromberg carbs, the original choke cable wasn't long enough to reach to the front carb. I ordered a new cable from TRF, thinking it might be longer, but it st
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01203.html (7,320 bytes)
- 10. afternoon fun (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:38:00 -0500
- My favorite is: "When figuring LBC restoration cost and/or time, double the highest estimate. Then double it again." Of course Murphey's law was written for LBC's: "Whatever can go wrong will." Rega
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00087.html (7,032 bytes)
- 11. 1980 Spitfire Gauges (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 08:43:46 -0500
- Mark, from what I gathered from trial-and-error, the Spitfire regulator system seems to be a sort of electro-mechanical "chopper" device that regulates voltage by using thermal bi-metal contacts tha
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00171.html (8,225 bytes)
- 12. Oil? (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:00:46 -0500
- and I Laura, senders are not completely waterproof especially when hit with high pressure hoses, so perhaps some water got INSIDE your sender and is shorting out the switch. I don't have a schematic
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00176.html (7,921 bytes)
- 13. Brake seals (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:14:58 -0500
- Regarding a 1500 Spit, does anyone know of a source for the brake warning sender gasket? I have been asked by a fellow spitfire owner for this item, he says it is a square type of seal, similar to an
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00791.html (6,316 bytes)
- 14. Killer Squirrels (score: 1)
- Author: rtriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 13:45:48 -0600
- Which brings up a question, whatever happened to that fellow, James I think, who had the Spitfire wired by a marmont (sp)? Richard
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00105.html (7,906 bytes)
- 15. headlamp dimmer (score: 1)
- Author: rtriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:36:27 -0600
- Has anyone had any luck repairing the column mounted dimmer switch on a Spit 1500? Mine no longer has a detent and it looks like the nylon plastic piece that makes and breaks switch contacts is at fa
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00806.html (6,476 bytes)
- 16. Body shop woes (score: 1)
- Author: rtriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:55:47 -0600
- Jeff I can empathise with you on finding a body shop interested in your car. It took me a long time to find someone to do my TR3, but I finally found a really super guy who did the restoration in his
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00988.html (8,060 bytes)
- 17. Replacement trim (score: 1)
- Author: RTriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:50:35 -0600
- Has anyone been able to fabricate the plastic trim that goes around the windshield of a Spitifre 1500 (probable similar to GT and TR6)? I was just wondering if there is any source for the stiff leath
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01503.html (6,939 bytes)
- 18. seat covers (score: 1)
- Author: rtriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:39:14 -0600
- At the reasonable prices most upholstry shops charge, I'd let them do it. I've gone both routes and found that a pro makes much better looking seats. You should be able to get them done for $50 or l
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00467.html (7,110 bytes)
- 19. EBAY - know what you are buying (score: 1)
- Author: rtriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:40:13 -0600
- Actually, I've found some real bargains on ebay...last Triumph item I bought was an original shift knob in great shape for $1.85. Still, I'm amazed at the crazy prices some junk gets. The secret is
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00595.html (7,963 bytes)
- 20. Fw: Primary Car (score: 1)
- Author: rtriplett@bjservices.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 08:16:35 -0600
- How 'bout adding some: Road flares? Spare fuses? band-aids? can 'o Tire-flate? fan belt? WD-40 or equiv.? paper and pencil? and by this time, a set of Monroe-Matic Load Levelers! B Westerdale Probabl
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00471.html (7,186 bytes)
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