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181. Re: Oil leak (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:29:33 +0100
Hi Dominic Grab the engine quick, about the only checks you can do are to make sure it turns and give the crank a push / pull / push, cycle from either end and check the end float, if you hear it ban
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00701.html (9,585 bytes)

182. Re: Oil leak (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:41:47 +0100
Come on Suzie, the UK isn't that big, Wales isn't that far away, mind you I will take a 100 mile detour to go to my favourite Kebab house in Brum. (Birmingham) Graham. 2500PI MKII Sprinted Dolomite 2
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00708.html (8,403 bytes)

183. Re: ENGINE SWAPPING (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:04:27 +0100
Hi Michael Whether you could find one is a different matter but the 2L TR7 engine would fit, bolt up to the Spit bell housing or maybe use the TR7 box which is basically the same, these came with fue
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00709.html (11,464 bytes)

184. Re: Lower Trunnion Lubrication (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:14:47 +0100
Hi All I have been wondering what to do with the massive amount of mail in the inbox (12413 messages since I joined the Triumph and Spitfire lists in January ) and that's just the inbox without all t
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00710.html (7,356 bytes)

185. Re: ENGINE SWAPPING (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:42:17 +0100
Hi Chris All the usual things would need changing, exhaust as it exits from the other side, engine mounts as the engine is a different shape, cooling system. I don't know how the five speed box would
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00718.html (13,922 bytes)

186. Re: Lower Trunnion Lubrication (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:51:20 +0100
Neat idea for the folders, to you create model folders within the main title or just keep bits relevant to what you own? I don't fancy going through the 12000 to find what to keep and what to ditch m
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00719.html (7,850 bytes)

187. Re: engine swaps (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:30:12 +0100
I was always wary of the slant engine from Triumph until I got one in good nick, finally died of old age the head came off without too much trouble, I think a lot of the bad stories stem from the DPO
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00723.html (8,115 bytes)

188. Re: Front Trunnion help (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 22:09:29 +0100
Hi Alan What you are missing is the lubrication that should have should have been put around the bolt before it was placed through the trunnion bush. What you will find now is that the bolt is rusted
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00981.html (8,381 bytes)

189. Re: GT6 gearbox cont'd (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 00:02:30 +0100
Hi David I use a thin piece of timbere that goes up between the back of the sump pan and the engine back plate, I have found this to be the best solution for all the cars in our fleet. this puts the
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00987.html (8,311 bytes)

190. Re: Wining diff (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 18:33:22 +0100
Hi Huw If you have oil in your diff then the noise means you need to rebuild or replace! Or you could just turn up the stereo!!! Graham.
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01006.html (7,503 bytes)

191. Re: tr3b brakes - broken bleed nipple and old age (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:53:10 +0100
hi Steve I am not surprised the floor is rusty in your 124 year old car, it is surprising that the TR7 predates the other models (and the internal combustion engine?) by so many years. 8-)> Graham.
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01063.html (7,879 bytes)

192. Re: Bolts removed, engine and tranny mated togethor (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 20:14:02 +0100
Hi Joe and Patrick I think you have this list slightly wrong Joe, I think it should read like this 1. Rear alternator ear 2. large bracket mounted to the block 3. Front engine plate 4. Long Spacer 5.
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01064.html (7,988 bytes)

193. Re: Re: So, who wants to sell me a Spitfire OD tranny? (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 21:17:13 +0100
Hi Laura I have O/D on all my cars except one and that one is front wheel drive and unless I want to change the whole drive train layout fitting is impossible, I have looked at it from al ways up, ca
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01065.html (11,160 bytes)

194. Re: O/D speeds (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:03:00 +0100
With O/d on third and fourth giving you a good third and a half gear ratio as well as fourth O/D for touring / highway use, Why fit a non standard box when Laura in particular has been offered one fo
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01067.html (7,007 bytes)

195. Re: Spitfire Information wanted ... (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:44:13 +0100
Hi All To make life easier the 1300 FWD had the same basic engine as the Spit, the differences were the cam and the crank shaft. The crank has basically the same format as the rear wheel drive cars,
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01137.html (10,893 bytes)

196. From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net> (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 23:23:07 +0100
Hi All Are any of you Brits on the list going to the T.I.M.E. event at Mallory Park? I will be there in my Modified Dolomite, it is Mimosa Yellow and the reg is JNW 664N, if you would like to meet an
/html/spitfires/2000-05/msg01161.html (6,798 bytes)

197. Re: Update on Baby Blue (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 22:10:08 +0100
Hi Suzie If you are only in Gosport will we see you for the Isle of Wight camping weekend Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May Hosted by the TSSC IoW Area, with other local Triumph clubs in attendance
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00060.html (9,265 bytes)

198. Re: People's comments (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:10:30 +0100
Grey Poupon? What is this stuff now I know it exists?
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00120.html (6,673 bytes)

199. Re: cut-off switch subject change (sparks) (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:44:44 +0100
Hi Paul Another good one for sparks etc is the metal watch band across the hot terminal to ground or to the starter terminal on the solenoid, BTDT, had a circular burn round my wrist so be warned, ma
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00124.html (6,868 bytes)

200. Re: Ignition Problems (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 19:28:59 +0100
Hi Paul so, did you install it again?< If you didn't put it back join the club, the number of times that I do this job just to have my partner wave the rotor arm at me when the car won't start, well
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00202.html (6,866 bytes)


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