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281. Re: On the Hook (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:44:02 -0000
Hi all In the UK we have basically to have (on cars the age of ours) either:- ABC 123, 123 ABC or ABC 123D type format. for 123 substitute numbers 1 to 999 . The suffix is used to denote the year of
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00797.html (9,394 bytes)

282. Re: OD In 3rd gear? (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:05:36 -0000
Hi dean is it a D-type or J-type O/D as they work similarly but different if you see what I mean. If it is a D-type there is a fix if the problem is hydraulic and you will have to try the fix to find
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00836.html (13,241 bytes)

283. Re: Distributor fouls with generator (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:37:55 -0000
Hi Pete Take all the leads off and move them one place clockwise then turn the dizzy body 90 degrees anti clockwise, this should keep the leads in the right relative position and move the vacuum hose
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00837.html (9,005 bytes)

284. Re: Gearbox - DONE! (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:02:46 -0000
Hi Jeff That is a 1300 isn't it, if it's a 1500, 4500 = reduced engine life! A 1300 will go to valve bounce and still go! My Herald had nothing on the tacho but the makers name, some where in the ord
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00913.html (10,394 bytes)

285. Re: Bonnet (hood) alignment (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:51:52 -0000
Hi Tim The Heralds had a link in the front which could be moved forwards and backwards using a bar that spanned from the suspension turret to the hinge. If the spit is the same try the following, thi
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01054.html (8,577 bytes)

286. Re: Fire extinguishers (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:51:14 -0000
Hi Brad Too true, that's probably why they have been banned over here, Chloro flouro carbons, ozone hole etc! Graham. refurbished --
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01055.html (9,327 bytes)

287. Re: LBC prejuduce sure stings (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:16:35 -0000
Hi Terry I have in the past done some money earning mechanics, a couple of years in a "back street garage" where I found two things in the main, 1 backstreet in that garage stood for better service t
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01085.html (13,636 bytes)

288. Core Plugs (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:50:38 -0000
Hi All How is it that on a week night when having slept will be a considered a useful commodity at work the next day I get around a hundred messages, sometimes a lot more, yet on the weekend when I h
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01104.html (6,816 bytes)

289. Re: Clicking brakes (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:47:17 -0000
Hi Jeff Does the click also occur when you go from braking in reverse to braking going forward? If so it could be the drum moving from one extreme of the free-play on the studs to the other, this mov
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01158.html (7,993 bytes)

290. Re: Creeking steering column (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:17:56 -0000
Hi Jeff Thanks, I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms!!! Does the Spit have the U clamp arrangement for the steering column join, if so slacken the clamp slightly and introduce about 1/32" cleara
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01159.html (7,959 bytes)

291. Re: From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net> (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:26:22 -0000
I know I live in Toledodom as this is where two of the three Toledo Register officials live.( Yes I am one of them!) Graham. -- Original Message -- From: Banbury, Terrence <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.stat
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01267.html (7,811 bytes)

292. Re: Medium Whine (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:13:58 -0000
Hi Pat The whine, if she don't like the car leave her at home! The whine is possibly like mine caused by the crown wheel and pinion teeth being "spooned, nothing to worry about providing the rest of
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01268.html (7,900 bytes)

293. Re: Engine Timing Help (Will not start) (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:42:07 -0000
Hi John The best technique I have used is to disregard the timing marks for the cam, set the crank to tdc, set the cam so that the rockers for valves seven and eight are on the rock, I think it is re
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01269.html (8,681 bytes)

294. Re: From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net> (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:04:20 -0000
Hi Kashif Speaking from experience the Sprint wheels are soft even by alloy wheel standards and flex a lot, this causes the lacquer that is originally applied to crack and let in moisture causing the
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01271.html (8,273 bytes)

295. Re: advice needed: thrust washer shims (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:50:43 -0000
Hi Douglas Either of your solutions should work, though if I had shim in my hands I would shim it, yes it should survive, I would also take it near bottom limit from preference, as this allows more l
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01273.html (8,216 bytes)

296. Re: RHD to LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:14:42 -0000
Hi Patrick Our wipers park flat pointing to the right and reach a past vertical extreme to the left of the car. I guess that the US ( and other lhd ) markets must have been more important than the rh
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01279.html (10,340 bytes)

297. Re: 1979 spitfire (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:34:32 -0000
Hi David Can't help with anything except the pivot pin, replace this with a long 5/16" unf bolt, if you check the archives there was some discussion on this a few weeks ago, someone said not to do th
/html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01475.html (8,458 bytes)

298. Re: Another spiftfire hits the streets! (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:58:29 -0000
Hi Alan Most of the UK engines use a timing of 8-10 BTDC I don't Know what the detail differences are between US spec and UK spec But I would recommend as much advance as it will stand without pinkin
/html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00980.html (9,636 bytes)

299. Re: electrical spitfire advice (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:04:07 -0000
Hi Phil This definitely sounds like the flasher relay is at fault, unless where you say "the indicators glowed continuously" did they glow or did they light up bright? And when you operate the hazard
/html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00986.html (12,093 bytes)

300. Re: 1500 head modification questions and others (kinda long) and getting longer (score: 1)
Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:27:38 -0000
Hi Paul I believe you are correct in that statement and I think it is all related to the cylinder centre pitches. IMO the 1300 engine is the best of the lot as it is big enough to pull the Spit and o
/html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00987.html (8,633 bytes)

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