- 101. Re: Swing Spring? (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:07:51 EDT
- Might as well stick MY foot into MY mouth on this topic. ;-) As I understand it from various sources I've read over the years, it's like this (sort of). Several folks have pointed out that, no, the g
- /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00144.html (10,788 bytes)
- 102. Re: Mk IV Bonnet Pivot Bushing (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:11:50 EDT
- According to my Catalogues and price lists connection, the bushing is Triumph p/n 624508. Here in the US, The Roadster Factory lists them for $2.50 US each. Presumably any Triumph supplier would have
- /html/spitfires/2003-09/msg00146.html (7,471 bytes)
- 103. Re: Spitfire front trunnions (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:27:48 EDT
- I suppose it's possible, but I can't say as I've ever experienced anything quite like that. I once, on a very icy night, slid sideways into a curb with the RF wheel of my GT6. The impact was hard eno
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00034.html (8,815 bytes)
- 104. Re: Help needed on '70 Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:43:45 EDT
- All of the above originally would have been body color. --Andy Andrew Mace, Vice President, Member Services and 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6) Vehicle Consultant The Vintage Triumph Register <www.vtr.o
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00135.html (7,232 bytes)
- 105. Re: Hoping to come back from the dead.. (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:52:00 EDT
- Winnie asked: Joe replied: To elaborate just a bit, your engine will bolt into a '68 Spitfire just fine. If you have the '79 gearbox, it's even easier. Assuming the '68 is original, you'll probably n
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00136.html (7,610 bytes)
- 106. Re: Gt6 mkII rear drums (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:42:33 EDT
- Canley Classics shows them as still available (p/n 203077), as does Rimmer Brothers. Have you tried them? FYI: they are the same as Herald front drums. --Andy Mace /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailin
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00192.html (7,055 bytes)
- 107. Re: Shifter trouble (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:34:01 EDT
- Assuming this is a three-rail gearbox, sounds to me as if one or more of the various bushings in the linkage has gone away. Odds are that a rebushing kit (Triumph p/n 519770; around $34 from all the
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00206.html (7,927 bytes)
- 108. Re: Strange e-bay listing (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:41:27 EDT
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=6763& I kinda wish they'd shown a picture of the eggs. I mean, I can get a dozen eggs at the local store for $1.09.... --Andy Ma
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00061.html (7,390 bytes)
- 109. Re: cranks (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:23:59 EDT
- Yes, Triumph did stroke the crank to increase cc's, but only from the later, large-journal 1296 motor to the 1493 ("1500") motor. All the earlier engines, going back to the original 803cc Standard 8
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00088.html (7,364 bytes)
- 110. Re: door hardware (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:34:07 -0400
- No. The springs go behind the upholstered panel. --Andy Mace /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/spitfires/2003-07/msg00139.html (6,981 bytes)
- 111. Re: Vibration/Noise (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:17:56 EST
- Such a small car, sometimes is it best just to play "Good Vibrations" on the sound system until something breaks? ==AM== Uh, yeah, Darrell...good idea. Kinda like back around 1967, when my dad used t
- /html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00009.html (7,934 bytes)
- 112. Re: The ragtop is here (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:55:31 -0500
- ...the new Robbins ragtop is here....Any good solid instructions on how to install the button snaps? I have not the slightest inkling on how to install the buttons(especially the female ends) , and i
- /html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00021.html (7,955 bytes)
- 113. 1969 Spitfire bits available in northern Colorado (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:33:30 EST
- The following is cut and pasted from another forum. No financial interest on my part; please contact Bruce <_blclifford@comcast.net_ (mailto:blclifford@comcast.net) > "In January I "rescued" a '69 Sp
- /html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00033.html (7,955 bytes)
- 114. Re: Flasher Lamp Rim Replacement (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:44:02 EST
- Does anyone have any tips on how to replace the chrome flasher lamp trim on a Mk II Spitfire? I replaced the rubber boots because they were perished and managed to get the amber lens back in place ho
- /html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00036.html (8,310 bytes)
- 115. Re: Flasher Lamp Rim Replacement (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:08:00 EST
- We almost said the exact same thing. But I am amazed though that your take on it is so much milder than mine! :) ==AM== Truth is, I learned how to do this when I was about six years old, in 1959. Dad
- /html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00039.html (8,058 bytes)
- 116. Re: Weber carb question. (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:48:41 -0500
- They fitted a downdraft Weber to the Fiat 500 I owned for happily no more than a week. About the size of a packet of 10 cigarettes. Think I prefer Solex or Zenith downdrafts, at least they would be t
- /html/spitfires/2006-02/msg00039.html (7,975 bytes)
- 117. Re: the front sway bar (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:16:29 EST
- And now I have come to the front sway bar...the driver side link(the thing with the ball at the end of it) won't come loose with the nut/stud/nut arrangement. It freely turns. The mounting to the wis
- /html/spitfires/2006-02/msg00052.html (8,474 bytes)
- 118. Re: Advice on prospective spitfire purchase (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:35:33 -0500
- A business acquaintance of mine who has an antique car hobby just contacted me about a 79 spitfire ... good news is that it only has 62,000 miles, an OD transmission and the body is totally rust free
- /html/spitfires/2006-02/msg00066.html (8,434 bytes)
- 119. Re: Grease for Rear Wheel (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:59:12 -0500
- I forgot to grease the rear wheels bearings at assembly. And the rear suspension and rear train is on the car. Can someone tell me if the grease fitting (zerk) under the wheel hub is for greasing the
- /html/spitfires/2006-01/msg00016.html (7,678 bytes)
- 120. Re: From Brakes to Spring Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:34:32 EST
- Yesterday I was servicing the rear brakes on my 1968 Spitfire Mk III. I had it up on stands and all the wheels off and the brake drums off. As I was putting the brake drum back on I noticed something
- /html/spitfires/2006-01/msg00034.html (8,137 bytes)
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