- 41. Spit Drive shaft & Bumper 4sale (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 22:40:06 -0400
- Available: Drive shaft from 79 Spitfire w/od for sale. Works fine. $25 Front chrome Bumper. Fits any 1500/MkIV. Do a retro on your rubber one! $20. Instructions included. Easy
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00268.html (6,404 bytes)
- 42. More Parts 4 sale (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 21:12:25 -0400
- Further garage cleaning revealed the following begging for a new home: Smog rail for late spitfire TR-4 muffler Gauges--temp/oil combo MG? Master brake cyl for late spitfire Call Jim 415-948-5955
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00292.html (6,335 bytes)
- 43. Spit MKII Toneau Needed (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:11:35 -0400
- Does anyone have a toneau available for a Spitfire MKII? I am looking for one in fairly good shape. Mine shrank! Is is an older after market one where the vinyl no longer has it origian size. I can't
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00313.html (6,477 bytes)
- 44. Re: '74 Spit Saga` (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 11:07:13 -0400
- We all chuckle and share your feelings of joy/frustration/satisfaction. Isn't it amazing how great these cars are when they are right, but just HOW MANY things DPO's and the factory put together wron
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00362.html (7,001 bytes)
- 45. Great Cheap Parts For Sale (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 11:07:14 -0400
- Help me finish my garage clean out. I'm not allowed to get on with the 65 Spit project until I clear the way and fund the project. So here's what's gotta go: Jim Jr.'s Pile 'o Parts: 415-948-5935 Mid
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00365.html (7,761 bytes)
- 46. Train Wreck in Slow Motion ??? (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 09:54:03 -0400
- My 65 MKII w/1147 motor has no noticeable timing marks. Just a huge pointer over the pully. I timed it by performance: advance until the crappy distributor causes pinging (thats "Pinking" for those w
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00383.html (7,232 bytes)
- 47. Re: Spitfire rear axle (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 11:06:11 -0400
- Peter-- Your inner trunion bearings are history. Time to do a major rebuild to your rear axels. Brian N.
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00389.html (6,374 bytes)
- 48. Spitfire Axel Repair Article (longish) (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 11:06:30 -0400
- Attention Sean, George, Jeff, and other Spitfire Owners: Following was published in Tails and Trails (TTSCC Newsletter June 1994): Tech Tip: Repairing Rear Axle Noise As with most of the machinery in
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00390.html (14,069 bytes)
- 49. Bugeye Sprite Seen in Junk Yard (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 22:09:16 -0400
- Klauer's Pick N Pull on Commercial Street in San Jose, CA has a Bugeye sprite. Rough, but worse have been on the road. Good luck.
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00405.html (6,513 bytes)
- 50. Bonehead entry #1 and #2 (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 01:20:02 -0500
- the interior than to get at it under the car. off easier by using a chain saw and cutting about 2" out from the cylinder head. Please miss the fuel line, though.
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00007.html (6,604 bytes)
- 51. Missing drain plug? (Splatfire and Herald) (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:19:04 -0500
- Not sure, but when you remove the lower diff housing bolt, will the oil drain out? I'm just wondering if the bolt hole goes through to the interior of the housing, or if is has a dead end tapped hole
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00066.html (6,535 bytes)
- 52. Re: Tractor engine myth (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:19:46 -0500
- Fergusen when A member of our club recently needed a water pump for his 3A. He went to the local tractor parts outlet and bought a Ferguson unit that apparently is the same. The tractor parts guy was
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00071.html (7,078 bytes)
- 53. Re: Best carburator? (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:19:53 -0500
- "Reply-to: lmdpth@lmd.ericsson.se (LMD/T/TB Peter Thorsen) To: triumphs@autox.team.net What is the best carburator I can put on my Spitfire 1500? It currently has a single Stromberg and I have a doub
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00072.html (6,981 bytes)
- 54. Re: My 1500 Has Shipwrights Disease (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 11:03:45 -0500
- David-- (re: brake mc difficulty) I found no great difficulty in the brake mc rebuild. There are a few more parts. Seals etc. If I remember right, the kit came with variations, so be sure to put back
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00155.html (7,631 bytes)
- 55. Re: Seeking Spit clutch M/C spring (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 20:12:38 -0500
- Bob-- There are four late model spits in local wrecking yards in Santa Clara County CA right now. Perhaps you can contact Jim Sadowski to retrieve a MC for you. Also, I think he has one already in hi
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00166.html (6,655 bytes)
- 56. Re: compression nuts (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 20:13:23 -0500
- Joe-- Some of the fittings on the late spits actually appear to be Aluminum, instead of brass. I wish they were so good as brass. The hex heads are short and also have short flats, being somewhat hol
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00167.html (6,748 bytes)
- 57. I need Cyl Head Identification Help (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:30:27 -0500
- I inherited an 11 bolt, 6 port cylinder head for either a Spirfire or Herald. The number in the casting is 304955. Can anyone identify which motor and year this is from. I am trying to find some one
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00240.html (6,740 bytes)
- 58. Identification Needed for Cyl Head (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:12:15 -0500
- I scraped more rust and grease off the head and found a stamped number: 511538. This does not appear in any Spitfire parts book I have looked in. Can anyone help me? The head has six ports and fits o
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00284.html (6,719 bytes)
- 59. Fuel Line disasters!!! :::::===>>>BOOM<<<===::::: (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:23:44 -0500
- My father ignited a car once in the garage when the fuel line was disconnected and he cranked the starter while setting the timing. Yes, be very careful about disconnecting the fuel line. A pair of v
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00286.html (7,141 bytes)
- 60. Setting points gap--(was first tuneup update) (score: 1)
- Author: SCHWANGAU@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:24:12 -0500
- An easy way to properly locate the cam lobe in the distributor is simply to leave the car in gear and rock it forward (while in 1st). Why direction specific? Well, (and I welcome coment on this), you
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00288.html (7,377 bytes)
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