- 21. Spitfire? Lucas Distributor identification - (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:47:24 -0700
- I bought a replacement Lucas Distributor for my wife's Spitfire, part number 45DE4 >>-->>0979, with 41697B cast into it, which would indicate to me a Federal model 77-79 model with the amplifier moun
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00202.html (8,219 bytes)
- 22. RE: Triumphest reservations! (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:55:30 -0700
- Tom and others - I would hope that the hotel room availability doesn't deter too many more of you. While not directly on Harbor Island, there are other hotels fairly close by (within five minutes or
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00432.html (8,688 bytes)
- 23. Re: GT- Brake Update Question (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:26:01 -0700
- I am assuming that we are talking about a GT6 - I have one and have no fault with the brakes. If I want I can lock all four wheels - What don't you like or what doesn't seem to be working? ** Barry S
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00386.html (7,100 bytes)
- 24. Swing Spring differences (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:28:13 -0700
- I just got around to swapping out the tired Swing Spring in my 72 Spitfire, and noticed that the replacement spring purchased a year ago at Triumphest is slightly different than the old one I had jus
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00430.html (7,702 bytes)
- 25. 2005 LOS ANGELES BRITISH CAR MEET still on? (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:25:10 -0700
- Is the 2005 Los Angeles British Car Show in Woodley Park set for Saturday, August 27th, still on? I seem to remember something about it being scrapped for some reason, but can't find a whole lot of i
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00460.html (6,904 bytes)
- 26. TR6 sighting on Kauai (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 06:22:05 -0700
- Just got back from a week in Kauai, Hawaii, and while on route 50 to a snorkeling trip we saw a really nice white TR6 with a hard top (hard top in Kauai ??), parked at a 76 union gas station. Anyway,
- /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00346.html (6,872 bytes)
- 27. Re: Tr6 windshield wipers (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:22:51 -0700
- ** I went through this when installing a wiper system from a Spitfire (same system) in a 1940 ford truck. I had to bend it even more in some places than it is when installed in a Spitfire. If you ca
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg00106.html (8,056 bytes)
- 28. Re: NON LBC Garage help in Northern NJ (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:40:58 -0700
- that they needed ** Simply because the car had no visible leaks, does not mean that the shop was giving you false information. If you have a bad head gasket, that leaks into the cylinder under press
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg00589.html (7,755 bytes)
- 29. Re: TR6 cooling questions (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:19:30 -0700
- ** No, leave it as is - ** ** There is no problem using just an electric fan (I have only an electric on my V6 spit with aluminum radiator and almost all newer cars run only electrics, albeit they r
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg00766.html (8,677 bytes)
- 30. Re: TR6 Bumpers (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:14:47 -0700
- I don't know about TRF, but I had my Spitfires bumpers done at bumper boyz in LA and was not at all happy with them - chrome was not smooth, actually pitted in spots, and they left big washers welded
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg00874.html (7,367 bytes)
- 31. Differential rebuilding article (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 15:17:16 -0700
- I am going to rebuild a differential, (3:89 for the wife's spitfire since her's is getting a bit noisy) and am considering doing an article with pictures for submission to possibly Spitfire/GT6 magaz
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00097.html (7,152 bytes)
- 32. Re: Differential rebuilding article (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 05:08:23 -0700
- While I will talk about a few tools that I have made since I have done a number of rear ends for the Spitfire and some that aren't really needed, there are unfortunately some special tools and proce
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00115.html (7,502 bytes)
- 33. Re: Using Worm Drive Clamps on Drive Shafts (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 05:48:37 -0700
- While it probably wont hurt since vibration isn't quite the problem on half shafts that it is on drive shafts. A half shaft spins at much less RPM, at the most it sees is maybe 1500-1700 rpm vs. poss
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00116.html (7,476 bytes)
- 34. Re: wheel bearings (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:42:56 -0700
- Discoloring of the bearing was usually means the bearing was overheated at some time, possibly not shot, but ready to go and quite possibly from being too tight, or lack of grease. There should be a
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00195.html (8,047 bytes)
- 35. NO LBC Florida residents boat mfg question NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:36:28 -0700
- I hate to bomb the list with stuff like this, but have run out of options, and with such a diverse group, possibly some of you may have seen what I am looking for. I have been trying to find a manufa
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00370.html (7,718 bytes)
- 36. Re: Fuel pumps (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:37:04 -0700
- ** Yes, but if mounted correctly the noise is hardly noticeable. I've had a Faucet pump on my Spitfire for over 15 years (until The fuel injection went on) and never noticed it while the car was run
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00492.html (7,701 bytes)
- 37. Re: Bench bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:46:17 -0800
- I've never bench bled anything. Clutch, brake, dual or single, after a rebuild or installed new, and I have never had a problem with any of my hydraulic systems using Dot 3, 4, or 5- It would have pr
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00026.html (6,665 bytes)
- 38. Must be the prince of darkness (NO LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:59:17 -0800
- Not an LBC question, but certainly LUCAS has something to do with it!!! I had installed a SONY FM-AM/CD player into my mother's 1995 Chrysler Cirrus lxi. This was to replace a factory cassette player
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00536.html (8,608 bytes)
- 39. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 04:35:00 -0800
- You laugh, but this is exactly how I removed a similar stubborn stud from my GT6 way back when. I was fortunate in that the stuck stud was in an area that, with the swing up bonnet, I WAS able to tur
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00558.html (8,718 bytes)
- 40. Re: Birthdays (score: 1)
- Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:51:24 -0800
- I'm already 50 and just over half way to 51. . . ** Barry Schwartz (San Diego) -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Relea
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00464.html (8,125 bytes)
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