James said:
...I have an air of invincibility (probably unjustified...) - and you know
what? - I quite like it up here
James,
Congratulations, you've made it. All it really takes to be a successful
home maintainer of your car is confidence. There are very few jobs (on
Spitfires at least) t
Anyone (in the UK) watch Top Gear last night?
In the new format of the program they have a permanent dedicated test track
outside the new studio (shed!), and keep a record of the fastest test times
achieved by their professional driver in various cars - so far there is a
Pagani Zonda, Lamborghini
A Fireblade engine in a Spit?? How about TWO Fireblade engines!!!
I went on a track day about 1 1/2 years ago and there was this Lotus 7
replical (a Tiger I think) which had 2 motorbike engines (Kawasaki I think
but I'm not sure). They were mounted one in front of the other, with one
slightly to
Hi Nick,
Thought it was just me that the list was a tad quiet... Oh! Wait! Guess all
those with cars THAT RUN (think maybe I saw JesseK's yellow Spitter up near
Longwood this past weekend) were out enjoying a few last fall rides before
Ol' Man Winter moves in and drives them off the road... no, I'm
For those of you contemplating using a TR4 rack on a roundtail Spitfire
these are the gotchas that I have now discovered in doing this. The TR4
rack will fit, sort of, but will require modifications. The luggage rack I
purchased is the reproduction rack the big three carry. I dont really
think
Andre,
Not sure why you want to take the stub axle out. You're probably like me,
take every single part out and put it back together (if we can). I tried
taking my stub axle out last winter with a big hammer and only succeeded in
flattening the nut and the threads.
If you want to paint the
Jon, Nick, friends,
what AM I reading here? You guys are making me out like some kind of expert.
Listen, let's not get carried away here.
The Spit was our first Brit. car. Yes, Wilf knows body work, we're lucky
this way. So, if we can help with something in that, just ask. I, however,
struggle with
Richard,
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Gosling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Congratulations, you've made it. All it really takes to be a successful
| home maintainer of your car is confidence. There are very few jobs (on
| Spitfires at least) that can't be tackled by someone with a bi
I am in need of a ignition switch for a 1979 1500. All of the parts houses
have them on backorder. I am almost to the point of installing a different
system once I figure out the best method of doing so. I was almost ready to
put the spit on the road when the switch came apart because of corrosion.
Here's the situation. New clutch installed, engine bolted to transmission
bellhousing, entire assembly installed as a unit. So far so good. Now to
connect the clutch slave. Whoops!! Release pin on the throwout arm is on the
inside of the bell housing. Proposed solution: Remove front of prop
Jeff , just needs the pin to come "out the hole". Just move it as little
as possible, I would have thought.
Don't forget to also support the engine with a block and jack under the
sump. Should take the strain off the input shaft. You might want to put
a couple of long bolts in at the top in plac
Yeah, I did that once too. Couldn't figure anyway to get
sufficient leverage on the pin to shift it with everything in
place. ISTR that I only had to pull the tranny back a couple
of inches to free the pin and as Alan noted, I put a couple of
long bolts in place to guide the tranny back easier.
Anyone have any tips for installing a replacement headliner?
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_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ Tim Wilcox
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ Information Systems Specialist
_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/
Do you need the actual key/lock assembly or the contact/harness assembly? Nigel
at SpitBits makes the harness and does a good job of it.
> I am in need of a ignition switch for a 1979 1500.
_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ Tim Wilcox
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ Informa
Hello,
I got a replacement starter solenoid for my Spit, and the terminals are not exactly
the same as the previous one. There is a connection for the wire that
bypasses the ignition ballast resistor during cranking (it's the one with a
yellow-white wire).
On my old solenoid, there was a normal-
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