I have been stopping oil leaks in my 76 for two years now. Slowly but surely
I have plugged them up. The last leak was the rear seal. I pulled the engine
and found that the seal was pushed all the way to the crank face of the seal
plate, and the seal spring jumped off the seal lip and was laying
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Subject: Re: Re-Veneering dash boards
> Greg,
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> Excellent idea. Two of the sections (right and center) are almos
You need a new pushrod, pushrod pin, and bearing assembly pin with
resistance stay. I just did this. My 76 got so bad I could not even shift
it into reverse with the engine running.
At minimum you are looking at pulling the engine forward 6- 8 inches to get
to the pins. Best thng to do is to go
I have a metal bench and I put an oak board scrap on the bench and slam the
rear end of the master cylinder on the board until it pops out the back
enough to grab it with pliers.
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I have not done the conversion to dot-5 on any of my projects. Still using
dot-4. I think that most of the trouble with breaking systems on spits is
because fluids are not changed on a regualr basis. I believe dot 4
replacement is recommended every 2-4 years. I have a 76 rolling restoratoin
tha
You can access and remove the slave cylinder from under the car if you pt it
on jack stands. Lot less work than pulling the trans tunnel.
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I used petroleum jelly and wheel bearing grease most of the time, I just
bought a product from Advance Auto for greasing break shoe to plate rub
areas. I like this new stuff a lot and will be using it because it is water
proof. I used it along with some graphite assembly lube to rebuild a spit
re
The solar charger I have has a red led that flashes when it it charging.
When I approach the horse fence with the tractor at night, the led starts
flashing.
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The best way is to use a 1ohm shunt bar between the battery and the charging
system. This will gie you one amp per volt. You measure accross the shunt.
This way you can examine charging current from idle to road RPM. You can
also test with auliliaries like radio, lights on and off.
- Origina
You might invest $20 US in a Harbor Freight solar charger. That will keep
your battery up inbetween starts.
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Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:52 AM
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I have some square tail door locks if they are the same?
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Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:31 AM
Subject: Door Part Needed.
> Seems like when I drove the spit last, I lost my door lock!
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>
Anyone have a slave cylinder bracket for sale or trade. I bought a bell
housing off ebay and I plan to experiment with some available 5 speed
transmissions for the spitfire. It did not come with the slave cylinder
bracket.
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Can someone tell me the length dimensions of an over drive drive shaft? And
if it is better to use an older unit than one with the soup can joint?
I would like to know how to tell the 3.69 and 3.89 differentials apart. I
think the 3.69 diff was used for the overdrive, can someone fill me in on t
I had mine out in 2 hours.
First you will have to take the bolts and studs out of the top of the diff.
Then drop both wheels, loose the shocks, and take the bolts out of the
risers.
It should pop right out of there.
I was told that I would have to get the springs re-arched. Being cheap, I
decide
Does anyone have a compillation of which engine parts are identical on each
series of engines? And a list of what parts can be interchanged and with what
results.
I ended up with a 1300 and 1500 engine basket cases, and the 1300 engine has a
rod through the side of it. I am wondering if I can u
I recently purchased an overdrive transmission for my 79 spit. It was a J
type in Ebay just a week ago. It was obvious that the bell housing was not
included. But it was advertized as a working transmission reported from the
previous owner. It was shipped to me with only two parts, the transmis
I have had a loud clunk on the driver's rear for a while now on my 76 spit. I
pulled the diff out last weekend to fix some leaks, checked the shocks, ok,
spring was a mess, rebult the spring completely, checked bushings, all ok.
Put it back together and I still have a clunking noise in the rear d
Will an overdrive transmission from a 69 MK III fit in the later spitfires?
Mk 4, 1500, 74-78? ( Of course with the shorter dirve shaft)
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Spitfires/GT6s don't leak, they mark their territory.
Rear transmission seal
Rear crank seal
Front Crank seal
Pan gasket
valve cover gasket
Oil channel at the head
Pinion seal
Differential output shaft seals.
Probably missed some
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> shock mount is the first thing that come to mind from your description.
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> >>> "Greg Schluge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/08/02 07:10AM >>>
> I have a 76 spit and there is a distinc
I am taking apart my 76 rear end, it is leaking at the pinion and both output
shafts. It is nearly out of the car and aparently there are two type of
diffs. One that uses spacers and a torque spec and another that uses a
colapsable spacer on the pinion shaft.
Is there a way to tell them apart b
Unless you replace the bearings, and the rest is in good shape, tyo should
put a new water pump in any engine or engine timeing belt (newer engines)
replacement.
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Someone has probably used a sealant on the head gasket. There are two
tricks of last resort.
1. I made an adapter out of a spark plug to my shop air. 120 sustained
pressure on the center cylinder usually does it.
2. Absolutly the last resort, put oil in the center cylinder just to the
point of
I purchased bearings and seals for my 76 spit diff. I am going to take it out
this weekend. I would like some advice on the bearings. I am not sure I
should replace them. I think just the seals. I did not purchase a colapsable
spacer for the pinion bearing and the bearings are probably not ba
I finally fixed my slave cylinder bleading problem. The carter shore method
eventually worked. For a couple of days I had to double clutch in the morning
to get it to engage properly. I did not have to use the Ree Gurly method of
Removing the slave cylinder, depressing the slave cylinder actuato
Forgot to add, the owner wants 1,600 for the midget. I thought that was a
good price, not knowing anything about MG's. Any one interested, I can
provide a phone number. He is not reachable by internet.
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If anyone saw the add on vtr.org for 3 74 spitfires in the bushes and were
curious, I bought them for a grand. One was complete, the other two were
missing an engine. One of them missing a top frame. Everything else was
intact. I found one engine in a shed with several other parts. I just too
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