Re: Wood Dash Veneer

I seem to remember hearing that the original veneer was "French Walnut"? At any rate, I went to a local wood shop and got a sheet of regular walnut. Like Steve, I used contact cement and had no issues. I did have to repair the plywood backing with wood filler first though. I too used a Dremel t

Re: Oil Filter Recommendations

Mike, I have experienced the same thing. I recently switched to Bosch oil filters that are stocked at O'Reilly stores (don't have the part# handy). It required a different threaded adapter than the Crossman (I think) filters I had used previously. I found that I could not thread this adapter in

Re: Driver side lean

>On those Spitfires I observe suffering from obvious leaning, when talking to >the owners not a one has ever had a full 4 wheel alignment done to the car. >Some have had a spacer in the right front spring perch. Others have shown >crash damage or simply some bizzare stacks of shims in the front a-a

Thanks! and Air Rail bolt question

First, thanks to the replies regarding the 1500 gearbox/bellhousing seal. Turns out my setup does not require the seal due to a spiral groove in part of the bellhousing. The idea is that centrifugal force and the groove spin the oil back into the gearbox. If I want to remove my air rail and plug

1500 Tranny/Bell Housing seal question

Greetings listers, I have some questions about a seal that goes between a single-rail tranny and the bell housing. I removed the old tranny from my '76 1500 and separated the bell housing from the gearbox. There was no seal (fwiw, the gasket was present) and there was a lot of oil inside the bel

Re: Texas Emissions Standards

Mike, I live in the D/FW area and here's what I know about the emission standards, based on my own experiences. First, your '78 should be exempt from any emissions testing (probe up the tailpipe) since it is now 25 years old. Only certain counties (e.g. Dallas, Tarrant, and some of the surroundi

Follow-up on: Clutch Problem?

Thanks to all of the listers who responded to my plea for help! I took the car to a local British car repair shop, and they diagnosed the problem as a bad 3rd gear thrust washer. So looks like I get to replace or rebuild the transmission. I guess that I messed it up when my hydraulics failed.