I hate to ask the list this, for it may involve parting with my baby, but..
What's the implications for selling a Spitfire with the cat removed(a '79) in a
state that does no more emissions testing? I'm in minnesota, and emissions
testing stopped in '99. During the time I had it, it had all the
Check in the little glove box 'cubby hole' area in the driver's side(where my
garage door opener goes). There's an inline fuse to the fan. Mine melted
continually, and with that, no fan. I just directly hooked it up, and it was fan
time again.
Or check your thermostat on the radiator to see if
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I swore I had one, but I can't find it. I'm taking my Spit to get its ragtop
installed(finally, I gave up on the prospect of DIY) Monday, and I want to bring
over as much docs as possible.
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Well, I flipped around the coil and lo and behold, it's a 12 volt coil by
"accel". The ohm resistance(if I'm reading this right) is at 1.3, which
initially made me think it was a 6v coil. Guess I was wrong.
After cleaning the contacts and doing a little revving investigative work, I'm
thinking
In an attempt to get the tach to read right, I bought a ballast resistor.
Where's a good place to mount this? I have the area where the old (unused) drive
resistor used to be available. I saw a picture where it's mounted on top of
someone's PWDA(through a longer sized bolt), but that seems odd t
In order to fix the tach problem, I bought a ballast resistor. Want to hook it
up to the ignition system, where it didn't have one before.
What's a good place to mount this? Where the drive resistor used to be?
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As you know, my dad had a nasty accident with his GT6, messing up the hood and
bending the already bad frame(missing rear shock mount). Well, I now know the
fate of his GT-6.
Looks like he'll be doing a trade-in. A friend of his has a collection of 30
something original Minis. He'll be trading
You make the call!
On a late model Spit, were they shipped with metal-colored female button snaps
on the ragtop, or black? I see metal on my original, and the ragtop that came in
has black.
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Sure a lot of GT6s in MN. There's my totalled dad's(71), the 71 he also had for
parts that he sold for $200, the one in northern MN(older model) on eBay, and
the one you mentioned.
So many GT6s runnin' around in the Midwest!
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And now I have come to the front sway bar.
I removed most of it with some effort. But the driver side link(the thing with
the ball at the end of it) won't come loose with the nut/stud/nut
arrangement. It freely turns. The mounting to the wishbone has 2 plates over it
that won't let me get a wre
Ugh, this was not fun.
On my 3rd day off, I decided it's time to finally do this.
Did the usual bit of drilling into the sump pump hole. I have a feeling the
misdrillings of before
would come back to bite me.
It did.
Anyways, I grew tired of drilling and drilling, and got about 55% of the way
I just spent 4 hours trying to get the remnants of the sump pump plug out. No
go. All I ended up doing is making a hole within the
remnants, and it's not centered correctly. Okay, so I could just scrape parts
of it out, right? Tried that and while some molecules
of metal came out, that eventuall
Things were going well with torqing the conrods back on, repainting the oil
pan, etc.
So I go to torque the oil pump back on. Snap. Ugh. One of the 3 bolts snapped
right off, even though I
sweare it wasn't quite 100% in yet.
So a few drill bits later, and all I have is a tapering hole in the b
Just to prove the hustle & bustle of the holidays affects me in different ways,
99% of the day
was spent on automotive-related issues.
First off, this '05 MINI Cooper S is so much fun to play with. The paddle
shifters and me screwing it
up makes me feel like Jeremy Clarkson. To show my apprecia
ith a hammer. rotate the
screwdriver/chisel around the bolt head so that you evenly pull up the
bearing end cap.
Good luck.
Mark
1980 Spitfire 1500
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It was a warm day in Minnesota, and we mean 37 degrees.
Fired up the heater, and got to work on removing the oil pan.
The parts even came in after 3 days from VB.
After several hours, pan is out. Yay.
Problem: I can't seem to get the rearmost big end bearing cap off. I can wiggle
it forwards & ba
Wow, this was harder than I thought it would be. Thankfully, I am doing
this in the comfort of my laundry room.
The 8 pop rivets holding the 4 plastic covers on the ceiling are THE
most difficult pop rivets I have ever removed. The final method to do it
was ugly, but effective. Using a cutoff
Doing some research in the Haynes and Bentley manuals, it seems that my
Spit's thrust washers are in need of repairing. I do hear a knocking
sound when revving up the engine, and it looks like I'm gonna have to
get down there & replace it.
To my knowledge, the crankshaft has not been reground
So I had some free time today(instead of watching "I love the 80s in
3d") and tackled the rattling rear of the ragtop.
It was down to just ONE bolt and nut and I was done. you know that rear
plate the back 3 button snaps hold onto to the car's body? The right
securing bolt wasn't on at all! In
With my dad's GT6, that's now 3 smashed-up Triumphs mentioned this season.
To all non-spitfire owners: Quit smashing up our cars. Our population is
limited.
I am definietly taking notes on the tranny removal threads here, for I
would like to someday get my clutch replaced. It has been behavin
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(poor quality due to camera phone pic)
Dad's GT6. Was waiting at a stop sign, and someone turned, apparently
too close. Frame is bent. Darn.
And he just recently sold his parts car GT6 for a measly $200.
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Does he have valences on under the hood? I did quite a bit of cooling
system overhauling, but what did the trick most was putting on new
plastic valences. The other ones previously were so worn, I removed
them. The valences, flimsy as they seem, guide the air nicely.
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I like how there's the gauges right in behind. So incredibly compact, I
thought it was a generator at first.
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I'm still getting crummy fuel economy on the Weber DGV. I'm wondering if
it's high time I install a fuel pressure regulator. 94 miles and it's a
little bit less than 1/2 in the tank.
If so, any recommended ones? There's one in Vicky Brit's catalog, but I
bet Checker(even though I don't like th
Saturday: Get 4 new tires & alignment. How did I not see it before? I've
been running off of 3 radial tires & 1 bias-bly tire for 11 years! Guess
it serves me right for procastinating. Got a deal for for Firestone
tires for $160. Wanted Pirellis, but this is better than the existing tires.
The
http://home.comcast.net/~s1500/colortune.avi
Here's me messing around with the Colortune. To those who have
experienced Colortune before, does this look right?
Today's drive to and from work was wonderful. It wasn't guzzling gas
like 2 years ago, no overheating(in fact, it's under average)..
With the insurance put on the Spitfire for yesterday, I thought what a
time to go out for a drive.
Things seemed okay, apart from the usual rattling(but that's a seperate
post). Upon waiting at a stoplight, I see steam emit from underneath the
car, near the doors. I stop into a parking lot, a
a new one and it kept sticking, right up to the point when I got so fed
up that
I bought a new one again and that worked fine! Strange.
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Well, I tried the graphite powder on the accelerator cable. Guess
what, it's powder. Doesn't stick on to a cable in this instance. So I
just went with stuffing the cable in a bottle of motor oil. Did a few
tests, and it worked beautifully. Add that to me getting my collector
plates(bye-bye si
I just seem to be a target for sticking-throttle related problems today.
To recap, I had the old throttle linkage from my Stromberg mated onto my
Weber DGV. It uses that arc-shaped throttle thing, and I can't find the
original sadly.
Thing is(dunno who was the ad wizard who thought of this), the
Thanks for the replies and offers regarding the Gunson Colortune. On
impulse, I just bought one from Vicky Brit. But now in retrospect, I
should have taken an offer for less here. Oh well, I'm out of checks anyway.
Either way, I got a chance to play around with it, and things seemed
okay for f
Tried ordering a gunson colortune from spitbits, but they were out.
Any other online place sells them for a good deal? ALso, should I be
asking for a specific spark plug size for a 1500 engine?
Yeah, winter finally went away in MN. Now it's time to get parts.
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Well, I'm buying this game, online or no online.
This better not be a faked screenshot. Eyes popped outa my head when I saw
this.
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Just out of curiousity, how many Minnesotans are on here?
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Is it by chance a wire inside the "change box" area under the dash, to the
left of the steering column? There's one wire I had for the fan relay. It
had an inline fuse that never blew. INstead, it would just get super hot and
melt the plastic fuse holder. Replaced it, it melted through again, but
n
You know, I get the dreaded starter "click" way more often than I should. It
strongly discourages me from using the Spit as a daily driver. SOmething so
somple goes kaput and it pisses me off.
Usually I just turn the connector on the battery terminal a bit, and it then
proceeds to start. Usually i
Well, after getting my fun air compressor, I laid down $124 for paints at GT
Parts. That includes some official "inca yellow" paint
Now I'm wondering what the heck to do with all of this. I have the Haynes
bodywork manual, but are there any good sites/pages for doing spray paint
work on parts, etc
Trying to get the ball to stay in the stator of the wiper motor seems
impossible. Naturally, it won't run without it. How do you get the ball to
stay put when the slightest movement makes the ball cling to the side
magnets?
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After doing numerous flushings, recoring of radiator, new thermostat, etc,
the only thing that stopped my overheating problems was just adding valences
back on.
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I had the same problem when I installed the pierce manifold + Weber carb.
Engine only ran when I floored it.
The problem was I didn't ground the manifold enough. There was still air
getting in there. WIth such a tight fit, I'm not surprised.
Here's what I do. Take a piece of paper and slide it be
That's a nice lookin DS. Love the appropriate white color.
While my lust may be after British cars, the unusual shaping and luxury of
the DS21 has always caught my eye. Is it a manual transmission, with the
hydraulic clutch, hence no foot pedal clutch? For $700 I'd say you got it
for a steal!
Ki
...was a blast.
While I didn't get a chance to hit Sheffield's Spitfire Graveyard or the
Mini get together(no way to get there), I had a blast.
While I didn't spot any Spitfires, I did spot my share of Triumphs. I saw 2
TR-7s(one in Stratford, one in Oxford), a Dolomite, an Acclaim(never thought
Next month, I'll finally be fulfulling a 10+ year goal and that is to fly
out to London.
Any car-related things i could/should do? Wouldn't mind getting a snapshot
of a RHD Spitfire for fun.
Is the Spitfire Graveyard open to customers? I'd love to take a tour if a
train to Sheffield isn't too much
Do splash guards go under the name "valences" also?
I had an overheating problem for a while in mine, and it wasn't solved until
I put the valances(now plastic, formerly cardboard) on.
Plus, they are great for mounting zip ties to keep your wires nice and neat.
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I dunno what to do any more.
Any attempt at getting a hose linkage underneath the Pierce manifold has
failed.
1. Rubber hose broke
2. Leaked
3. Had the hose closest to the temp sensor break for no reason(Thankfully I
was wearing goggles). That's been fixed.
One problem is that there's almost no
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