I am completely gutted, the spitfire has broken again. I had just fixed the non-working speedo and fitted new column stalks this morning and took her for a quick 5 minute spin round the block to check the speedo was working (it did) and that the temperature and fuel guages worked (they didn't, must be the voltage regulator) when I felt something 'go', the engine instantly lost power and sounded like a lawn mower and there was a lot more smoke coming from the exhaust. I limped round the corner and parked up, ironically, in the same place as I broke down last time. I have just got the car back in the garage after being towed 500m up the hill.
I took the rocker cover off to check the rockers were ok and that no valve springs had broken, they were all ok. I can only assume that it is something in the bottom end of the engine that has gone. I can only assume that the overheating that occured previously had stressed/damaged something in the bottom end. I am so pissed off, after my elation at having a working spitfire yesterday, I feel totally destroyed. I have never been so angry before in my life, borne out of frustration. I am pretty sure that this is an engine rebuild job, which I don't have the skills, time or equipment to do myself, nor the money to get it done elsewhere. As a result have a very nice looking lump of metal sitting in my garage once again, gathering dust. I would sell it except for the fact that it is now worth a fraction of the value it was previously. I reckon that it was worth about #2600 when working, but now I'd be lucky to get half that. I must be the unluckiest spitfire owner ever. No idea what I'm going to with it now. John HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
