Dean;
My '79 USA Federal model (FM 99787 U) has the same pipe.
Reid
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Dashwood [mailto:DDashwood@softwright.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 2:13 AM
To: 'Spitfire List'
Subject: Curious about engine parts.....
Good Morning List!
This morning I received (after only two months of waiting!)
my catalogue
from John Kipping Triumph Spares, and noticed something
rather odd.
On my '77 Spitfire 1500 (UK spec), I have a metal water pipe
coming out
the back of the water pump. This pipe runs along the side
of the
engine, underneath the manifold, and feeds into the heater.
It is
bolted onto the back of the cylinder head by one of the
manifold bolts.
The catalogue lists this part (page 13, item 8, in case
anyone else is
lucky enough to have the same catalogue). It is listed as
part of the
"water return under manifold with heater fitted" system, and
called a
"pipe, stainless", but it is only listed for a Vitesse or
GT6 I or II,
or a III if used in conjunction with another part. No
mention of a
Spitfire at all.
Does anyone else have a similar attachement on their car?
Is it
possible that a PO has fitted an incorrect water pump (or
anything else)
to my car? Is this likely to cause any other quirks? Just
curious........
Dean Dashwood
'77 Spit 1500 (at least, I think that's what it is!)
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