I'm sorry Fred, but I'm finding it hard not to take offense to your
remarks. First of all, I offered to pay for Dave's services, but he
wouldn't take any money. Secondly, I don't like to race towards the
most expensive thing when there may be a cheaper alternative... I
don't know about you, Fred, but I have a limited budget and can only
do what I can. Third-what's this about getting what I deserve? I asked
Dave at TRF if he had a used distributor to put in, but he did not. I
was willing to fix it on the spot. Perhaps you should have more
information and think a bit more before you make such biting comments
on the list? Also I find it interesting that "you" and Dave worked
"two hours" on my car and "showed" me what to do... You're in your own
little dream world here, Fred. It was more more 10 minutes, and the
only thing "you" did was come find me and mutter something about my
car being ready. I believe at that point the only thing I was told was
that the screw from the condenser had come loose and that was causing
the problem. The shaft was mentioned later by Dave, "not" you, and
only briefly. Time to start taking your Ginko pills, Fred.
Finally, I wanted to let you know that I've owned two Triumphs over
the past 10 years, and I've enjoyed every minute of time working on
them. It's a labor of love, and I've put countless thousands of
dollars working on them. Is that "FREE", Fred? I see you really like
that word in your email above. I truly take offense to this last
tidbit of your comments, Fred, stating that LMC problems are related
to owner and not car. Once again, you really must think before you
say.
Everyone else-I'm sorry to rant and rave like this on the list, but I
believe I'm starting to understand why Laura G and others left... I
think Fred here needs to take a slightly less condescending tone when
writing... I can go other places and get just as easily insulted
without voluntarily joining a list...
Steve Hall
1970 Spitfire Mk III
1976 TR7
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>
To: "Stephen Hall" <shall@fastpointcom.com>;
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: Car won't run!
>
> Steve, you still .have the same problems that Dave & I pointed out
to you at
> TRF when you had your car towed in for repairs, these are the same
problems
> you posted last week, why would we work 2 hours on your car for
"FREE" show
> you whats wrong and then you come back and post it twice to the
list, you
> were told at TRF that the dist. shaft was completely shot, it might
make it
> off the lot, it might not, you choose to drive away, now the ugly
problem is
> still there and you are still looking for a "FREE" way out. replace
the
> distibutor the way you were shown 2 weeks ago, a bad distributor
shaft will
> not correct it's self, even for a owner who wants to spend no money
for
> repairs at anytime, again this is proof that the vast majority of
problems
> with LBC"s are the owner/driver not the car, some people get what
they
> deserve, only the poor car suffers, and sometimes the "FREE"
mechanics.
> "FT"
> >
> > Hello all!
> > As you may recall, I had some problems with my Spitfire's points
> > coming out of adjustment several times on the way back from TRF a
> > couple of weeks ago. Well, I finally got back to my garage last
> > weekend to fire it up and see what was going on. I tried starting
> > it-it wouldn't catch. Sometimes it sounded like it WANTED to
catch,
> > but wouldn't. Checked the points and re-adjusted. Nothing.
Examined
> > the rotor and distributor cap, noticing that there were some metal
> > shavings around where the cap and rotor had worn down a bit (too
much
> > for only 1500 miles!). Put in a new cap and rotor. Now the car
starts
> > after some cranking, runs for about 10 seconds on what sounds like
2
> > cylinders, backfires maybe once or twice, then chokes itself out.
I
> > checked the coil and it was very hot-from what I remember, coils
> > aren't supposed to be hot??? Checked for spark from the coil.. Not
> > much really. Checked for spark from distributor to plug-I didn't
see
> > any, though I know there is one occasionally as car starts as
above.
> > Distributor shaft seems very wobbly, which I think may account for
the
> > metal shavings from the cap and rotor. So, what's the problem
here?
> > The way I look at it, it's either the distributor is so wobbly
it's
> > not making good contact with the distributor cap, the coil is bad,
or
> > both. Does this sound like a good assessment? I really don't want
to
> > change the distributor, as this is an expensive purchase, but it
may
> > come down to that. Anyone have any ideas? ;>
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Steve Hall
> >
> > '70 Spitfire Mk III with a shaky Delco Remy distributor
> >
> >
>
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