If you have smoke coming out you probably need rings, sounds like a project
car. 24K seems low to need rings, maybe its 124k? Don't know about the
rubber plugs for the hood, but I have lots of rattles on my GT6. Good
luck. Jane
'67 GT6
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From: Anthony Green[SMTP:green@cygnus.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 8:34 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: hood and smoke questions
Hi - I'm new to Triumphs and am considering buying a '79 Spitfire
1500. It appears to be in good shape, has all maintenance records and
only 24k miles on it.
I have a couple of questions....
1. The hood rattles when it idles. The seller showed me a couple of
little rubber plugs on the hood that have worn down, making the
hood a bit loose when closed. Does this sound reasonable? Are they
easy to find and replace?
2. It doesn't have a very smoothe idle. The seller claimed that you
don't want a smoothe idle. ???? Does this sound right?
3. There was some smoke coming out the exhaust. I saw a little black
smoke and a little grey. What would be a reasonable amount of
smoke? Is any amount reasonable?
Thanks!
Anthony
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Anthony Green Cygnus
Solutions
Sunnyvale,
California
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