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201. Re: RE: Re: clutch (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:16:30 -0400
Patrick, many thanks. Are your arms calibrated to a tracable national standard? I'm worried as my arms are not in fact calibrated. Also they are partially metric arms since I am in fact British but l
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00106.html (10,329 bytes)

202. Re: Re: clutch (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:50:21 -0400
Young man!!! That's not what my kids say, especially the one in high school! That 100lb girl - she's my wife! Just try closing your eyes and seeing someone driving a spitfire with a sackful next to t
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00118.html (8,807 bytes)

203. Re: Re: clutch (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:54:04 -0400
Again age is relative. Looks like I'll be giving it a shot tomorrow night. Local club meet is tonight. thanks, I'm an old fart and not particularly strong, but I can pick up the trans with bell housi
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00119.html (8,238 bytes)

204. Re: Re: clutch (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 11:29:58 -0400
Dean, it would have to be in a dream - if only we all had such spares laying Alan Now try closing your eyes and seeing someone driving a Spitfire with a gearbox+o/d+bellhousing next to them...... You
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00184.html (8,623 bytes)

205. Re: timing - again ... (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 11:42:19 -0400
Marcus teh Bently reprint has tables from which you can deduce the curves, but you most likely would just use the tables as they have the advance/retard ranges. That would help questions 2 and 3. For
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00185.html (9,052 bytes)

206. Re: Reasonable price for Spitfire Top install? (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:05:12 -0400
Kevin, I recently installed a new (used original actually) soft top. If you have all the old frame and soft top then its no big problem. As long as all the old bits are there. Need the rivet gun and
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00244.html (9,443 bytes)

207. Re: RE: Rag Top Plastic Window (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:04:38 -0400
Terry I agree. It will work fine on the surface, but for the actual inside of the plastic that has deteriorated (discoloured), it will not do anything. There are plastics do break down over time with
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00251.html (12,361 bytes)

208. Re: Colortune Difficulties (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:25:26 -0400
Doug, I used one years ago in the UK to tune my twin SU 1500 Dolomites with great success combined with a Gunsons Carbalancer (I think it was called), so I bought one a month ago. Also so did Reid Si
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00265.html (9,355 bytes)

209. Re: Re: Colortune Difficulties (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:16:29 -0400
Doug, I also corroborate Grahams CO test readings. Well inside the limit. Hydrocarbons were not but, that was bad plug leads, which were fixed immediately afterwards and made a difference in the powe
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00298.html (9,431 bytes)

210. Re: Re: Thanks for Top advice - couple questions.... (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:15:38 -0400
Doug, as in my original email reply to Kevin. my solution to not having a fine "snout" on my pop-rivit gun is to use a very small hex nut. worked fine on the snap fasteners on the back and also on th
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00360.html (10,233 bytes)

211. Re: RE: 73 Spitfire 1500 (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:31:25 -0400
Same here, wish I could but no space. Tax man just helped my budget, now I can affort a paint job. In fact this is exactly what I was looking for last year and sounds similar to what I picked up for
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00361.html (10,736 bytes)

212. oil in bellhousing (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:06:38 -0400
Folks now I have the gearbox out I started cleaning up the outside. Years of oil and dirt. But in side teh bellhousing was also a mess. The flywheel and old clutch (still attached) are clean. IS this
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00678.html (7,245 bytes)

213. Re: Big Thanks - and carpet question (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:45:45 -0400
Kevin my carpet kit had the snaps supplied but I am missing a couple of the ones on the floor - the 1/2 inch posts/fasteners that they snap onto. If anyone knows a source of them or an equivilant rep
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00690.html (8,982 bytes)

214. Re: Re: Big Thanks - and carpet question (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:17:21 -0400
Greg, only reason to have the big stud or have a smaller one raised is for the thicker underlay/felt so that the carpet attaches without cutting too much felt away underneath or having to really forc
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00701.html (8,982 bytes)

215. Re: carpet sets (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:17:13 -0400
John, I ordered one a couple of months back when it was on their special list. I had the choice of cut or loop pile. I chose loop to be nearer to the original. So far it is not all in the car. Comes
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00783.html (8,082 bytes)

216. Re: Re: Fwd: Lights on - Tacho off! (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:34:39 -0400
When I got my car, nothing worked but the lights. They are not fused anyway. But I did find that cleaning the fuse ends and the connectors in the fuse box made 90% of all the lights work. Just had a
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00840.html (7,968 bytes)

217. Re: wiper motor (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:21:13 -0400
Fred I think I saw one on ebay if all else fails. Alan Any one have a 2 speed wiper motor for a 78 spit 1500, I can acquire. Thanks "FT" -- This message has been posted from Mail2Web http://www.mail2
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01079.html (7,079 bytes)

218. Re: Brake Light (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:41:48 -0400
David, I would assume that the car just has the normal brake switch on the pedal. If the lights worked before then I would suspect the switch if both lights are not working. You should have 12v ( app
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01108.html (8,122 bytes)

219. Re: RE: new product (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:45:52 -0400
Reid, They are selling franchises by the looks of it and I don't see us getting one locally (even if I had the $$$$) Anyway we would just go to then and get some "heavy metal". I wonder what they cha
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01109.html (9,872 bytes)

220. Re: Re: Dual master cylinder (score: 1)
Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:54:08 -0400
Jeff I'm sure I have seen cars with the level switch hanging/part of the filler So if you could find one to fit then the wiring would be relatively easy to do. Should just be power(switched), switch
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg01121.html (9,553 bytes)

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