- 21. Thanks for Phoenix help (Some FC, No SpitC) (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:06:47 -0400
- Hi lists, Thanks a lot to the listers who offered advice and assistance for my sister in Phoenix and her car's smog testing. I got a phone call from her yesterday saying her car had passed with flyin
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00374.html (7,990 bytes)
- 22. My Spit lives - again! (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:25:48 -0400
- Well, I spent a productive day in the garage yesterday - first time in a long time. On the advice of several of you (Joe Curry, James Carruthers, Livia and Wilf Haasper, Clark Nicholls, and others wh
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00419.html (8,560 bytes)
- 23. 4 point harnesses (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 08:18:19 -0400
- I've seen a lot of the discussion regarding 4-point harnesses in the list's Spitfires. As an active Ferrari racer, I've been to a number of tech inspection sessions both at the track and at the deale
- /html/spitfires/2003-05/msg00079.html (9,948 bytes)
- 24. Cat converter on 78 spit and oil pan leaks (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:35:56 -0500
- To the lister who was going to install an aftermarket CC on the '78 Spit in Boston - check the MA state regs. Here in VA, any car over 25 years qualifies for Historic tags and never needs an inspecti
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00078.html (7,131 bytes)
- 25. some (more) SU questions (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:44:58 -0400
- Ok, for those of you without a score card, I'm one of those guys adapting SU HS-4s to a '78 Spit 1500 (along with a number of other performance mods - cam, header, compression, etc.). For a number of
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00206.html (9,080 bytes)
- 26. Progress! (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:55:00 -0400
- Well, I made a lot of progress on my SU's last night. I had called Joe Curto about buying some new linkages for the "choke" (linkage that goes from the mechanism on the carb body to the bottom of the
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00276.html (8,483 bytes)
- 27. Re: Spit/TR7 catalogue (was: Progress!) (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:04:15 -0400
- Yep, that's kind of what I thought too. Although, like you, I know very little about TR-7s...... George P. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-ma
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00282.html (9,231 bytes)
- 28. It LIVES!!! (again....) (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:02:30 -0400
- Ok, those of you who have been on this list for a while know that you've heard that from me before. But I'm hoping that this time is closer to being "done" (or as done as one can be) with this rebuil
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00303.html (8,711 bytes)
- 29. Re: dist question (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:37:37 -0400
- Hi Joe, The part(s) arrived today - thanks very much. I will likely be sending the mounting block, if not the clamping plate also, back to you. The clamping plate is exactly the same as the one I alr
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00367.html (12,866 bytes)
- 30. Re: dist question (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:50:56 -0400
- Hi Joe, If you could ship the Delco clamp, I'd be most appreciative. I'll return the Lucas clamp all cleaned up and looking good (for your, or someone else's, use). I never did find any part number s
- /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00383.html (10,636 bytes)
- 31. Monza header, accelerator cable, and brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:16:37 -0500
- No, the brake fluid isn't really related to the header or cable, just different topics (in case you were confused...). :-) Ron wrote: "Has anyone fit a Monza-style 4-1 exhaust manifold with a Weber c
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00205.html (10,537 bytes)
- 32. brake fluids and Pertronix (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:54:03 -0500
- Thanks to all who so timely answered my inquiries into the brake fluid situation and the Pertronix. I'll check the local NAPA's for the brake fluid and will be putting the Pertronix on my wish list.
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00212.html (6,902 bytes)
- 33. Pertronix and D200 dists (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:40:01 -0500
- I saw the traffic about the D200/D204 distributors this morning. A couple of days ago, I inquired about the Pertronix Ignitor. Turns out, I have the Delco D200 (with "7953557" following the D200 numb
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00235.html (7,350 bytes)
- 34. 1 carb too rich (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:53:32 -0500
- "If the fuel is overflowing out of the jet, you obviously have a problem with the float or needle valve." I reply: I'm confused. I thought that the float/needle valve simply controlled fuel flow *int
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00312.html (8,522 bytes)
- 35. Re: 1 carb too rich (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:22:25 -0500
- Donald/Richard/Doug/List, Thanks for your replies. I guess I don't think in those terms because my SUs have float bowl overflow tubes and that's the only place I've ever seen fuel flow (except into t
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00323.html (10,912 bytes)
- 36. spitfire brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 07:58:00 -0500
- Hi gang, I was in the garage (for just a moment, actually) last night and with the car on stands and wheels off, I was looking at the brakes and got to wondering - are there any simple, bolt-on brake
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00338.html (7,038 bytes)
- 37. Joe Curto (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:09:18 -0500
- I concur with the recommendation to contact Joe Curto for SU needle/spring recommendations. When my SUs were rebuilt, they were rebuilt with the correct needles for a stock 1500cc Spitfire, but my en
- /html/spitfires/2003-02/msg00152.html (7,199 bytes)
- 38. DOT5 brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:35:39 -0500
- I second the notion that DOT 5 fluid is excellent. I've had it in my Spit since the late '80s - never needed to bleed or add fluid. Still has a very firm pedal. My Dad, on the other hand, had a sligh
- /html/spitfires/2003-01/msg00236.html (7,109 bytes)
- 39. Re: DOT5 brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:28:01 -0500
- Thanks very much - that's good info. George P. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* /// spitfires@autox.team.ne
- /html/spitfires/2003-01/msg00245.html (8,178 bytes)
- 40. James C.'s alternator question (score: 1)
- Author: "George P." <ygpz4re@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:29:35 -0500
- If the alternator's draining the battery (voltage dropping when you plug in the alternator), could be that your voltage regulator is bad. I had the same problem w/ my '78 (VR built in to the alt) an
- /html/spitfires/2002-12/msg00195.html (7,119 bytes)
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