- 181. RE: Help! Cooking Battery (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:00:11 -0500
- Most often over-charging is caused by the regulator. Use a volt meter to check the voltage at the battery while the car is running. It should be between 13 and 14.5 volts. It will normally take a whi
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00009.html (9,841 bytes)
- 182. RE: Cranky nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:14:22 -0500
- I've already tried everything except removal of the oil pan. My impact wouldn't loosen the nut even though I put the car in 4th and locked the parking brake and hammered on it until my ears rung! Onc
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00094.html (10,005 bytes)
- 183. RE: Looks like I've been ripped off... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:42:38 -0500
- No, I think that we all should rant a good deal about this! Dealing with companies over the 'net can be a little scary, but dealing with people takes more than trust. When someone burns a lister, it
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00130.html (9,959 bytes)
- 184. RE: my car stopped... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:15:27 -0500
- There was also a thread on the mailing list a couple of weeks back about a similar problem. It was finally discovered that there was something in the gas tank that got sucked up against the fuel pick
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00224.html (10,552 bytes)
- 185. RE: Settling into Autumn (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:28:41 -0500
- I don't know about the rumble, but I thought I would send this out to all who are afflicted by the woefully weak Spitfire rear suspension. I spent a lot of time and money on fixing the right rear sag
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00305.html (12,286 bytes)
- 186. RE: Alternator Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:20:25 -0500
- I've been hearing a noise lately that tells me that the bearings are on their way out of my stock alternator for my '77 1500. Dan's instructions are for changing out the generator on MKI's through MK
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00458.html (8,587 bytes)
- 187. RE: Spitfire performance (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 12:51:51 -0500
- I know that with the alterations I made to my Spit it performs better than the Federal 49 hp specs, but I would be surprised if it was pushing more than 60 hp now. Of course, it's really hard to tell
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00496.html (8,550 bytes)
- 188. RE: 2 Questions... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:51:21 -0600
- I replaced the rear spring in my '77 and it looked great, for about a week. The left side sag came back just as bad. I put in air shocks and again it was nice, until I drove it for a while and once
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00688.html (8,286 bytes)
- 189. RE: UJ's Again (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:03:29 -0600
- 10 + years working in an auto shop taught me that visual inspection or hand pressure will only find the really bad ones. You should put a large screwdriver or prybar into the yoke and try to move the
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00689.html (9,890 bytes)
- 190. FW: Wheels for Sale... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:46:24 -0600
- Gregory and listers, I am not familiar with a 'works' type wheel, but I am looking for a set of mag wheels for my Spit. Do you know of where I can look to get an idea what they look like? Since I'm i
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00745.html (7,695 bytes)
- 191. RE: Stuck Spit brake drum screw! Is: Hand Impact Wrench (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:15:53 -0500
- Good old J.C. Whitney part# - 88kx5678T $10.99 Where might one find one of these hand impact wrenches? I've only seen the air tools? Would they be available at, say, Sears (Craftsman) or Home Depot (
- /html/spitfires/1998-09/msg00004.html (6,975 bytes)
- 192. RE: Oil Pressure Switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 12:49:49 -0500
- When mine went bad I went to the local discount auto parts store and for $9.95 I bought a mechanical oil pressure gauge. That meant drilling a hole in the dash (above the passenger glovebox), but I m
- /html/spitfires/1998-09/msg00013.html (10,348 bytes)
- 193. RE: Possible to polish windshield? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 08:49:54 -0500
- Although I know that the auto glass companies can polish out some pretty bad scratches, I'm not sure what they use. Paul Mostrom '77 Spitfire '81 F-100 "Triumph Support Vehicle" (Thanks Joe, the deca
- /html/spitfires/1998-09/msg00559.html (8,054 bytes)
- 194. FW: Struggling (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:20:28 -0500
- Sounds like a problem with the coil. In years past I worked as a mechanic and what would happen is that the coil would fail after it warmed up. Look at the coil for oil leakage, if there is oil comin
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00603.html (8,767 bytes)
- 195. FW: Camber Compensator? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:23:47 -0500
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- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00687.html (7,252 bytes)
- 196. RE: FW: Camber Compensator? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:57:37 -0500
- Paul M. told entails? AFAIK, the camber compensator requirement for SCCA is only for those 1970 and earlier Spitfires with the original rear spring. The 1971 and later "swing-spring" pretty much obv
- /html/spitfires/1998-08/msg00691.html (8,203 bytes)
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