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181. Re: It's Alive! (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 18:43:49 -0700
has Not unusual- carbs are unbalanced. there to Screw the mixture jets at the bottom of the carbs fully up until the nuts are seated firmly and the 'nose' or top of the jet assembly is flush with th
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00089.html (10,049 bytes)

182. Re: Parts forsale (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 18:48:52 -0700
What years/models are these for? What's your location? This would help out greatly depending if it's a round or square tail Spit. _____________________________________________________________________
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00090.html (7,683 bytes)

183. Re: Alarms and power door locks. (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 10:48:31 -0700
is. After all, a car jacker has only to reach down, grab you by your ears, and drag you out. At that, 30 seconds isn't very long. On the very remote chance you get car jacked (you're statistically mo
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00145.html (8,813 bytes)

184. Door cappers (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 10:53:12 -0700
I think I'd be tempted to glue down a 1/4" layer of foam rubber first and then a layer of vinyl glued to that. Since the top edge would end at the window felts and the bottom by the door panel, it sh
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00146.html (7,832 bytes)

185. Re: transmission rebuild kit (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 14:33:00 -0700
you never do. I have concluded that the shipping issue is just another I've got a friend who is on a business trip in the midwest- and is in fact only four blocks away from VB. He just called asking
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00161.html (9,956 bytes)

186. Re: Spitfire: To buy or not to buy... (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 12:05:58 -0700
Welcome to the world of LBC's! Land Cruisers have their own set of demons so you'll feel right at home working on Spitfires. I strongly recommend taking a friend knowledgable about Triumphs or Spits
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00293.html (9,524 bytes)

187. Re: Dropping the Front End. (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:35:32 -0700
paint shop for bonnet and think that without end and roll the One person can (barely) lift one end of the suspension/chassis without a body tub in place. Those tires and steel components weigh a ton.
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00350.html (8,659 bytes)

188. Re: Front Spring Shortening (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:13:28 -0700
When I worked for NAPA Auto Parts back in the early 90's (boy that sure sounds weird, eh?), we sent out all of our custom spring orders from our machine shop to Gitts Spring in Auburn, WA. They custo
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00400.html (9,636 bytes)

189. Re: RE: Highway driving (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 10:52:46 -0700
90% I have my 94 Astro, a 69 Chev PU, the Spit, and a early Honda motorcycle. I also used to drive a Freightliner. Everything was or is tall and your elevation above the road is significant. I like
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00443.html (9,824 bytes)

190. Re: Highway driving (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 13:01:27 -0700
on the gas and blow black soot all over their front end!! On one of the trucks a company I worked at had, was a starting fluid injection system. You'd press a button on the floor with your foot to sh
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00456.html (10,415 bytes)

191. Re: Keihun carbs on a 1500 Spit? (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:50:57 -0700
It has been done and there are a few rare manifolds out there to do the job. There are even kits to do the entire job complete with carbs. I don't have the reference though. Jeff McNeal has researche
/html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00888.html (8,618 bytes)

192. RE: GM Alternator Conversion (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 11:12:14 -0700
The 7127c series of GM Alternators are the most numerous single model type on the planet. From 1972 up through the mid 80's, they were on every GM car and truck built. That's millions upon millions o
/html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00083.html (9,655 bytes)

193. Re: Compression (score: 1)
Author: flinters <flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
The distributor/coil lead should be disconnected completely from the engine and all spark plugs removed for the test. You're only testing individual cylinders, not the entire engine at once. I've see
/html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00272.html (8,121 bytes)

194. Re: Portland favour (score: 1)
Author: flinters <flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:44:30 -0700 (PDT)
The name of the Portland, Oregon store is Powells. They have a very good website online at: http://www.powells.com/ -- ** * * * Flinthoof Ponypal * * Vegaman Dan * * * * http://jarmac.picarefy.com Po
/html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00291.html (7,541 bytes)

195. Re: PRICES (score: 1)
Author: flinters <flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:10:10 -0800 (PST)
NAPA sells Timken tapered roller bearings. They also have standard roller bearings as well that are repackaged from a variety of US manufacturers. Timken has been in business for nearly a century now
/html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00105.html (9,904 bytes)

196. Re: PRICES (score: 1)
Author: flinters <flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:11:53 -0800 (PST)
I suppose I should state that the time when I worked for five years at NAPA it was true, but it's been about eight years since then and things may have changed. It was a point of pride at that time t
/html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00111.html (7,964 bytes)

197. Re: Re: Vacu-rak (score: 1)
Author: flinters <flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:24:43 -0800 (PST)
Suction cup mounts work fine for temporary situations, but they do affect your paint. Any amount of dust or even if the suction cup surface itself is not absolutely perfect in surface will cause it t
/html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00136.html (7,864 bytes)

198. Re: No Power On Hills (NO LBC - GMC Truck) (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:03:07 +0000
Fuel delivery and/or vaccuum leaks. I'd immediately suspect fuel delivery. Compression wouldn't give you the bucking reaction- it would just slow down not care what you did since there wasn't any mor
/html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00387.html (9,182 bytes)

199. Re: welding (sad story) (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:54:48 +0000
When welding, always prepare for the worst. Always assume that there *will* be a fire and have your supplies at the ready. Sure it's a pain to get them all out, but better to prepare now than to run
/html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00504.html (8,347 bytes)

200. Re: "ign" light & starter prob... coincidence? (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:43:17 +0000
Alternator is on the way out- actually gone now. If you have an external regulator, replace that, but I don't believe the 1500's had external regulators. I may be wrong. It is definately the failure
/html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00746.html (8,190 bytes)


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