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161. Re: [Spits] Wiring updates and so forth (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:30:29 -0400; Don't know what kind of brake work you did but that sounds like you might want to tighten up the rear adjusters. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ _______________________________; /html/spitfires/2009-08/msg00003.html (7,312 bytes)
162. Re: [Spits] [TR] Broke the GT6+ (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:56:05 -0400; Glad you got the car back on the road and no serious harm was done. You're lucky the free inner end didn't bang around and break something, though I guess the frame elements there don't let it contac; /html/spitfires/2009-08/msg00013.html (7,727 bytes)
163. Re: [Spits] Foggy windows (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:12:10 -0400; Yes indeed. Don't know about the round-tail but with a square-tail cracking the window in the rain even just an inch is a perfect way to get a steady stream of water sprayed onto your off-side sleeve; /html/spitfires/2009-08/msg00017.html (7,808 bytes)
164. Re: [Spits] Foggy windows (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:40:55 -0400; Ah, how times change. Nowadays a car's defroster automatically turns on the ubiquitous AC to dry the air. In the old days you had to turn on the heater to blow heated air across the windshield. (Cold; /html/spitfires/2009-08/msg00019.html (8,122 bytes)
165. Re: [Spits] OD question (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:09:12 -0400 (EDT); Greg M asked: It is not a direct bolt-in. Several things are different. The driveshaft is shorter. The speedometer drive is different, The rear engine mount, which is actually at the back end of the; /html/spitfires/2009-08/msg00029.html (7,731 bytes)
166. Re: [Spits] (late) Spitfire sighting: Top Gear (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:34:59 -0400; You must be a youngster. :-) I don't have any factory color charts for reference, but cars of this and similar colors were not uncommon in the US in the 60's. I could'a swore that Spitfires of this c; /html/spitfires/2009-09/msg00015.html (7,697 bytes)
167. Re: [Spits] Painting a Spit: Single-stage vs. BC/CC? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:52:06 -0400; Oh my guinness. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Spitfires@autox.team.net http:/; /html/spitfires/2009-09/msg00028.html (8,070 bytes)
168. [Spits] anyone replacing carpet? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:07:53 -0400; My GT6 needs some new carpet. More specifically, most of the carpet is fine, old but with plenty of life left, but the section over the tranny tunnel was worn out long ago. The main suppliers have ca; /html/spitfires/2009-09/msg00034.html (6,837 bytes)
169. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:18:31 -0400 (EDT); Jim Cullen asked: NOOOO!!!!! The large block-bellhousing gap at the bottom is telling you that they are not angled properly: the tranny input shaft is hitting the clutch from too high an angle, i.e.; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00002.html (7,509 bytes)
170. [Spits] a surprising fit for the throttle (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:17:53 -0400; My GT6 has always had an imprecise throttle. I partly blame a PO's transplant of SU carbs whose mechanical arrangement may or may not be appropriate. But partly it is because the big transverse shaft; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00016.html (8,308 bytes)
171. Re: [Spits] [SUSPECTED SPAM] Transmission installation Update (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:31 -0400; Good to hear. I was thinkin' of you just yesterday, wondering how you made out. Was gonna' ask. Interesting trick. You ran the rope in front of the firewall? Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com, 42022'44"N; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00021.html (7,945 bytes)
172. Re: [Spits] Brake light switch adjustment? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:54:23 -0400; I can't speak for everyone else so technically I can't answer this question. But I have never seen it myself, if that's what you are asking. Without my going out to check, two thoughts come to mind.; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00024.html (7,368 bytes)
173. [Spits] plastic tranny covers (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:37:43 -0400; I have plastic tranny covers in both the Spitfire and GT6. IIRC, they came from different sources (Spitbits, TRF) but I may be mistaken. As far as I noticed they are the same. They've been in the car; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00030.html (7,518 bytes)
174. Re: [Spits] plastic tranny covers (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:31:00 -0400; Thanks everyone for your input. Perhaps I misspoke just a bit. I don't doubt that the Spitfire (at least earlier) and GT6 tranny covers might be different. Not sure *why* the Mk IV/1500 cover should; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00033.html (7,377 bytes)
175. Re: [Spits] Spitfire 1500 differential (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:19:07 -0400; Joe is right. First time I removed my Spitfire diff about 20 years ago I had the same problem. I cut the bolt out with a hacksaw blade held by a piece of cloth. It, umm, wasn't the pleasantest or fas; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00037.html (7,574 bytes)
176. Re: [Spits] Rear Leaf Spring (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:54:21 -0400; Many many years ago I replaced the spring in my Spitfire ('80 1500, which means it has the longer axle). For several reasons that seemed a good idea at the tim. I wasn't so worried about the obvious; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00053.html (7,858 bytes)
177. Re: [Spits] Rear Spring (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:56:28 -0500; That was my reaction too. The before photo looks fine, and the after photo shows positive camber. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ ______________________________________________; /html/spitfires/2009-11/msg00010.html (7,839 bytes)
178. Re: [Spits] Rear Spring (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:54 -0500; Unless of course the front and rear aren't rigidly attached to each other... :-) It sometimes happens that the anti-roll bar mounts break off the frame. If that happens on the right side, it will off; /html/spitfires/2009-11/msg00011.html (7,559 bytes)
179. Re: [Spits] re Rear Spring/Driver's side sag (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:23:04 -0500; Other than the body lean when you are alone in the driver's seat, is ther another reason you want different front springs? Stiffer spring may make it ride harsher. Highly recommended. It keeps a pers; /html/spitfires/2009-11/msg00015.html (7,571 bytes)
180. Re: [Spits] Rear Spring reply (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16:24 -0500; Oh, well that's okay then. If Haynes said so, it probably is. There are several way you might measure it. With swing axles the sheel is always normal to the halfshaft, so you can just measure the hal; /html/spitfires/2009-11/msg00019.html (8,038 bytes)

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