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41. Re: Spitfire Water pump (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:35:27 -0500 (EST); Ummmm, Joe, I'm not looking at my Spitfire right now but from memory and with the knowledge of just about every other car I've ever seen... The water pump and alternator are driven by the crankshaft; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00113.html (8,384 bytes)
42. Re: Spitfire Water pump (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:50:49 -0500 (EST); Have you tried silicon brake fluif? -- Jim Muller == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00114.html (7,590 bytes)
43. Re: 75 Spitfire Not starting. (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:50:28 -0500; Noooooo! If you have enough voltage to jump 1.4" then you don't want to get anywhere near it!!!! Now, 1/4" on the other hand, that's a horse of a different feather. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '8; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00034.html (6,861 bytes)
44. Re: Crank Shaft Pulley Removal (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:19:15 -0500; Ummmmm, I pulled mine off a few years ago to check if the chain tensioner was broken. (It wasn't.) IIRC, it was a normal righthand thread. However I wouldn't stake my life on that. It's not a clear m; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00037.html (7,544 bytes)
45. Re: TR-Spitfire : Replaceing UV Joints in Half Shafts (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:24:18 -0500 (EST); Shane Sizemore asked: No need to removed the diff; just remove the four bolts per side which hold the u-joint flange to the bearing frame sticking out of each side of the diff. Removing a halfshaft i; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00046.html (8,055 bytes)
46. today's firsts (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:19:56 -0500; It was the best of times, it was the first of times. You experience something new every day. Today I addressed a few "issues" on the GT6. Replaced the rubber fule lines downstream from the fule pump.; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00051.html (8,042 bytes)
47. Re: Throw out bearing arm pivot pin (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:19:56 -0500; The pin is a simple friction pin driven into the hole. (They call that a drift pin, right? Or do I mis-remember?) IIRC, the pin can be driven in and out of the hole easily, and if I had to guess I'd; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00052.html (7,264 bytes)
48. wheel bearing question (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:37:10 -0500; The last issue I addressed on the GT6 today appears to be related to a front wheel bearing. The RF wheel has developed some looseness that you can detect by pulling the wheel in and out at the top. I; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00053.html (7,385 bytes)
49. Re: Christmas (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:16:09 -0500; It's now 5:06PM (northeastern US). We just got back in from an afternoon's excursion in the GT6. Drove out to the Mt Misery woods, spent a few hours walking. All in all it was a great day. (And the P; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00063.html (6,767 bytes)
50. Re: 1500 engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:23:37 -0500; Don't know nuffin 'bout pistons, but the 9:1 ratio is nice if you don't mind having to be particular about the gas you run. The '76 engine was 9:1 but the difference was the heads,so they tell me. I; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00065.html (8,133 bytes)
51. Re: 1500 engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:43:52 -0500; Pumps used to list it as (R+M)/2. I haven't noticed lately, but it has been this way for at least 25 years, IIRC. AS I understand it, it lowered the rating by a click or two, but I can't recall which; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00068.html (7,713 bytes)
52. RE: 1500 engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:45:20 -0500; Around here 93 seems to be the labeled octane on all the "high-test" pumps. It used to be that Sunoco Ultra was 94, but now it is also listed as 93. I used to run Ultra all the time, but I can't say; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00069.html (7,749 bytes)
53. Re: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:14:42 -0500; Ummm, I'm having trouble picturing what you are asking. I've taken the spring out of my Spitfire and GT6 a number of times, and replaced the Spitfire spring once. But I've never had to disassemble it; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00078.html (7,887 bytes)
54. Re: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:31:57 -0500; We are talking about the Mk4/1500 swing-spring, right? If not then none of this applies! I finished re-assembling the rear of Spitfire just a few months ago, and I'm trying to remember all the detail; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00081.html (8,547 bytes)
55. Re: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring TOGETHER! (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:59:15 -0500; Ah, see how easy something can be when you use a big enough hammer! Or prybar or whatever. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00084.html (6,511 bytes)
56. Re: overdrive (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:20:59 -0500; I don't have OD on a 3-rail box but... Consider one switch to operate the backup light and another to lock out the OD. Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com 42022'44"N 71013'2"W == This list supported in part; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00091.html (6,908 bytes)
57. RE: overdrive (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:23:17 -0500; Hmmmmmmm. Lots of cars had buzzers with switches on the belts and in the seats; the Feds required it, after all. But I've never heard of any that ran it through the shifter too. Why do that, f'r all; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00094.html (6,699 bytes)
58. Re: overdrive (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:16:08 -0500; Yes indeed, all the buzzers were crazy, as were the ignition lockouts. So crazy that Congress reversed themselves and then made them all illegal. But that's not quite what I meant. What I thought was; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00004.html (7,624 bytes)
59. Re: After OD (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:16:00 -0500; In normal use this is prevented by the British use of an external lubrication system. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Regi; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00006.html (6,614 bytes)
60. Re: [TR] Foreign Language phrase books - and a Triumph? (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:59:07 -0500 (EST); Clouseau: Does yur doeg biyte? Innkeeper: No. Dog bites Clouseau. Clouseau: I thught you sed yur doeg does nut biyte? Innkeeper: That is not my dog. Perhaps the phrasebook used the wrong verb. Either; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00009.html (7,067 bytes)

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