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1. RE: Funky D-type O/D (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:43:30 +0100; Unless you are leaking significant amounts of gearbox oil (and I suspect you'd have spotted that by now!) I doubt lack of oil is the problem - my O/D has continued to work fine when I have been long; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00001.html (8,517 bytes)
2. Re: new here (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:48:33 +0100; Marv & Sue, Welcome to the Spitfire List! There's a great bunch of friendly and knowledgable (and a few not-so-knowledgeable but learning fast) people here. You'll get an answer to pretty much any qu; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00003.html (7,600 bytes)
3. RE: Funky D-type O/D (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:39:12 +0100; Well, what's the worst that could happen if you rig up an idiot light? I can't think of anything much apart from accidentally earthing the wire leading from the solonoid to the idiot light. So... th; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00008.html (7,802 bytes)
4. RE: Funky D-type O/D, P. II (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 07:51:56 +0100; I do remember that at some point in the past people have advised against using 'hypoid' gear oil - something about it being too slippery, which prevents the O/D from engaging? I also seem to remembe; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00025.html (8,790 bytes)
5. RE: Todd the Newbe (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:36:59 +0100; One quick point - I've never yet (touch wood!) needed to do any work on the bottom end of my engine, but I have it on good authority that it is possible to do it without needing to remove the engine; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00030.html (7,866 bytes)
6. RE: Timing a modified '72 1300 (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:47:56 +0100; Can't say for certain about a 1300, but for a UK 1500 engine with twin SUs and no emissions control gubbbins, the standard setting is 10deg BTDC. My approach would be to get the vernier adjustment m; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00033.html (8,418 bytes)
7. RE: bleed screws (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 15:44:57 +0100; Quick, minor, correction to Doug's e-mail to avoid any confusion: The bleed nipples with little check valves in are SpeedBleeders EZ-Bleed is the device that uses pressure from your spare tyre to pre; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00054.html (7,813 bytes)
8. RE: Timing or Carbs? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:35:12 +0100; You say that the idle can't be lowered below 1000rpm, even with the throttles fully closed. Well, with throttle fully closed the engine shouldn't run at all! This might suggest that air is getting i; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00064.html (8,064 bytes)
9. RE: It is a long shot - bleed screw sizes and speedbleeders. (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:54:38 +0100; On the advice of another list member, I ordered: Front calipers SB3824L Rear cylinders SB3824HD which fitted just fine. Apparently the guys at Speedbleeder are quite helpful, and very happy to discu; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00069.html (8,553 bytes)
10. Drive Archive (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:52:06 +0100; Just discovered a new-ish website - http://www.drivearchive.com It's kind of like an automotive "Friends Reunited" - people put in the details of cars they own or used to own, and as the database bui; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00116.html (7,861 bytes)
11. RE: newbe with the noisy powerless spit! (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:08:27 +0100; "Geessshhhh.... I have 2 Haynes Spitfire manuals!.... 1 for the dirty stuff, another for the bedside table...." James, I'm starting to worry about you a little... Richard -- Important Notice: The inf; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00155.html (8,187 bytes)
12. RE: bleed nipples (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:09:16 +0100; The bleed nipples always turn anti-clockwise, if you are looking at them as if you are about to be squirted in the eye with brake fluid, to loosen. This means that, on the rear brakes, where they ar; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00194.html (8,864 bytes)
13. RE: some (more) SU questions (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:23:21 +0100; Best I can do is direct you to the Rimmer Bros exploded diagrams, which show in detail what parts go where. Most parts that Rimmers gives a number for can probably be ordered from any of the major p; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00208.html (7,821 bytes)
14. RE: A particularly dumb question about hardtops (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 07:46:33 +0100; I do vaguely remember hearing that the hardtop can be installed over the soft-top, but I fail to see how. You would have to remove the rear bar, otherwise you would not be able to get the rear bolts; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00266.html (8,908 bytes)
15. RE: A particularly dumb question about hardtops (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:14:46 +0100; OK, that explains it, I never had the alternative brackets so I never quite understood how they worked. Still, I'm not sure what the point is. Once my hard-top is on it stays there for 6 months, and; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00268.html (8,445 bytes)
16. Spit/TR7 catalogue (was: Progress!) (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:20:32 +0100; Bizarre that Moss should lump the Spit in with the TR7 in the same catalogue - about the only things they have in common was that they were both built by Triumph in the late '70s! As far as common co; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00277.html (8,269 bytes)
17. RE: Petronix Vs. MSD (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:51:45 +0100; Mine too! Well, maybe not, but none of her problems are caused by the And my car is still running just fine with its $4 points... Doug Braun '72 Spit -- Important Notice: The information in this emai; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00312.html (8,360 bytes)
18. RE: Wrong tyres... oops (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:04:26 +0100; Well, the 165/70 tyre is not quite the same as a 155/80 165 * 0.70 = 115.5 155 * 0.80 = 124 So the 165/70 is 7% shorter than the 155/80. Of course, that is added to the 13" rim diameter, so overall; /html/spitfires/2003-04/msg00329.html (9,203 bytes)
19. RE: Custom Dashboards (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:37:54 -0000; Inserting/removing CDs from a CD player in the standard position is fine, as long as the transmission is in neutral, 2nd or 4th - at least that's true for a square-tail spit, I don't know if the gea; /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00073.html (7,818 bytes)
20. RE: Original Tire Question (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:05:15 -0000; Check out http://www.geocities.com/goalie_john/ - there is a scan of Autocar magazine from March 1975. This refers to Dunlop SP68, Radial ply tubeless, 155SR13. This is from a British magazine, so t; /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00116.html (8,417 bytes)

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