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1. Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:05:53 +0000; Having just spent the best part of a thousand pounds having the engine stripped, the pistons, rings and bearings replaced and the whole thing put back together again, 175 miles later, the $%^&%& gear; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00038.html (8,345 bytes)
2. RE: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: "David A. Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:45:15 -0500; Sorry to hear that Mike. That sounds a lot like me earlier this summer, the water pump in the wife's Mustang really started to whine. Time to change it, fine new pump. Test ran the car for about 25km; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00039.html (9,991 bytes)
3. re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: <rtgetzinger@scif.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:54:25 PST; the $%^&%& gearbox has gone! All the forward gears are fine, but I've lost reverse completely. Mike, I had a similar problem. I cracked open the top of the gearbox and found that the reverse arm pivo; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00041.html (9,718 bytes)
4. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 09:56:18 +0000; Obviously accelerating too hard in reverse! :-) Mind you a lot of the Kit cars out there that use motorcycle engines don't have reverse, you just have to get out and push! Cheers Tim Michael Hargrea; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00044.html (9,133 bytes)
5. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 02:45:54 -0800 (PST); I can sympathise with you too having spent over 2 months and hundreds of pounds sorting out the front suspension and after only 6 days back on the road the ** engine knackered. Fortunately I have a; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00045.html (9,140 bytes)
6. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:51:43 +0000; That's how I'm coping at the moment (that and trying never to park where I can't drive out forwards). I'm just glad it's not a heavier car.... ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitn; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00046.html (8,614 bytes)
7. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:58:57 +0000; Quite - and then, what else is going to go wrong?? So far I have repaired or replaced the battery, all the electrics, the Clutch slave and master cylinders, the Brake master cylinder, the accelerator; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00047.html (9,839 bytes)
8. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:50:23 +0000; Wow. Thanks very much indeed for the detailed explanation. All UK 1500s had a single-rail gearbox, so I'm not sure how much of the above will apply. I am told by others that I would be mad to try to; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00048.html (10,717 bytes)
9. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:45:22 +0000; I think you're right. Almost everything else in the car has been fixed up over the past few months, so I guess that the gearbox was bound to go sooner or later. The only thing remaining unchanged sho; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00049.html (9,324 bytes)
10. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: tw1@MUW.Edu; Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 06:43:23 -0600 (CST); Just keeping thinking about the 175 miles. I'm happy now if I can get to town and back! Hopefully my "on the road" time will overtake my "in the garage" time and so will yours. If you were state-side; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00050.html (9,192 bytes)
11. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 07:01:15 +0000; I started to work out the ratio a few months ago, and got very disheartened! This latest incident has forced me to put my spare car back on the road again (a tatty 12-year-old Saab 9000), something I; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00057.html (9,218 bytes)
12. Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:09:02 +0000; Thanks to all of you who provided support and encouragement during my recent problems with Carly. I'm pleased to say that I changed the gearbox yesterday, with no problems, and can now go backwards a; /html/spitfires/2001-12/msg00085.html (8,357 bytes)

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