Robert.Haigney@anixter.com wrote:
>
> I bought it, Saturday afternoon, went and looked at the 78 Spitfire, thanks
> everyone for responding on what to look for, it was a big help.
> Checked the car over, no rust...!!!! well actually there are two very,
> very light patches of surface rust on one of the fenders, some cracked
> paint, but that was it, thank California weather for that one. Hard top
> is in great condition, that will be great help for the Nevada winters. Car
> also has Overdrive, that works....woooo hoooo, shifts smoothly, the guy I
> bought it from also delivered it, this has to be the best $400 I've ever
> spent.
>
> Problems I did find were as follows....
>
> Car runs rich, it's not using the original fuel pump it has an electronic
> one installed, could this be the problem, could it be pushing too much fuel
> to the carb, or should I look at the carb first (adjustment, etc.)...???
> Car needs three or four attempts before starting.
Make sure you have a regulator installed that will let you set the fuel
pressure to between 2 and 4 psi. Then you can set it at a rate that
will not cause problems. Most pumps deliver much more pressure than the
car can use and will let the bowls overflow or as you say cause it to be
too rich (due most likely to overflow leaking into the carb body)
>
> One rear shock is bad, so I'm going to replace both rear shocks, no big
> problem there.
>
> The water pump has a small hole, It looks like a bleeder hole, after about
> 10 - 15 mins of running the car, some radiator fluid starts to leak from
> this hole, I take it this isn't normal, where do I start to trouble shoot
> this....??
Seal is likely bad. Water pumps are not that expensive. I get them
from British Parts Northwest. They have a web site!
>
> Speedo and rev counter both don't work, I take it they run on the same
> cable, I haven't looked it up in the book yet, but that doesn't seem to be
> too much of a problem.
That model has an electronic tach, so the two are different problems.
>
> Signal arm needs to be replaced, it's missing the end.
>
> And that's about it, a couple of cosmetic parts and I'm looking good and
> driving strong, then I have the hassle of registering it in a new
> state....hmmm
>
> Any advice, tips help etc. is greatly appreciated.
>
Be sure to register it in the Spitfire database:
http://home1.gte.net/spitlist/index.html
Regards,
Joe Curry
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