Common rattles

2006-07-24 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hello all, I have a 1975 Spitfire 1500 which I bought in May. I am slowly bringing its material condition up to speed. However, I have a bunch of rattles through out the car. I have found some in and under the bonnet, yet they are some still there. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank

HS4 Heat Shield Template.

2006-10-05 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi all, I just received my newly rebuilt, and cleaned up Dual HS4 SU carburetors from Paltech Micropolishing ( http://paltech1.com/index.html ). I am getting ready to install them on my 75 1500 Spitfire. I have visited Paul Teglers site and see the template there. There are no measurements on

RE: Updates to manuals?

2006-10-09 Thread The Family Jefferson
of dashpot oil that Jeff Zorn gave me at car shows. R/ Howard -Original Message- From: Doug Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:51 PM To: The Family Jefferson; Spitfire list Subject: Re: Updates to manuals? Are you talking abou the oil in the carb dashpots? I

Spitfire 1500 Hardtop installed.

2006-10-23 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi all, Well, Columbus had a bit of snow today. So that was my first sign that I should get the hard top back on my 75 Spitfire 1500. After my neighbor helped me center it and bolt it down (6 bolts in all), It does not look right for some reason. Particularly in the front. It looks too tall.

75 Spitfire Not starting.

2006-12-17 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi all, Last weekend I had to move my 75 Spitfire out of the garage so my sons Scouts could use the space for a project. When it came time to put her back in I first took her down the street and around the block, then began backing into the garage. Then she just stopped running. I have

[Spit] Hard Top Weight

2007-03-25 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi all, Spring is here and I am getting ready to take the hardtop off my 75 Spitfire. Last year the top stood up in the garage corner threatening to fall down if someone looked at it wrong. This year I want to suspend it from the garage overhead beams. There is a company called Harken, they

[Spit] British Car shows in the St. Louis region?

2007-04-24 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi all, I am looking at a possible summer trip to see a friend south of St. Louis, Missouri. Are there any planned British car shows this summer in that region? Thanks R/ Howard [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of Blank Bkgrd.gif] Your messages not

[Spit] HS4 vs CD150 choke cable.

2007-04-28 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi All, I replaced a CD150 Stromberg (with manual choke) for a set of HS4s carburetors. I have managed to get the cable connected, but it seems to take pulling it out all the way to keep the car running (between 1500 2000 rpm). Is there a difference between the Stromberg and HS4 choke

[Spit] HS4 choke time.

2007-05-06 Thread The Family Jefferson
Hi All, I recently installed some HS4 carburetors on my 75 Spit. I still am trying to tweak the RPM/Choke into the right zone and I think I almost have it adjusted. Initially, when they were installed, they would only start and idle at 1500 to 2000 rpm, full choke on. Now it they run there

Re: [Spits] Spitfire Header

2007-08-18 Thread The Family Jefferson
James, I bought a header from Ted for my 75 Spitfire 1500 when I converted to dual SU's. The other stainless steel headers Considering Rimmer Bros. was about $300 (plus shipping) and Spitbits was $400 (plus all that other stuff) I went with Ted. When I installed them, I was told I should have

Re: [Spits] Spitfire Header

2007-08-18 Thread The Family Jefferson
bowls. I understand the ceramic coating will radiate less heat. -=Chris Chris King http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/ -Original Message- From: The Family Jefferson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/18/2007 9:12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net Subject: Re

[Spits] Triumph in the movies.

2007-12-24 Thread The Family Jefferson
As a pre-Christmas treat we took my son to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. And to my amazement, there is a Triumph TR4 (maybe a TR250). Happy Holidays everyone. R/ Howard 75 Spitfire 1500 [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of Blank Bkgrd.gif]

Re: [Spits] Yahoo message I received.

2008-05-03 Thread The Family Jefferson
I would say this was a really bad Phishing attempt. R/ Howard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Moseley Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:49 PM To: 'Spitfire/GT6 List' Subject: Re: [Spits] Yahoo message I received. I'd say Spam.