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21. Re: winter storage (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:21:04 +0000; Just adding my voice to that of Ryan Smith - a little cold weather is no reason not to enjoy a bit of Spitfire driving, and it is also much better for your car to get out and about on a regular basis; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00002.html (7,802 bytes)
22. Re: Urgent advice needed on purchase of Mk3 (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:01:43 +0000; Your best source of information on the original build of the car is probably the British Motor Heritage Centre. This is an organisation set up and owned by Rover Group (what was once Austin Rover, pr; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00021.html (7,335 bytes)
23. Re: Dual SU's & ECV (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 09:34:43 +0000; I couldn't say for sure on the 1296cc engine, but there is no spacer between the SU carbs and the inlet manifold on the 1500 engine - just a normal thin gasket. As for the Emission Control stuff, we; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00160.html (7,644 bytes)
24. Re: No leaded fuel. What to do? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:05:49 +0000; In the UK we are going through the trauma of the withdrawal from sale of leaded fuel right now, so there is a lot of discussion and information going around about what to do. Basically there seem to; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00161.html (9,446 bytes)
25. Re: No leaded fuel. What to do? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:01:08 +0000; Quick follow-up to my message earlier about what to do about unleaded The four products endorsed by the FBHVC are: Millers VSP Plus, (manganese type) Millers Oils Ltd Freephone: 0800 281 053 Red Line; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00162.html (8,557 bytes)
26. Re: No leaded fuel. What to do? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 13:38:49 +0000; It seems the situation may be a bit different in the US to Europe. From the time leaded fuel was introduced for road vehicles in the '20s, only leaded fuel was available, until the mid 80's when unl; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00168.html (12,854 bytes)
27. Re: No leaded fuel. What to do? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 14:38:03 +0000; The cylinder head modification is a fairly straight-forward job - for someone with the right experience and tools. The cylinder head is removed, and the valves taken out of the head. A recess is mac; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00171.html (7,892 bytes)
28. Re: Spitfires at LeMans (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 16:55:58 +0000; At the time of Le Mans '64, the GT6 was still under development, and had not been announced. However, the standard factory hard-top shape was considered not aerodynamic enough to give the Spitfire th; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00177.html (7,486 bytes)
29. Juddery steering - any ideas? (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:24:20 +0000; Daffy (my '78 Spit 1500) has developed a juddering through the steering wheel at high speeds. However, this only appears when cornering - there's no vibration on the straight - which would seem to ru; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00258.html (7,148 bytes)
30. Re: engine noise (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:59:26 +0000; I had a rattling noise on Daffy ('78 Spit 1500) - it turned out that the crankshaft pulley was loose. This was on a re-conditioned engine that had only been fitted 11 months previously. Looks like w; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00354.html (6,975 bytes)
31. Goodbye (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:04:58 +0000; I only joined the list a few weeks ago, but I've got to say goodbye! Apparently, our internet service provider at Perkins charges per e-mail in and out, and the guy responsible for the system has had; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00364.html (7,016 bytes)
32. Hello Again! (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:17:02 +0000; Thank you to all the people who sent me messages to help me avoid having to leave the Spitfire List - it's nice to know so many of you care! I have re-joined, using the digest version - hopefully thi; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00409.html (6,702 bytes)
33. RHD (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <rbgos@perkins-engines.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:34:34 +0000; the obvious ones - i.e. headlamps, steering rack, and the layout of stuff on the rack at the rear of the engine bay. Later cars also had different carbs and other emission control nonsense, but thes; /html/spitfires/1999-12/msg00453.html (8,622 bytes)

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