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21. Re: Carb rebuild kits for HS4s (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:09:40 -0400; Everything seemed ok, but I'll have another good look. I'm not "mister SU carb" but I've owned a small fleet of SU equipped LBCs for a while now, and setting them up always seemed pretty straightforw; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00321.html (7,906 bytes)
22. Pivot pins on Midget/Spitfire 1500 trannies... in situ? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 04:22:03 -0400; I am having a bit of trouble with my Midget 1500 clutch. (same as spitfire 1500) The trouble is that the throwout arm is too loose on it's pivot. If I remove the clutch slave cylinder and grab the li; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00569.html (8,455 bytes)
23. Midget/Spitfire 1500 front engine leaking (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 04:27:13 -0400; I am trying to hunt down an oil leak on my Midget 1500 (same engine as Spitfire). It seems to be either the very bottom of the timing chain cover, or the very front of the sump. I have removed the su; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00570.html (7,631 bytes)
24. Re: Pivot pins on Midget/Spitfire 1500 trannies... in situ? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:51:33 -0400; I may have to play DPO on this one and try to do it anyways. This is a Midget 1500, so pulling the tranny is not an option, I have to pull the engine and tranny, and pulling the engine is as everybod; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00589.html (9,883 bytes)
25. Re: Pivot pins on Midget/Spitfire 1500 trannies... in situ? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 03:49:29 -0400; I think that is the key. I had a go at it tonight, and I got it together snug, but I expect it may not last. I think I have decided it CAN be done though. The key is that the bushing can be inserted; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00594.html (8,831 bytes)
26. Spitfire engine/head ID questions, and head FS (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:50:46 -0400; Is there a guide somewhere online to identifying Spitfire engines and heads by their markings? I have a lot of spitfire engine bits I want to get rid of, new house has a bigger garage but a smaller b; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00607.html (7,045 bytes)
27. Re: Spitfire in Austin Powers? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 02:01:51 -0400; The first 40 seconds of movie #1 is a "groovy" dance scene in some 60s british street. Lots of recognizable LBCs and at least one TR4/5 drives by. Then Austin comes into the present and has only the; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00312.html (8,181 bytes)
28. Re: Clutch Slave/Master cylinder problem! (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 15:49:51 -0400; I have a spare spitfire slave. It's from a 60s spitfire though, not sure about compatibility. The bore sized changed I beleive? -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ #17432933; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00505.html (7,635 bytes)
29. Re: Famous in AutoWeek (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 21:04:25 -0400; Aw shucks. I still haven't located an issue. -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/ "I'm going to die! And I've never tasted Canteloupe!"; /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00558.html (7,152 bytes)
30. Re: SU questions on a Spit 1500 (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:45:24 -0400; Did you check your float height? It's almost as if your valves will seal only if they get a lot of pressure, but leak at operating pressure, so you need to get "overloaded" a bit to seal. Cute. At 2-; /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00587.html (7,835 bytes)
31. Re: Something nice about the Spit! (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:13:24 -0500; ...but how does the space add up after you load the Spit with three toolboxes and a small fortune in spare parts? ;> -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ #17432933 http://www; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00367.html (8,661 bytes)
32. Re: gearbox fluids (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:06:38 -0500; It's very likely that the gear oil from then and now are very different, and that is what is causing the issues. The specifications should be consistent, but thirty years of progress might mean that; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00521.html (9,228 bytes)
33. Re: Welder question (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:30:44 -0500; I'm not sure who would say that. Personally, I can't really agree with any statements which makes flux-core seem like a better option. It really is the poor cousin to MIG welding when it comes to bod; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00592.html (7,692 bytes)
34. Re: Welder question (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:48:15 -0500; Well, I'm certainly not saying that you can't do the work with flux-core, but I can't see why anyone would want to given the choice. Well, grinding down the weld might remove a large chunk of the sla; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00594.html (7,801 bytes)
35. Re: Spitfire v. Midget power (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:53:13 -0500; It looks like it is taking the Midget power rating from another year. There is some thought that the engine made less power in the Midget install because of the engine bay design affects on the exhau; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00674.html (8,563 bytes)
36. Re: Spitfire v. Midget power (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:30:32 -0500; ...well, perhaps they don't lie, but there is at least some confusion wrapped around them... I can't help but think that if the term "emission" is involved, we aren't comparing UK-spec dual 1.5 inch; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00727.html (9,123 bytes)
37. Re: 1500 Venting (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:24:37 -0500; If you have the vent hose from the valve cover, then you can block off the vent pipe at the fuel pump opening. Then you have a working closed system. -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00784.html (7,977 bytes)
38. Re: 1500 Venting (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:32:47 -0500; I wouldn't leave it as is, because technically that creates a "short circuit", an air leak for the intake system via the block. The vacuum in the HS-4s is supposed to suck any excess crankcase pressu; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00785.html (9,312 bytes)
39. Re: 1500 Venting (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:25:34 -0500; I think we are back to the old problem where "emissions" devices are removed without being fully understood. The proper, original venting system consists of a bit of hose and a few plastic bits, like; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00792.html (9,388 bytes)
40. Re: 1500 Venting (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:40:08 -0500; No. You blow oil out of the dipstick hole if your engine has no venting at all, because there is nowhere for the pressure to go, and it finds someplace. When you have a proper vent hose from the valv; /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00793.html (9,042 bytes)

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