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On my 4-5j wheels are 175/70 on now (thats how I bought it and also 175 is cheaper then 155)
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4526 wrote:hi !
I just have got the gearbox tunnel out of the car.. now i find that it seems my reverse light switch has had seen the best of it .. so maybe best to put in a new one ..
So is this the right part ? (switch) My old one is a little different :B
maybe also going to buy a new wiring loom for my overdrive/ reverse light :)
is this the right one ? :-/ http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GAE191
i forgot to add the link before :B :B -
hi !
I just have got the gearbox tunnel out of the car.. now i find that it seems my reverse light switch has had seen the best of it .. so maybe best to put in a new one ..
So is this the right part ? (switch) My old one is a little different :B
maybe also going to buy a new wiring loom for my overdrive/ reverse light :) -
Alex wrote:These would have been handy on the RBR as I smashed a light.The stone went straight through and smashed the bulb too!
The hole in the light is huge and the stone inside is pretty big so they would have saved me.
Fortunately Tim Hunt kindly loaned me a spare light unit saving me from having to tape a torch on my bonnet ;D
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michael_charlton wrote:The stone guards are OK ,only if the stones are bigger than 1euro piece,anything smaller will just penetrate the mesh
I just find the look nice :B -
hi !
I maybe want to by headlight stone guards for my spit , but how do you instal them ? :-/ Thats what i want to know first :P
Please with photo's :B
Kind regards Wim -
3122 wrote:
yeah, that's what mine's got now!
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3122 wrote:I've got the thing on the tank for an external breather, but I was under the impression that UK cars had it blanked off, as mine is.
http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/diagram/spitfire1500petroltank.html&xhtmlcatalogue=xhtml/catalogue/spitfire1500.html&category=fuelandexhaust&xsl=diagram.xsl
158554 - that's the plug over what the Americans used as a vented hose thingy whatsit.
just like mine , but also with mine the rubber plug was rotten on mine , so a piece of fuel line and a bolt ;) -
My 4-5j wheels have 175/70/13 tyres on mij spit
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1381 wrote:Wim, its the things that 508566 screw into. If you took the captive square fixings out, you'd be left with a square shaped hole with nothing for the screw to go into. :-/
ow .. i'm sorry :-/ i don't know where you going to find it :B :-/ -
http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/diagram/spitfire1500hardtopglass.html&xhtmlcatalogue=xhtml/catalogue/spitfire1500.html&category=fasciatrimseatsandfixings&xsl=diagram.xsl
pop rivet's ?? ;) Mine whas done like this :) -
wow dirk & shaun !
nice work on the spitfire ;) i hope to do the same with a spitfire some day .. but yours will be a new car ;D
keep up the good work !
Kind regards Wim -
;D Otherwise she be there alone :'( :P
4058 wrote:At least she was in company of another triumph! ;D
Cheers
Shaun
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i will take a photo tomorrow (if i think about it ) :B
I've dismanteld 1 seat so ;) -
4058 wrote:Dag Wim,
i know a shot blasters in oudenaarde, then you would have to paint them (that is my next purchase i think, a nice blasting cabinet)
but anywhere near you, im not sure, i will ask at work
cheers
shaun
Hi shaun,
Ok thanks already ! ;) I've bought some revolution's, so they will go on first :P
Kind regards Wim -
hi shaun ,
I hope to see more photo's when it is back ;)
My spitfire is going in spray-filler this week (normal :o) ;)
i've just got a question .. do you know a place when i can my steel wheels cleaned up ? :-/
Kind regards Wim -
4545 wrote:It's also a bit of a rust trap. I've left them off my car.
i think the same now i've seen what it's for :-/ my car is a 1978 and don't have that so , but the seam is nice on mine so :P -
Hi ,
What it this :-/? Part no. 715821
http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/diagram/spitfireivbposttonneausideandreardeckpanels.html&xhtmlcatalogue=xhtml/catalogue/spitfire1500.html&category=chassissubframesbodyshellandfittings&xsl=diagram.xsl
Somebody got a photo of this ? :) -
932 wrote:just sent you the pics of the wiring on my car, cant get behind the speedo for a pic as takes ages to pull it apart and not got time at the moment, have photo'd what i can though, pics have been emailed as too big to put on here...
rich
thanks rich ! ;)
Kind regards wim -
i've bought some alu/ powdercoated plates from 'adunn' (or something like that) on ebay ;)
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i've bought some alu/ powdercoated plates from 'adunn' (or something like that) on ebay ;)
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Good work Dirk and Shaun ! ;)
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932 wrote:i know i can see some of them from underneath so will have a look and see what i can do, the middle bit is easy as only a few screws so can do that easy enough :)
thanks already , he middle bit is off in 5min i think ;) -
i just found this ! :P
http://aa.bosch.de/aa-batterien/en/pkw/media/Product_program_S3.pdf
Al the size's of the bosch battery's , now where i did put my tape measure ? ;D
Wim
installing radiator back ..
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Hi!
i'm going to re-install within a mont my old radiator (still in good shape)
what should i do ? It's the first time i'm going to do something like this ( also the spit is my first car) ;)
How much coolant must i poor in ? :B
Do i need a new thermostat? (car last started at September 2011) :) and don't know when is changed ever..
kind regards Wim