Dicky Blighter

Another vote for Andrew Turner - first class work.

You would be better off fitting carpets than that laminate flooring though, bugger to get it cut around the tunnel and makes the car a bit noisy. I think you have bought a bit too much - could always use extra to retrim dash and make some door capings

Didn't your mum always tell you to wrap up warm and wear your thermal undies  :) Or you could always make your own: http://users.silenceisdefeat.net/~lgtngstk/Sites/Circuits/12V_Heater/Heater.html

Been done for few years on agricultural and other heavy machinery - airport tugs are a good example, driver can spin round 180 degrees in his seat complete with controls when pushing or hooking up to plane then back again to pull and steering changes to suit direction he is facing. Would make reversing with a trailer a lot easier if you could do that in your car. Or when the missus is trying to park  ;D

You don't need the angle drive od a D type - the drive is further back than a J type and you can tuck the speedo cable into the chassis rail with enough curve for it to work fine - Just done this on mine and used the standard speedo cable with no problems. As far as the gearlever goes - I used the column switch as you don't need to take your hands of wheel to flick overdrive in or out.

Just fitted one to mine as temporary measure while I rebuild the steel one - they fit where they touch - and they dont touch in many places ;D Mind you they are about 30kg lighter than a steel one  :) - but that makes the front end sit high  :(

I used fused relays - but always best to have fuse as far 'up-stream' as possible (i.e. on feed to relay) and as close to power source as possible, that way any problems will always blow fuse instead of a component.   In this case if for any reason the relay caused a problem your wiring to the relay from battery would not be protected and would result in lots of smoke and melted wiring (or burnt out car!)

1500 Spitfire? - have you been adding to the collection?

Just aquired an overdrive box and all the bits and thats got the column mounted switch which is what I wanted anyway - mounted the switch last night and seems to be in perfect position. Can switch in and out without taking hands off the wheel and can flick with thumb if hand is on the gearstick. I intend to add a dash light to show when overdrive is switched in. Hoping to drop the gearbox in next weekend, cleaning and painting all the bits at the moment and making a new wiring loom as the insulation is going a bit hard on the original one so might as well make a new one with decent connectors.

Polybush all round and Gaz shocks on the back has transformed the handling on my Spitfire, will do the front springs and Gaz shocks on front at some point but fine as it is for now.

From your original post you are using oil as you should and thats forcing some very mucky looking grease out from the rubber seal which looks a bit perished. All of which suggests poor or a lack of maintenance in the past, so for the sake of a couple of hours work and peace of mind order a couple of new trunnion kits, strip it all down and replace them. However as someone else suggested it's the vertical link that snaps so carefully check for corrosion and pitting on and at the end of the thread whilst it's all in bits. Any pitting in this area means replacing the vertical links, failures aren't as common as it appears so don't get paranoid about it, think of all the thousands of spits, heralds etc. that are driving around with no problems, but when they do fail it can be quite nasty - especially if you are driving the car hard and stupid to do that if you suspect a problem. (even more stupid to suggest thats the way to find out for sure (naughty)(naughty) )

The gaugs are 10 volt not 12 and thats what the regulator is for so yo do need it. The standard ones on the back of the speedo are not that relaible as they use a b-metallic strip - much better to upgrade to solid state one - lots of sellers of these or you can make one for less than £1. As an example http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Spitfire-Herald-TR4-3-6-Dolomite-Gauge-Voltage-Regulator-Stabiliser-/180889619755?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a1ddc8d2b

Want one

4058 wrote:Hi all, , I have a ex military amphibious truck, 1968, it has air over hydraulic brakes, 4 pot disc calipers all round (6 wheels) they stop very well, in fact when you jump on the anchor pedal, you can lift the rear wheels. Cheers Shaun Picture pleeeeease!

The long plastic thing is for writing stuff when your computer breaks