- 1. RE: Small end bush...Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:17:54 -0600
- Dean- I haven't seen any reply, so I thought I'd send my .02. NO, you don't have to buy a new conn rod, but you should buy a new set of small end (gudgeon pin) bushes, and have them installed and res
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00541.html (7,487 bytes)
- 2. RE: GT6 vs Spit Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:18:06 -0600
- Yes, it would
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00613.html (7,369 bytes)
- 3. RE: GT6 vs Spit Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:10:15 -0600
- Thanks for correcting me Barry, I forgot that the 75 was the single rail change over year Mark
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00615.html (8,562 bytes)
- 4. RE: Oil coolers and rocker feeders (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 06:58:08 -0600
- Yes, and Yes- The reason for the rocker supply pipe is very different than anyone else's. When the cam bearings were installed by my brother, he neglected to locate the oil supply galley to the rear
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00805.html (10,208 bytes)
- 5. Bye (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:56:17 -0600
- Due to a manpower reduction, I'm forced to sign off spitlist for some time. Thanks for all of your help, opinions, and experience Mark Haynes '65 Spit racer
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00937.html (6,270 bytes)
- 6. RE: Stubborn Woodruff Key (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:02:11 -0600
- Ed- use a small flat bladed screwdriver, and knock it lightly with a small hammer. The end you tap on should either rise up, allowing you to get the screwdriver under it to lever it up and out of the
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00110.html (7,627 bytes)
- 7. RE: Pertronix Ignitor & Distributor (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:17:47 -0600
- I'm not sure how well this applies to 1500s, but here goes. We replaced the Delco with Mechanical Tach drive with a stock MGB distributor. No Pain, No Fuss went right in, I don't remember if we had t
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00235.html (9,677 bytes)
- 8. RE: brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:09:48 -0600
- Stephen- The easiest way to do this is to apply pressure with your prying device, and open the bleeder nipple on the caliper. Not only do you get your new pads installed, but you get to change out so
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00462.html (7,885 bytes)
- 9. RE: GT6 Differential gears (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:05:59 -0600
- Joe- is that a large-flange or a small-flange diff? Or are all GT6 diffs large-flange? I think we have a 4.11 small flange, I know we have a 4.55 large flange, but we're using that. If you can't find
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00624.html (7,924 bytes)
- 10. Mechanics in Denver (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:30:59 -0600
- Brian and Mike- Other than Katz, Try Paul Dierschow (pronounced deershaw) at (303)422-9272. He owned Katz' wrecking yard years ago when it was known as Scotland Yard. Knows his British cars, fair pri
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00881.html (6,860 bytes)
- 11. RE: [personals] HHE seeks pair SUC (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 07:04:39 -0600
- Donald- I'm confused, I thought that the 948 engine was a Healey motor, not a TR. The 948s of the Healey variety ran (after the 9C motor) HS2 SUs, I have 2 pair of them, and they fit your description
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01283.html (9,311 bytes)
- 12. RE: Minilite Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:09:56 -0600
- Mike- We run 185/60x13s on the racer on 13x6 rims. We run 2 to 3 degrees of negative camber front & rear and only have interference problems on the bonnet lip. The racer is lowered to about 2" cleara
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00911.html (7,516 bytes)
- 13. RE: Minilite Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:27:03 -0600
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- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00927.html (9,873 bytes)
- 14. RE: Brake Rotor Suggestion (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:32:53 -0600
- Even as a pure race car, the cost of standard rotors is so low that the pain of replacing them is far outweighed by the cost of cross-drilled ones. Our pads run about $80, a set, and the rotors run a
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00928.html (9,759 bytes)
- 15. RE: Newbie questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:37:34 -0600
- I seem to remember a thread about this recently, where it was stated that the manufacture date and the titled date differ due to the dealers' titling date (i.e.the date it was sold vs. the date it wa
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00929.html (11,143 bytes)
- 16. RE: Brake Rotor Suggestion (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 07:21:12 -0600
- More recently, Yes, small drums inside the rotor or hub take up the hand (parking) brake function. The old Renault 10s used to use a brass lever and arm setup to push the inner pad onto the rear roto
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00972.html (8,884 bytes)
- 17. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 07:32:31 -0600
- Joe- wouldn't the application of a rear anti-sway bar accomplish the same thing on a swing spring? We put an addco bar on the rear of our racer this winter, and it has greatly improved the balance of
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00974.html (10,624 bytes)
- 18. RE: camber compensator (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:23:57 -0600
- Joe- The Addco bar has a standar swaybar type u-bracket whichwraps around the lower bar of the vertical link (where the shock mounts). It's then bolted to the eye on the end of the bar (i.e. the eye
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00991.html (13,831 bytes)
- 19. RE: Replacing Electric Fuel Pump on '77 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:06:06 -0600
- Ted- After running a year or so with your top-end cam in our 1300, we're still having overheating problems. We've tried rodding out the radiator, installing a thermostat to slow the flow down (160*),
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00022.html (6,991 bytes)
- 20. RE: Gearbox update (score: 1)
- Author: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 07:18:45 -0600
- Dean- We ran into this pressure plate problem when our sintered bronze clutch disc decided to eat up the pressure plate at the track. Bottom line (not to bore you with unnecessary tales), most 'cheap
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00252.html (10,616 bytes)
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