Sunday, February 26, 2012

Spitfire dismantling - part 1

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Ok it's not going as fast as I was hoping but eh, some of these bolts have been stuck for over 40 years. I still did some noticeable p...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

3, 2, 1 ready ...

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Last ride today. All is in place, dismantling starts tonight !
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Spitfire drive movie

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I have an other proof it drives at least semi ok, took my longest drive ever today for at least 15 minutes ! Sorry forgot I had the waterpr...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Broken intake manifold heater pipe

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Went for an other ride around the block, car starts so well now, what a pleasure to start on first key turn, choke on full for 5 seconds, th...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Rotisserie 2

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Good progress on the spitfire rotisserie tonight !
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Generator brushes

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Slow progress this week end, but did some of those things that had been on the back burner for a while. Replaced the brushes on the generato...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Spitfire rotisserie

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Started work on the rotisserie, exciting !
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Spitfire gear shifter repair

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Today, finally fitted the gear linkage repair kit I had ordered, it was not as easy to fit as  it looks because one of the retainers is a pa...

On the road again

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Eh forgot to mention, yesterday I ... wait for it...   drove the spit ! What a good feeling, not a major milestone for the project but it i...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Spitfire voltage regulator

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I finally got round to checking the voltage at the dynamo output and it was higher than the battery so I decided to give the voltage regulat...
Monday, January 2, 2012

Engine prep to run and coil removal

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Here is what I did (over the course of several hours this afternoon :-) ) trying to follow all of the advice I got on the awesome triumph ex...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Won't run

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So I could not get the engine to run this week end ! Plugs were pretty black from last week's run, I removed the carbs and adjusted the...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Engine ran tonight

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So i did a few things and got the engine to run for 30 minutes : - cleaned the plugs - redid the setup for the timing and breaker gap, one o...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Choke cable and start

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Well it's been almost 2 months since I last made progress, not easy to restore a car when you have a newborn at home ! Luckily i have an...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

handbrake work

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The new homemade guide next to the old one. This is a temporary fix, just need to tac weld in place for now.
Monday, September 19, 2011

Mk3 handbrake

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Need to get the handbrake working perfect as this will be the only safety if the single line hydraulic brakes come to fail. In the c...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Spitfire rear brakes installation

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New rear brakes are installed and ready to be adjusted.  Of course the adjuster was seized but it is now moving freely after a good clea...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Starting on the rear brakes

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A well placed blow with my preferred mallet, the cover is off. The impact gun to undo the brake hose from the bracket. Ah ! Don'...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Driver side caliper ready !

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Monday, September 5, 2011

Rebuilt Caliper

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Finally finished rebuilding one complete caliper. Second one will be much faster now that I just have to replicate. I was getting ra...