wimpus
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- Birthday 08/03/1990
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Triumph Spitfire 1500 (1978).
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Oh and an interesting fact.. The tunnel is actually made by Clarck & Clarck Industries USA. When I bought mine, i asked Robert Clarck (the owner) if this tunnel was made by him. He told me yes and that he sells them to James Paddock, Moss etc etc.
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I do this to for years, works so great ! I know a guy that left it in for 9 months 🫣
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I got the same tunnel, I used EPDM foam tape for mine. Nothing comes past it ! Also handy to make access panels for clutch slave change and gearbox oil top up.
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Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..
wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
Helped a friend this last sunday. He also bought 2 Spitfires. One in bits and 1 together, but been outside for years. The body wasnt that much worse then Fox was, but shockingly welded, plated over etc. But needed to work on his Spitfire that had been layed up inside for 20 years until 2 years ago. -
Late Spitfire/GT6 Rear Brake & Tail Dual lamp Holder
wimpus replied to SpitFire6's topic in Electrical System
Get 2000/2500 mk2 saloon rear lights holders. On the mk2 saloon the rear lights are plastic, thats why they have an extra earth terminal. I've done this mod years ago on my Spit 1500, never had a problem again. -
Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..
wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
Saturday tune up time. Idle wasnt great the last week. Got the dashpots off, to measure the jet heights, so they where the same as baseline. Mixture and balance was a bit off. Now al good. -
Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..
wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
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Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..
wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
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Did Triumph factory use brazing on bodywork?
wimpus replied to daverclasper's topic in Bodywork & Fittings
Found brazing at the boot gutter/rear light panel in both the corners on my 1500. And i know i found 2 other spots 3 years ago.. -
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wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
I know 😅 Those bootlid hinges you send me ... still nothing after 2 years i think 😅 Ok, i do need to order a bunch of parts in the UK and let a friend send it all to me. Need stuff like arm rest recover kit, windscreen rubber seal etc etc etc. Thinking about it for months.. but still i didnt order stuff 😅 -
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wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
Well.. sadly thanks to brexit i have no real place to buy these alternator parts anymore. I did buy some kits from a german supplier, will contact him. I do have a brand new regulator in my shed, so will fit that to the failed one and test. -
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wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
This evening the alternator was sometimes giving 14.8 to 15.5 volts with everything on ! And a not so nice smell.. Did smell this when i came home from work earlier to.. Found a 'good' one in my shed to keep me on the road. Now a steady 14.2 to 14.4 volts again 🙃 Lucas.. prince of darkness. -
Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..
wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
🫣🫣😆 Ok.. i can only can say this for my own engine. -160.000kms/100.000miles: My first engine bearing change as lower oil pressure But only main bearings, big end still good. And all where factory original. Trustwashers where replaced to + main tri-metal. - 230.000-240.000km / 149.000miles Mains again as lower oil pressure + trust washers. Big ends.. still good (always check no 3 as these go first on 4pots ). Mains changed with tri-metal ones. -260.000-280.000kms / 161.000-174.000miles Crank nut came loose... Timing chain check... very worn. So replaced the full timing gear setup. -300.000kms/186.000miles New head fitted, new pistons, everything measured up etc. All new crank bearings. But after this.. still oil use. First time the head came off !! -310.000kms/192.000miles Headgasket failed 🙄 Found out camshaft wasnt happy. So a new standard one fitted. -325.000kms / 201.000 miles I was sick of the oil use, put in replacement engine factory supplied spare. What we all found then... Flywheel very worn. bearing shells still ok. End float just out of spec. (now 1 standard and clutch side 0.005 trust washer Bores a bit oval (rebore to 0.020 was needed) Cam was still ok, but fitted an mk3 spec cam. Oil pump, still the original. Oil pressure was still pretty good, but it did have some marks. So fitted a new one when i fully rebuild it. Company that did the machining was shocked that it was still good after 325.000kms ! That says a lot ! Eum.. i think that is it .. 🙄😅😅 So ok.. up to 280.000kms/174.000miles it was sort of 'OK'. + its a 1500 😅 Its all to see how its been used, how hard its been driven, maintenance etc . -
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wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
A bit of an update.. Fox has now nearly done 370.000kms/230.000miles. This summer she was off the road for a month. But did drive a nice back up car... a low milage Dolly Sprint ! -
Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..
wimpus replied to wimpus's topic in My Triumph Restoration Project
Yes and no.. 😅 You do need a tool to remove the high pressure filter