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Leave it alone. Dont think its serviceble. Or buy a new prop with UJ's on each end

Re-used the ones that where on it now. Whenever she gets painted she will get new gaskets

My spare door had some bodywork done in the last weeks. Now it was time to fit it. The old door was very bad shape wise, sticking out 1 to 2cm at the bottom.. and catching everywhere.. Changed the captive plate that is in the B-post. As one hole was retapped to M10 size.

Hi, Does anyone got these originals for sale ? Regards, Wim

Some more digging and cleaning up the old welds so can remove them easier in 2 weeks time. + cracks around the door check strap..

Spare door etc is coming along..

Other side. Passenger (RH) side... They welded in some plates 😕

Cut the end caps off the sills to have a look inside.. Drivers (LH) side looks pretty solid.. exept a few interesting repairs !

Hi all, I had some treadplates on my Spitfire. But now replacing sills etc. But... years ago seen some very nice ones that fitted great, I was told that they where original. (Like the one in the pic) So was there such a thing on a Spitfire ? Any idea's ? Regards, Wim

Hi all, Im looking for the stainless steel (not the plastic) trim for a spit mkiv/1500 or GT6 mk3. If someone has one for sale... give a shout ! Thanks in advance, Wim

Part 1 of... many arrived today !

Hi Nick ! I had opened up the OD to clean it, removed the sump, high pressure filter, solenoid and blew it all clean. Where the oil runs in the od it was bad. So got it all out and cleaned it with brake fluid. After my few fails of gbox front bearings.. it was the same to. I knew it started to collect swarf as when OD went 'out' it would not go out nicely anymore.. Mainshaft ive found.. but £200.. Really been thinking of buying a full OD gearbox as spare.. last year when I was in the UK they costed £350.

What someone told me, but unsure if its possible. To turn the mainshaft and input on a lath, so a oversized/metric bearing fits. Is this possible? Is the shaft hard enough ?

I have bought that Laygear . I already had seen it before you posted it

Do store the spare box like it would sit in the car. Checked the laygear shaft. Seems the oil hole is clear. Checked all gears.. but first motion/4th gear bearing surface is bad to..

Inspected gears and all seem good. Spigot bush was changed now to as the old one was still original. I had 2 gearboxes fail at the front bearing falling apart etc. + wrecking the clutch.. Overdrive sump, filter, high pressure filter & solenoide + passage ways where cleaned yesterday. Only thing I can think what happened is that the laygear shaft wasnt good quality.. So started to wear and needles escaped. A month ago or sometime I had changed the gearbox oil + OD serviced, nothing really bad to find then .

Front has a bit of play. Rear not bad. 2or 3 years ago I had the front bearing fail on this box. (Then fitted japaneese KSM bearings) Gearbox was a recon from a belgian supplier 4 to 5 years ago.

Hi all. Saturday when setting off at traffic light suddenly lost all gears . Stopped and could drive off again but noises.. Sunday did a little trip, all was fine sort off. Monday went to work, in traffic again lost all gears and horrible noises. At the evening went to home and was sort of OK. In the evening went back to work as I could use the garage space there + a day off. On the way to there gearbox and prop started to bang. Stopped, drove back off.. heavy knocking sounds in all gears exeot 4th. Took the box out yesterday evening and fitted my spare rebuild box today. This evening i really wanted to know what failed. Gearbox sometimes locked up etc and very stiff.. I was shocked ! -laygear is scrap -laygear shaft is scrap -mainshaft tip is worn. Gearbox oil was changed a few weeks ago and no swarf on it then.

LH lower rear wing I had noticed a few little holes. Must say I was a nice surprise that it wasnt that bad.. A small part of the innerstructure was bad, so replaced + sandblasted.

More welding today 😄 First was the RH windscreen gutter.. Didnt look to bad.. at first sight 🙃

Today fitted my new NOS rear valance (made on 12/12/(19)80 ! Sadly found more rot. But was expecting it. I truelly hate seam sealer..

Send you an pm !

Today started on the rear light panel. It had a hit long before I owned it. So that pushed the rear light panel + valance in (like 5 to 8mm), but seems it was dented more and they used a hammer. Could see that on the dents inside. Bootlid never closed very well and pushed panels out. So a few years ago a used panel was for sale on ebay, so got that. Panel fit was great as it was an original panel + all rust now gone ! Tomorrow rear valance. Bottom is very rotten, side spot welded edge rotten, bootfloor edge rotten....

Today started on the driver side (lhd car) windscreen gutter as that was getting bad.. Was lucky that i got access to a (one sided) spotwelder today and some nice air tools. Now its very strong again. Does need some finishing tomorrow.

Finished my bootlid and fitted it. Sadly hinges are very bad.. So need other ones. Color match isnt great