Jonah

Shorting across the flash contacts with the garage lights of occasionally produces a faint glimmer on the warning light the warning light glows brightly when on full beam though Could this be a poor connection in the column switch, is it worth dismantling it? I tried swapping over the brown leads but no lights worked

I’m really stumped on this! there is permanent 12v on the purple wire from the fuse and there’s 12v switched from the main light switch, dipped and headlights work and the dash warning light comes on when full beam is selected, but no flash Just in case I’m just losing it I’ve attached a photo of the temporary connections and one of the column switch, perhaps I’ve got the connections wrong

Thanks everyone, I’ll look at all this tomorrow and will report back

Thanks Peter, I’m not sure if the Mk3 Spitfire originally had a flash function i suppose it could be that the original column switch which didn’t have flash has been replaced at some point with one with flash function, thus creating a red herring! or it could just be my rubbish wiring!

Sorry meant tried the switch on dipped and lights off but no flash

The fuse is ok. I tried the glad in dipped and lights off but no flash i thought the purple wire was the non switched for the flash, but as I’ve got it connected it doesn’t work

For information I’ve used the triumph schematic and have connected purple to brown blue/ white x2 to blue/white red/blue to red/blue brown/red to brown/red lights work fine on the switch but no flash, however the main beam warning light comes on when in the main beam position, so I was wondering if I’ve done something daft

Morning after checking my steering column I need to reconnect my column light switch (didn’t think of taking a pic before I disconnected it) there are four wires from the column switch blue/white - brown - brown/red - blue there are five wires from the loom purple - brown/red - blue/red - blue/white - blue-white could anyone please tell me which wires to connect please many thanks

Thanks Johny, I’ll look at it tomorrow but I think I’ll think to order a replacement rack through the club!

I’ve come back to my spitfire steering rack problem and before I order a replacement I had another look at the shims, plunger etc Taking off the cap and under the yellow spring I found a flat washer which isn’t supposed to be there, presumably put in to compensate for a worn or incorrect spring when the cap is screwed in the spring doesn’t seem to provide much resistance even with the washer, should I replace the spring? any thoughts? Julian

Is this a diy refurbish with a kit or is it a specialist job?

Thanks Johny, is it dangerous to use the car with this problem?

I set the damper shims up from scratch which solved the steering wheel play problem but made steering very heavy Is it dangerous to use the car with steering wheel play? I presume the whole rack will need replacing as opposed to doing a diy rebuild is there a good supplier of steering racks?

I have considerable steering wheel play on my Spitfire mk3. I had to remove 4 shims from the damper to set the gap according to the WM which made the steering wheel play disappear but the steering became so stiff it makes the car unusable Im wondering whether the previous owner added shims to mask a rack problem Tyre pressures are good, trunnions are well oiled and ball joints are new. The steering coupling is the new type without the earth strap any thoughts? Thanks Julian

Excellent news thanks Johny

Thank you Pete, I guess that ‘balance on car’ type kit is specialist amongst the classic car garages

Thanks Johny I’ll try that

I’ve just bought a set of wire wheels to fit to my Mk3 spitfire. A local garage has fitted the tyres from my steel wheels to the new wires, however they could balance the wheels on their modern balancing machine any ideas how I can check these wheels for balance? thanks Julian

Thanks Pete, I’ll go for a points replacement, finding one with a vernier adjustment seems tricky though

Unfortunately Accuspark don’t have an electronic D200 replacement and won’t have any for 6 months, all they can offer now is the kit to install in the existing body

Thank you everyone accuspark sell an electronic conversion kit that fits into the existing Delco dizzy for about £60 do you know if the existing dizzy needs to be in good working order to fit this?

Do you know if a rebuild kit is available?

Do you know why there’s such a huge range of prices? Are the cheaper ones poor quality?

Thanks Dan, I’ve tried but still no cigar, it starts but runs roughly, pinks and is difficult to maintain an idle When clamped up the dizzy has movement and wobbles in the housing I think I’ve reached a point when I need to get a new distributor to try, can anyone recommend one, prices seem to vary from £30 to £300? julian

I’ve tried Steve P’s approach and ignored the timing marks, it starts but is difficult to maintain a steady idle, it coughs, ticks and eventually dies, small movements of the dizzy don't seem to make much difference The dizzy is a Delco, is it possible that there is a problem with it? julian