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  3. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, Steve P said:

    If the cup moved that much and the circlip won`t seat, you need to check you haven`t got a stray roller from the bearing under the cup.

    Yes I’m worried about that - I didn’t have time at lunch to get it back out - I think I will start by removing and making sure the grove is clear of c***

    When I fitted them I had a roller problem and it is definitely going in further than in did then so 🤞🤞🤞
     

    Taking it off would be a massive pain 😩😩😩😩

  4. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    So the knocking from the rear end was one of the new UJ.

    The circlip on just one of the joints had come out and the cap had worked out about 5mm - but the circlip was still there 👍👍👍

    Amazing such a small thing could make such a racket !!

    I’ve knocked it back in and pushed the circlip back in but it isn’t seating as well as I would like - will take it out tomorrow and make sure everything is clean and pop it back.

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    But this photo is after a 2 mile “test drive”

    I might make it to the club on Sunday after all.

     

  8. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    So MOT was still a fail on the following :-

    1) Headlamps too low (I have the “up” as far as I can - will need to remove the outer part to see what can be done to angle them further up)

    2) Too much CO2 (My efforts to reduce the fuel mix and replace the air filter made the reading worse ! Was 4.5 now 5.5, should be lower than 3.5 !)

    3) Too much movement in handbrake (but it passed the test to hold the car)

    So the good news is that all the “structural / safety” parts are now ok.

    So I was planning to bring to the the club on Sunday and hopefully get some advice on fixing 1,2 and 3 but I just took it out to the local village and on the way back I’m getting a knocking from the rear end 😞

    I really hope that it is just some bolts that have come loose and not the UJs on the drive shafts (replaced by me) or the UJ on the drive shaft……will only know tomorrow once I can get under her.

    I shall probably come to the club anyway

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  10. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    Took the car to get it MOT’d and it failed on a number of small things - which I hope to get fixed before my 10 days expires…..one of them was the headlights being adjusted too low - does any one know where I can find out how high they need to be ?

    All being well I hope to be bring it to the club on the 4th Dec……

    I hope to see some of the people that helped me to get it on the road - I couldn’t have done it without this forum.

  13. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    So I think the wiper blades might be the last thing I needed to make the car road legal (or at least legal enough to get to the MOT station 😥😥😥)

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    I also found this website backed by Admiral which offers insurance by the hour and would quote on the Spitfire (others like this wouldn’t cover it) - https://quote.veygo.com/start

    So I can even go with insurance….so MOT will be planned for after the classic car show when I plan to get halogen headlights.

  14. K&N Air Filters

    in Fuel System

    Posted

    I’m hopefully starting to get close to getting my Spitfire back on the road.

    I bought the car as a failed resto project and it had a sports exhaust on the car (sports manifold and twin pipes), however the air in take to the carbs is the factory standard.

    Shoild I upgrade to the K&N Air Filters which look nice - but not sure if they make too much difference

  16. Rear Brakes Binding

    in Braking System

    Posted

    Brakes working now - think it might have been the slave cylinder not moving freely……

    But then the front ones were sticking and this was caused my my “fix” to get the brake lights to go off meaning the brake pedal didn’t travel back fair enough to let brake fluid back into the master cylinder.

    Car was rolling and stopping nicely !!

    Phew

  17. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    The front brakes now work - I had put a pad on the brake pedal as the brake lights were always on as the brake pedal isn’t come high enough to switch it off - seems like my “fix” was too large a pad and was preventing the master cylinder for releasing pressure - doh

    So now my brake lights are always on but the brakes work - just need a thinner pad it think.

    @Josef - noted on the ignition - I will swap it back to be on the safe side.

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  19. Rear Brakes Binding

    in Braking System

    Posted

    So I think I have the rear brakes working now - set them as 1 full turn back from where they stop the brakes and making sure the leading edge was shaved…….

    so that’s great but now the front Nearside brake is really tight 😩😩😩😩 I can turn it with the wheel on but it is stiff and with the wheel off I can’t turn the hub - it’s like the breaks aren’t letting off…..the calliper is a new one from RimmerBros 😤😤😤 new disks as well and new wheel bearing - soooo frustrating 

  25. Spitfire 1500 - Re-Living My Youth (RLMY)

    in My Triumph Restoration Project

    Posted

    For anyone just starting out on the journey to renovate on of this beasts I have been keeping a running total of how much I have spent on this project and who I spent it with. When I bought the car (which was a stalled resto) I got about £500 of panels and the bottom end of the engine had been rebuilt and the head had been made unleaded friendly.

    The main expense on the tool side was a rollover gig and a welder.

    And I think I’m doing it “on the cheap” !

     

    Consumables

    Parts

    Tools

    Grand Total

    Bodywork

    738.68

    647.32

    1,775.98

    3,161.98

    Suspension

     

    942.92

    101.70

    1,044.62

    Engine

    91.15

    661.31

    61.86

    814.32

    General

    121.95

     

    517.13

    639.08

    Brakes

    15.48

    453.22

    13.23

    481.93

    Interior

    25.65

    353.14

     

    378.79

    Exhaust

    11.54

    264.81

     

    276.35

    Postage

    22.91

    154.24

    7.70

    184.85

    Clutch

     

    181.93

     

    181.93

    Electrics

     

    154.10

    10.99

    165.09

    Grand Total

    1,027.36

    3,812.99

    2,488.59

    7,328.95


    And this is who I spent it with

     

    Sum of Value

    Rimmer Bros

    1,984.61

    Amazon

    1,392.87

    TSSC

    642.25

    R-Tech

    620.21

    e-bay

    617.08

    ANG Classic

    467.92

    Ade Foreman

    450.00

    Des Wootton

    203.50

    Chic Doig

    201.50

    David Manners

    121.90

    Halford

    117.13

    ScrewFix

    98.72

    Spitfire graveyard

    82.50

    Resto Show

    80.00

    Martin Brown Paints

    54.36

    The Metal Company

    45.06

    Mini Sport

    44.98

    Wellesbourne Hardware

    32.89

    AE Market

    31.47

    Draper

    30.00

    Wilko

    10.00

    Grand Total

    7,328.95

    And I still need new seats and a respray - so £3-4k to go (at least).

    But it has been really good fun and the help from this forum as been invaluable - I hope to be able to help others in the future.

    Thanks you Team TSSC !

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