Nearly There

My car has been fitted with an accuspark electronic ignition. It's been running really lumpy, as if some cylinders weren't firing. Poor and juddery acceleration, masses of popping and banging at the exhaust end. Not too bad when at speed, but something didn't quite feel right. Not as smooth as the engine should be. One cylinder at least wasn't firing properly. I did a bit of googling and was starting to worry it was going to be a long, drawn out and expensive business replacing bits one by one untill the problem was eliminated. Anyway I took the car to go food shopping this morning and it was really bad. When I got home I removed the plugs one by one. All were as they should be. I considered the HT leads, but dismissed that idea as all the spark plugs looked identical. I popped off the distributor cap and discovered that the black wire was rubbing on the rotor arm and the copper was exposed. I wrapped some amalgamating tape around it, moved it away from the the rotor, replaced the distributor cap. I took the car for a spin. WOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!! So a very simple fix. Hope this helps someone.

I am missing the drivers side glove box / parcel tray. If I were to buy a secondhand one to use as a template, what material do I need to buy in order to create the new one? And where would I purchase it? Newton commercial don't seem to sell the drivers side one for a right hand drive car. Anyway, I'd like to do it myself. Thank you.

Ah, okay. Thanks Rob. There was a listing for a set of 5.5's on ebay that had come off of a Mk4 Spitfire. The listing has ended now, so missed out on them unfortunately. I will contact the seller to see if they are available though.

Thank you all for your help. I take it then that Spitfire (Mk4/1500) 13" 5.5j's are compatible with GT6 mk3. I mean, it sems like an obvious thing that they do. I can't see any reason why they would be different. I just thought I would double check before buying any.

Thank you for your replies. I just wondered about the 5.5's as I think that's the size rim I had the on the car on the when it was on the road. I currently have 2 x 5.5's (I think these are my original wheels), a 5.5 with a different offset and a 4.5. Had all the wheels powder coated and tyres fitted to them before we realised they didn't match. Damned annoying. Very angry about it (not angry with the current restorers as they are doing their best with what's been a difficult restoration to say the least).

Hello. For reasons I won't go into here I have ended up with a mish mash of wheels on my car. It's gonna be easier to just buy a set of 4 off of another car. Will spitfire 13" 5.5J's fit on a GT6 mk3? In the past I would have just assumed they did, but during the restoration of my car I have discovered that a lot of bits are subtly different between gt6 and spitfire and that wheels can have different offsets leading to wheel rub. I want 175 r13 75 tyres on my car with standard steel wheels.Thankyo