[Welding Tub - Spitfire 1500]

My advice would be to buy the best you can afford, I did a lot of welding in my work arc,mig,tig, and the better machines are worth the money. I have a porta mig 185, never let me down in all the years I've had it, it has a good range of amps so you can weld various thicknesses.

I think the new model is a 186. Someone mentioned oxford welder also good. It depends how much your gonna use it. I had a small sip early days and still have a clarke but their not patch on the porta mig. Just my advice, no connection  to this company.

Also always buy good quality wire for mig I use Lincoln.

[Can't quickly get to the last post anymore]

My androids doing same thing, goes to first post instead of last, I dont know how to sort it.

[UK gone mad]

We all know that man, it's a joke

[UK gone mad]

At least its double bagged for safety🤣

[Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..]

As said above, chop it out and weld in new steel. With regard to tig welding on the thickness of car bodies I dont think tig,mig makes any difference.

[How good is the GT6 heater compared to the Spitfire? (Probably a flaw in my thnking ....)]

Frightening,  my parents both smoked when I was growing up, I did try one at 15 but turned green, never smoked in my life since, I've never had any problems with my lungs etc but wonder what their like inside, I'm 65 now.

[MOT]

My friends bmw 330 ,dealer said needed pads and discs, £525, I checked for him, weren't  even half worn and no lip on discs which were fine. It's no wonder main dealers are so hated when all they do is rip innocent people off.

[Gearbox Overdrive removal - Vitesse mk2]

I wouldn't force anything, patience is best here, I'd take it back out and recheck everything

[Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..]

the fox's big brother wimpus, spotted at the park ,ha ha

[1976 Spitfire 1500]

I also have a 4th dimension  portal in my garage, its quite active and must be magnetic as many things fall in never to be seen again.😅

[GT6/2500 gearbox drain plug leak. Remedy?]

Doesn't look right to me, it's not in far enough,  don't force it, you'll need to take it out and check the threads. 

[Wiring tidying]

14 minutes ago, Badwolf said:

24 degrees in the shade. 30+ in the green house, according to the thermometer. Even hotter tomorrow. On the lounger, ice cream on a stick (Lidl's yummy best), capucinno and feeling guilty that no works is being done on the spit. Life's a b1tch!!!

I'm same as you this year, did loads last year on the gt6 but never touched it this year, housework,ferrying kids and god knows what else. Hey ho, into year 12 ha

[Some moral support regarding a ding !]

The guys are all correct, that will come out OK, get on to dent master, they are really good

[Problem with core plug removal]

17 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:

Edges are a bit raggedy on that one, it's been battered into place. As Johnny says a good socket of the correct size will push it into the block / head or else put a flat metal face over it and hammer that. Looks neater!

You'll need to clean up those ragged edges before trying to tap it further in.

[Problem with core plug removal]

Can you not just chisel down to the engine block from the hole and collapse it

[Dirty books]

I agree Colin, Happy days 40 years ago, £20 in my pocket and go around all the yards. Happiest weekend for me once I was rebuilding a p6 rover, got 4 doors, interior seats , back bumper and alternator all for £50. 

[T.S.S.C. FORUM FURRY FRIENDS THREAD]

Heres ours unfortunately  old shandy top right past away a month ago, she was 16 1/2. All very different characters, Mr archie 12 absolute gentleman, little coco the black one very cute and clever, the other is angus the bastard, say no more. 🤣

[Gt6 tailgate courtesy light]

Heres a pic of mine when I removed the spring, goes in the hole. Best pic I have on the phone

[Etch, epoxy or just regular 2K primer...]

 my mazda mx5 mk1 california , yellow, and mazda state the primer has to be white or the yellow colour will not be correct. Again on my wife's modern juke (yellow) the manufacturers put so little paint on i swear i could see the primer reflection underneath and we had the car from new. Always thought that car needed another coat. Sold it on now.

[7 years, 4 months and 16 days...]

Well done wim, cars a credit to your maintenance  schedule over the years. 

[Greetings from near the Hockenheimring]

Welcome, interested already and you haven't posted a pic yet. Plenty help and advice on here. Looking forward to the pics.

The fibreglass bonnet on my gt6 was tight to the bulkhead at the windscreen end, but 3/4 inches gap to doors. So the one I had didn't seem great. I've a steel one now

[Mk2 Engine Rebuild going into a Mk1 GT6 by a novice!]

4 minutes ago, AidanT said:

Hi

A question on replacement bearings for you all

The +.010 + .030 etc, if your engine has been honed but not re-bored, can you fit any of these? Or must they be the std size only?

 

Thanks 

 

Hi, the honing removes nothing so standard rings, do check though that your engine hasn't been rebored before you got it. Then you would need to change size for size, but honing only cleans up the bores.crankshaft bearings are a separate thing entirely. 

[Daily Spit 1500 body repairs & more..]

fantastic work wim, like nick says harder with pressure of it being a daily driver, so the fox drives in to 2021, brilliant, well done man.

happy new year.

[Late GT6 wheel cylinders]

i looked into this ages ago, cant now remember full details, but you need to fit the early back plate too for the manual adjusters,and some of those parts are unobtainable now.

 

[Spitfire Mk3 Hardtop weight]

Put a ladder up the wall, then from your 4 post lift ,bridge another ladder or plank of wood across to the ladder on the wall. Hold the roof on your head and walk  across bridge. Simple 🤔😂