Ian Faulds Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 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.😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 We all have them, it's amazing when you drop something you see it hit the floor but then its travels are magical, a good magnet on a stick generally works BUT sometimes there just gone forever! Magic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 the kink is often due to the pipe being a little too long and cutting 3mm off the tube helps the kink problem do make sure the pipe is fitted right through the rubber olive before yo do any trimming if its been flooding have a look at the float , i found the needle valve platform had small wear ridges with jammed the float valve , a light sanding didnt work but new floats solved it for good . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Ian Faulds said: 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.😅 The place where 7/16 sockets go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 22 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: The place where 7/16 sockets go... For me it’s the 1/2 ins sockets 😋 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 After yesterdays minor disaster time to dig out the grinders and welder and get rid of some rot..... The hinge boxes are rather rotten and after deluding myself they could be repaired I took the plunge and bought a set of new (to me) hinge boxes.. So making sure I marked up the position of the old hinge boxes off they came... The cross member looks like someone set about it with a hammer a some point and has more ripples than the pacific ocean... Welder out and on goes the new set Something that I never thought would happen when I bought my welder many years ago I bought the largest drum of wire that would fit in the welder and I was never in any danger of using it....prior to buying a spitfire.... now I have to buy a new drum its all gone (luckily I had a small 1Kg drum I bought as backup) and I have rang out of gas.......again. Anyway finished but time was running out and I stuck the bonnet back on and put her back in the garage, all day of a job but worth it. Didn't find that carb nut today either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Look after that headlamp, have you seen the price of replacement PL700s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 13 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: Look after that headlamp, have you seen the price of replacement PL700s? Some don`t know quite what to charge. Guy recently wanted £50 for a (Steel) front Herald Valance that was more like a lace curtain!. £200+ for a new one!. At those prices the Fibreglass one is going Back on!. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 I will put fiberglass on mine... those things rust just be being looked at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: Look after that headlamp, have you seen the price of replacement PL700s? Just glad to have found the correct bowl that works with the PL700s and the spit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 DON'T DROP YOURS! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: DON'T DROP YOURS! eeeekkkkkk!!!!!! I didn't realise I have had them ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: DON'T DROP YOURS! Crazy?!!😵 That's worse than N.O.S. TR5 Ro-style Wheel trims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 Ordered parts from swg96 on eBay on Sunday night and arrived today, all original parts, highly recommended so back on the carbs. Instead of fitting the nytrol rubber o ring and washer I am fitting brass olives which are better for E10 fuel, parts supplied by Rob Turner (ignore the washer in the picture). Using some advise from Rob I also dekinked the jet pipes by fitting a rod down the tube pouring boiling water over the pipes still they were soft then pouring cold on it not 100% but much better than before and serviceable. I also reduced the pipes by 3mm which produced a much straighter route on the pipe Started to put them back on the Spit but then remembered I forgot to change the float bowl gasket. And then back on the car The gas arrived today too so more welding coming soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 Third last pic I was trying to work out how you'd got a tyre on the inside of the suspension turrent & under the carb, then realised you had shiny S/S heat shields reflecting the image! well it is 7AM here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 Love it when suppliers think about usability when supplying a product and provide a container to make the job easier to use and store. Received today, chucked in and ready to start 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 Well I bet you all had a sleepless night wondering if all the tinkering with the carbs worked. It did!!!! no leaks... I took the filters off to make such there wasn't any leaks on the inlet. VID_20210804_170555.mp4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 18 hours ago, hardhatharry said: Love it when suppliers think about usability when supplying a product and provide a container to make the job easier to use and store. Received today, chucked in and ready to start I need one of those for the electrical smoke.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Onto the problem of the fuel not arriving at the carbs. Off with the tank and undid the pipe which goes into the tank. The pipe was really hard to get out but after a few taps with a rubber mallet out it came. Gave the pipe a good clean and then cleared with an airline, all seemed well. Next I connected a slave tank to the feed from the tank to the carbs. Car started fine with this setup, so put it all back together and connected up the feed from the tank to the carbs and hey presto, all working. Strange one I'm assuming removing the pipe from the tank must have removed the blockage. VID_20210805_125537.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Disappointed....... had a shiny but old stock fancy rocker cover for the Spit. Dug it out from its hiding place and spent a hour polishing it. Then I noticed it didnt have a breather pipe spigot, hmmmm. Dug out a standard Spit rocker and measured, grrrrr it looks like an A series rocker, it was sold to me as a Spit one but it was quite a while ago now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted August 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Back on it today, wasted a bit of time chasing a carb leak which turned out to be a split in the pipe where it goes into the card (lots of stripping a floats and valve seats). Fitted a nos throttle cable which is surprisingly red (is this the right routing laid over the engine?). Found some holes in the drivers floor which will need patching and looks like new engine mounts are needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 08/08/2021 at 16:21, hardhatharry said: looks like new engine mounts are needed. Yikes , yes just a bit is the engine sitting on the rack ?? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Back fettling..... Onto the engine mounts and although the rubber is perished the nuts do not want to let go even with liberal doses of penetrating fluid. Eventually out came the grinder which gave up too and broke the disk smacking into the oil filter....oops luckily there isn't a h&S book to fill in. New filter ordered..... Eventually though the mounts gave up the struggle and the new ones bolted on. Now the big day arrived, off to my mates paint room so onto his big trailer. Then a nervous 40 mins of me driving with a thumping big trailer down some narrow streets. Off the trailer and looking cool. and into the booth. It was this point where my mate got out his marker pen and circled all the dents his trained eye could see and my dumb eye couldn't, which was about a weeks labour for me to do. Rear wing...... Doors It was also when I was poking around I found a big blob of sealant hiding another couple of holes...... sigh. 3 days in on the weeks labour now so the colour is getting close..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 As a break from the bodywork I dug out an engine from the scrap pile that is to be called superfast engine 01 Using a motorcycle hydraulic lift and a willing volunteer I got it onto my engine stand and stripped it down. Got a look at the bores and bore 4 is rather worn and just under 1mm over standard so will need to get a rebore and +40 pistons. I also have a fast road cam and big valve head to go in the engine once its been machined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 and I am back and still not painted the spit!!! I have problems stopping progress one is the swage line on the passenger side isn't lining up correctly. Lots of head scratching over a couple of weeks led me to grab a tape measure, mmm 13mm difference in the door aperture size between the driver and passenger side. More scratching of head but in a rather alarmed fashion. Time to get the big ram out and "make" the passenger side the same size as the drivers side and see ehat happens. Talk about stress as the pressure is ramped up and the car you have been working on for over 12 months of blood, sweat and quite alot of tear makes strange groaning and creaking noises. The result was the outer sill had a rather large hole which a previous owner had bogged over (quite convincingly). It also wouldn't surprise me if the inner strengthener was missing or rotted away so order 6000 went into paddocks for an outer sill, strengthener and end piece. Unfortunately it will be a couple of days work on the ramp so I will need to find a couple of days of work to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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