mattius Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Which indicator lamp? the tell tale or the actual indicator? The actual indicators have been LEDs for years, never had a problem. Everything worked before layup. The tell tale is now an LED wasn't before, might change it back, but shouldn't make a difference as the two wires goto the positive terminal (one from each indicator) and an earth goes to the negative, so current should always flow the same way, or maybe im wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Ten points Nick, spot on, the tell tale which i had changed to an LED i had lying around was in fact earthing two ways and hence only one way worked with the LED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 Nick Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Yeah, I meant the tell-tale bulb. Glad the solution was simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Just a replacement indicator switch and im done on the dash electrics at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbike Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 had all this LED blx on my little 125 stroker ages ago. diodes in the clocks, special relay...PITA must finish rebuilding it...again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Once you get them sorted it is worth the hassle, never need to worry about the bulbs again. I agree it is just a pain though to get it all working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Whoohoo, After nearly 2 years layed up having various mods and repairs done, she's alive! New Plugs,Oil and Water (will get flushed later and proper coolant), this was just after pressing start, fired up first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZU85sed2Ws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spit131 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Lovely to see , Envy you . Just working on some patents in the hope of being able to earn a bit so I can do do like wise . You must be glad of your input . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Nicely done Matt. I know how good that feels. Congrats C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Tis a good feeling, Good thing is i seem to have got my oil pressure back, Unfortunately i set my neighbours carbon monoxide alarms off so couldn't get it warmed up too much. Need to clear its pipes out somehow. Next up work my way backwards sorting a few bits, may yet be on the road this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Slowly does it but its finally looking like a spitfire again. Front spoiler and bonnet back on, pretty chuffed with the bonnet repair, had to brush paint it so still a bit of sanding and cutting to get it reasonable again. Still need some new rear shocks and quite a few more repairs to do but it runs, stops and all electrics are checked out. Most annoying thing is i purchased a new relief valve for the brake servo, then managed to knock the cap off and roll the car over it, so yet another one ordered. Still have my doubts over the engine, good compression, good oil pressure but smokes a bit, will need to judge it when it gets back on the road. Im not sure i will rebuild it again, maybe time to move modern... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Balls, was checking over the head yesterday and realised a stud was loose. Turns out the threads had stripped, tried to get away with it and replace the stud without removing the head. Unfortunately i then lost all compression in Cylinder 4, hey ho, head off again. Doesn't look pretty but seems sound. Not figured out yet what happened to 2, still had decent compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Head back on, double checking everything, amazing when you take time to get everything just right it works. Unfortunately discovered some bent throttle levers on the webbers, along with an annoying sticking throttle problem (poorly machined choke with a lip catching the throttle plate), so out they came and rebuilt them. And Finally got the engine running right for the first time since... well i think i built it. Purrs nicely... Just some minor road tuning to do, but it sounds incredible and runs super smooth. So unfortunatly im back to the most hated thing, bodywork, god i hate bodywork, so messy, time consuming... So the bootlid is off after some moisture got under the paint, and its going back to bare metal for a respray (kinda like the camouflage look) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 And now we are bare metal, just the underside to do, then its off to the spray shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 New toys arrived today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 Full credit to anyone that does a bare metal restoration, it is back breaking work just doing one panel. Now underside in primer, going to spray it black and laquer it before it goes off to the spray shop next week to be repainted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS211083 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Looking good Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 Cheers, a real labour of love, And we are back to black, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Bare metal..... arrrrg! And it goes rusty sooooo quick....... Looking good Matt and worth the effort - non-rotty square tail boot lids are rare things. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Cheers guys, unfortunately my spray guy is too busy at the moment, so im having to nervously store the bare metal bootlid till next week. In-between rebuilding the corvette steering, i've been trying to get the new rear shocks on, sods law the usual top bushing seized again so it had to be cut out. Ground to a halt over a £2 bolt again... Took the spare time to clean up the slightly mottled rear links etc seen in the picture. The new protechs look awesome, unlike the AVO's, 750 miles they lasted (all be it over 5 years), but even still they look awful and have no rebound left in them. Edited April 17, 2017 by mattius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS211083 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Mattius, might be worth turning the adjusters to face inwards as with the wheels on it might be hard to adjust. They are good shocks but one my adjusters did get very stiff with miles in all weathers so might be worth removing the grub screw that secures the adjuster and adding a little grease. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Yes swap the adjusters inboard, they will get far less crap thrown at them. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 I was just trial fitting them, they came with a hell of a lot of spacers so just checking what i needed. I would have thought you would get more crud on the adjusters facing the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I was just trial fitting them, they came with a hell of a lot of spacers so just checking what i needed. I would have thought you would get more crud on the adjusters facing the road? Wheel side gets loads thrown up by the wheel running close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Bootlid is finally away being resprayed, after falling out with one spray shop and going back to the guys that sprayed it in the first place. They are concerned about the filler they will have to put on it, im not, BMH want £650 for a new one! get lost! how much would it cost to re-panel a spitfire these days, £6000?? just in panels who on earth will do that... Apart from that fighting with more dodgy Chinese crap, washer pumps this time, had two now both different types, both faulty...groann.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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