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Overdrive Rebuild

Posted 8th June 20178th June 2017 Joe12 CommentsPosted in Drivetrain, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

Once the gearbox was complete the overdrive was next up. It’s a Laycock J type used on many cars of the era. Mine always worked quite well so I wasn’t expecting to find anything particularly out of order. It basically consists of an epicyclic gear system which allows the input shaft to reduce speed by […]

Small Car, Mammoth Task

Posted 21st March 201315th January 2014 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Spitfire 1500 Restoration

I’ve owned my ’79 Spitfire 1500 for about 8 years now. It’s been used as my daily driver every year, through every season with the exception of about 1 year when I was in Australia for 6 months and unemployed for the next 6 months. I paid about £3800 for it back then and it […]

Spitfire 1500 Blown Head Gasket

Posted 12th December 201014th January 2014 Joe5 CommentsPosted in Motors

Now I’m sure there are people out there that say one way of doing things is better than another. I don’t claim to be a mechanic here, this is just my experience with it all. If you have any advice for people, comments are welcome, scroll to the bottom of this page. Inside the rocker […]

Spitfire 1500 Clutch Replacement

Posted 12th September 201014th January 2014 Joe2 CommentsPosted in Motors

The clutch went a couple of weeks ago on the Spitfire 1500 so I have replaced that and the slave cylinder. I’m not a mechanic by any stretch of imagination but here’s how I did it….  First thing I had to do was get the front of the car up on axle stands. This is […]

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