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Hi Steve, A new subscriber here. As the weather in the UK is pretty bad at the moment ( for the UK anyway) I have spent most of today watching all of the vids you have done so far on the Spit. Nice going so far, a Mk3 was my first car after passing my driving test, it was in the same state your was when you revealed all the rust issues, basically the first 12 inches from the floorpan upwards was junk, many many hours was spent rebuilding it all. I then went on to do competition driving with the car for about 10 years which was huge fun. After a few other cars inbetween I now own a Herald, with the same 1300cc motor, and was re-aquainting myself with the insides of said motor using your vids so thank you. I would be very interested to see how you get on with that camber compensator when the car is on the road again, with my Spit I used the 1500 swing spring and the longer half shats to control the rear end and even when racing, it never caused any issues. Although I did carry out a few more "small "tweaks that really sorted it out. You may need to swap out the carb needles on those SU's when using a 4 branch manifold to some that are a bit richer, but see what the plugs look like before doing that. I just fitted a 123 dizzy to mine and that has really woken the motor up, much more responsive now it has an advance curve that works. Anyway, I could talk for pages, so look forward to the next video. 👍

Looking good, you have good energy on this project

I bet the wife loved seeing her salad bowl being used to soak the rap in!! LOL!! Looking Great!! Can't wait to hear it run!!

I wrapped my stater motor with heat shield and used SS tie wraps, to protect it from heat from my headers, (same side on the 6 cylinder)...not to easy. I will not wrap my very rare mild steel headers, because wrap can apparently encourage them to rust. No such problem with SS headers though.

never knew there was a silicone wrap spray.

Looks good! I think I made about 3 attempts wrapping the Challenger headers (long tube) what a pain to have it look nice!

Nice job. I'm wondering why you didn't wrap top down. Would it matter?

I like the way you wrapped that. Let us know how it works out.

Great video! Do you happen to know if the silver primer is sandable with say a 400grit to paint over? If so...does it sand easily or does it clog up the paper real bad.

Nice vid

I don't know if they are still available, but I got some solid black nylon hood cones, they are much better quality than the soft rubber versions and last for many, many years

TIMING COVER IS THAT THE CARS ORIGINAL ONE YOU CLEANED IT UP ?? OR IS IT NEW FROM RIMMERS

YOU JUST MADE MY JOB EASIER THANKSSSSS RIMMERS DO MESS UP AT TIMES .....

With the headers you might want to level the mounting surface with a flat bar and some sandpaper. They are notorious for not sitting perfectly flush and creating exhaust leaks. Looking good!

Making progress! I bet you're excited to turn it over!

Great work! Since this video have you tried any methods to eliminate brush strokes? Like using a foam brush or foam roller? Or using a tiny amount of their reducer so it levels a little better? Im fixing to use it where itll be visible so dont want brush marks, but cant spray it.

Like Mike says, threads outside the nut are worthless. But, per the Navy fastener instruction (NSTM 075), you should have at least 1 thread of protrusion, preferably 2. Anything more is a waste of bolt length.

For what it’s worth Steve, I’d get another spacer and a long bolt for that bottom bracket as well as trying to get another mounting point for the slide arm up top. Once it’s spinning, it’s going to flex and throw the belt every time. I have experience with that…😅

Try it with the body on, from below, no pit/lift

Noah C' is a good guy, and a fellow Spitfire owner!

The Alternator and it's bracket may be rather close to the underneath of the bonnet/hood, but you can always adjust it's position later, although you'll need a longer fan belt.

One step closer to Vroom Vroom!

I hate it when I'm the dpo 😁 As for the Alt bracket, maybe put a tube/spacer in there and is a longer bolt. Give you a little more stability.

for some reason i keep thinking jim the anvil neidhart hehe. fun project to follow. i can't remember now do you have a hardtop for it?

I'll be curious to see if the single mounting point for the alternator bracket on the drivers side will give you any trouble with keeping tension on the belt. You might need to mount a secondary mounting point ( maybe coming from the top water pump bracket as well) to keep that in place. Otherwise I think you might find that the tension on the belt will rotate the mounting and create a loose condition. It does look like the counter rotation stops when you hit that bracket so it might wedge itself there but I'm betting that you don't really want to do it that way

Threads outside the nut contribute nothing.

Sorry to hear you've been sick, I am in my 4th week of it!

Milestones are awesome. Good job to you and your padre!

Did not see the through out bearing and clutch lever install ????

get well soon

Torque specs are dry. When you lubricate the bolt or nut, you over tighten it. The rule of thumb is to drop the torque setting by 30% if you use grease or anti-seize.

Another Milestone in the books!! Can't wait to hear her sing!

Important milestone. Well Done, Steve!

congrats on a nice job.

Certainly a long way from the last time I saw that lump. Congrats on the milestone!

Nice! You do realize we're all waiting for the obligatory running chassis test drive, right? 😂

Good job! I have visions of you throwing gaskets at the water pump!

Nicely done Steve. That's a significant bit of progress 👏

Congrats! Progress has been made.

I had a 1969 Bug that I bought at 15 - my very first car who's engine I rebuilt and promptly blew up within minutes of running. But, I bought it for $100 and the whole point was to learn. It was the start of my journey in cars. I'd love to have an oval window - but, the prices are just too far out for my taste now...and, you know, I have two Triumphs! Thanks, Steve. Good video!

Was this episode supposed to bug me?😂

You planning on getting a Bug to do next? I have been!

Noice 🚌

Don't get distracted from the path of TRue TRiumph!

In the future, use an allen key to pull the tensioner back until you get the cover on the pins. Then rotate the allen key 90 degrees and slip it out.

Congratulations on the 1000 subscribers! I watch your videos all the time. I have a 78 spitfire in restoring.