So, I was intending to post progress with the Spitfire and various tweaks.
I haven’t because I haven’t done any. I did bugger about with the choke and the carbs because it was having some problems from cold but I decided the problem was the knob inbetween the chock knob and the seat.
My other car, the ‘reliable’ daily runner however has had a worse few months. The morning it was due to go into the garage to have the engine management codes read (the engine warning light was on) it wouldn’t start. So with some sense of irony I jump started it using the Spitfire.
So, I hear you cry, what is the problem with workshop manuals. Well, they assume that you have good access to the car and a decent place to work. I have the road outside my house, this makes finding some of the drain plugs a bit of a pain, the sump plug should be easy but I couldn’t find the coolant drain plug when it came to drain the engine (I actually did get round to replacing the rubber hoses).
The manual rather helpfully has a picture of a drain plug but that’s it, it’s a plug in a block of metal, where you find said plug is left as an exercise for the reader.
