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Re: My spitfire 1500
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Doug in Vegas Douglas D
Las Vegas, NV, USA   USA
1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500
Considered a solenoid lock on the hood since my alarm has that door lock feature too.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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Tonyfixit Tony M
Duncan, BC, Canada   CAN
1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500
But if you have a dead battery, will you be able to open the hood?

I can't get over what a nice colour that is on Wim's car.

How is the traction in the snow? Back in the UK I found my Herald with skinny tires to be very good. My Spitfire awful!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-12-15 11:04 AM by Tonyfixit.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
The original door locks still work with the key.
So can open it that way to.

Thanks Tony !
There is now another spitfire in the UK that has the same color as mine.
He first can to me to have a look at my car and asked me if he could use the color etc.

Well it went pretty good, but slow.
Skipping 1st gear, straight to 2nd etc.

In reply to # 1502829 by Tonyfixit But if you have a dead battery, will you be able to open the hood?

I can't get over what a nice colour that is on Wim's car.

How is the traction in the snow? Back in the UK I found my Herald with skinny tires to be very good. My Spitfire awful!

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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Doug in Vegas Douglas D
Las Vegas, NV, USA   USA
1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500
In reply to # 1502829 by Tonyfixit But if you have a dead battery, will you be able to open the hood?

You can feed power into the cigar lighter socket.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
Ps. The bootlid works as original.
Only got central locking on the doors.

In reply to # 1503191 by Doug in Vegas
In reply to # 1502829 by Tonyfixit But if you have a dead battery, will you be able to open the hood?

You can feed power into the cigar lighter socket.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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Doug in Vegas Douglas D
Las Vegas, NV, USA   USA
1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500
I installed a cheap alarm and as a bonus it has a channel to pop the trunk. That's the relay I would use to lock the hood down if I was using it as a commuter car and parking it all day in the open.

However, mine is now a garage bunny.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
Mine does have the bootlid/trunk release to.
But not wired in.
How did you make it at the lock to open it with the actuator ?

Mine is always outside, but i do watch where i park it up etc.

In reply to # 1503259 by Doug in Vegas I installed a cheap alarm and as a bonus it has a channel to pop the trunk. That's the relay I would use to lock the hood down if I was using it as a commuter car and parking it all day in the open.

However, mine is now a garage bunny.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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Doug in Vegas Douglas D
Las Vegas, NV, USA   USA
1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500
We seem to have a misunderstanding. I didn't wire in the trunk release. I'm saying there's a wire available on the alarm box intended for that function which could be hijacked to operate a lock for the hood/bonnet.

In reply to # 1503354 by wimpus Mine does have the bootlid/trunk release to.
But not wired in.
How did you make it at the lock to open it with the actuator ?

Mine is always outside, but i do watch where i park it up etc.

In reply to # 1503259 by Doug in Vegas I installed a cheap alarm and as a bonus it has a channel to pop the trunk. That's the relay I would use to lock the hood down if I was using it as a commuter car and parking it all day in the open.

However, mine is now a garage bunny.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
Oh ok.

I do have bonnet locks on mine so i can lock it all.


In reply to # 1503400 by Doug in Vegas We seem to have a misunderstanding. I didn't wire in the trunk release. I'm saying there's a wire available on the alarm box intended for that function which could be hijacked to operate a lock for the hood/bonnet.

In reply to # 1503354 by wimpus Mine does have the bootlid/trunk release to.
But not wired in.
How did you make it at the lock to open it with the actuator ?

Mine is always outside, but i do watch where i park it up etc.

In reply to # 1503259 by Doug in Vegas I installed a cheap alarm and as a bonus it has a channel to pop the trunk. That's the relay I would use to lock the hood down if I was using it as a commuter car and parking it all day in the open.

However, mine is now a garage bunny.

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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Doug in Vegas Douglas D
Las Vegas, NV, USA   USA
1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500
Like the mailbox locks?

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
In the bonnet , yes .
They grip behind the bonnet handle

In reply to # 1503527 by Doug in Vegas Like the mailbox locks?

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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
3 days ago i noticed that my rebuild diff started to leak very bad... (topped up twice in 6500kms).

Well... all the bolts where loose !
Got them right for them, but still weeping oil.
So yesterday got it from under it, new gasket and gasket sealant .. no oil leaks now ! grinning smiley


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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
Then today i had a look at some welding i needed to do..

Last year i noticed the wheel arches at the rear where cracking badly ...
Cracks where welded up, but came back again :/

But noticed some previous repairs where not done good enough.
The tunnel was not very good connected to the wheel arch at some point.


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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
Some more pics.

The rotten edge was cut out and welded a new edge on the tunnel panel.
Then a new panel into the wheel arch, incl some plug welds . smiling smiley


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Re: My spitfire 1500
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wimpus Wim D P
Dendermonde, East-Flanders, Belgium   BEL
1978 Triumph 1500 TC "The Fox"
Today i took some dolomite sprint wheels to a friend.
But on the way back the ignition light came on dim..
My volt gauge showed just over 12volts...
Tested it with the multimeter 12,30 volts.

So got my spare/rebuild original alternator on the Fox and now showing a nice 13,71 volts.

So it's time to fit a rectifier and brushes to te failed one (done the same on the rebuild one).


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