Don McHale

Member ID: itsdonaldo

Member Status: Free Member
orange county CA, USA

Member Since: 2008-12-04
Home Site: The Triumph Experience

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Last Login: 2011-05-29 21:46:26
Last Forum Activity: 2011-05-29 21:46:26
Forum Posts: 337

I'm proud to own and maintain a daily driver.

Don McHale's Vehicle Registry

1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500
"The Orange One"
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1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500
"The Red One"
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1980 Triumph Spitfire 1500
"The New Red One"
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3 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 182,700 mi (294,027 km) -- Average age: 1979

Member Journal – Orangee Orange The 79 Spitfire

There are 10 total entries in this Journal.
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New Red One Road Worthy Finally!

Posted on: Friday August 27, 2010

Fixed 2 coolant leaks and a fuel leak yesterday. Also replaced voltage stabilizer, tuned the new dual carbs, timed it, and slowed an oil leak at the fuel pump. I thought it was totally fixed untill I found one drop of oil under the fuel pump this morning. attached the choke cable, replaced the turn signal switch assembly (which fixed the headlights). also fixed the header. it was vibrating against the frame so i had a small piece cut off. Then I took it on a long drive to the beach along PCH. ...

Engine Blow Up

Posted on: Tuesday April 13, 2010

My Spitfire is only about 1500 miles from 100,000 miles and I'm more than a little bummed out. Piston #4's connecting rod was bent and completely detached and blew a chunk off the block. the piston is lodged cockeyed in the block. the oil sump was a mess to say the least. parts and rings everywhere. there are all sorts of pieces but there is one bolt that looks untouched. I'm wondering if that bolt loosened first and shot right into the oil sump, freeing the rod from the crank thus destroyin...