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"How To" Pages

DotWindshield Removal and Replacement
How to remove and replace that broken or scratched windshield.

DotGet More Power
Information about making your car more fun.

DotSlave Cylinder Replacement
Don't bother looking for an easy way.

DotSteering Wheel Removal
Get that stubborn thing off.

DotBudget Hub Puller
Directions for building your own homemade rear hub puller.

DotDoor Related Information
This page tells how to fix or replace items associated with the doors.

DotYour Convertible Top
Care and proper lowering of your convertible top, from the 1975 Spitfire owners manual.

DotConsumer Reports' Surprising Oil Test Results!
Consumer Reports tests different oil brands and changing intervals.

DotSelecting a Roll-Bar
All you need to know to buy and install a roll-bar in your Spitfire.

DotCruise Control Installation
Brad Kahler explains how he added a cruise control to his Spitfire 4

DotBonnet Lift, Gas Strut Installation
Paul Tegler experiments with different "gas powered springs" to make bonnet opening easier.
Check out this link for James Carruthers' strut installation with great photos.

DotAC Installation
Installation of a modern Air Conditioning system (A/C) into the Triumph TR6/TR250

DotBrake Fluid Info
Which brake fluid should be used on your Triumph

DotBrake Master Cylinder Repair
Buckeye Triumphs repairs a pre-1976 dual master cylinder.

DotBrake/Hydraulic Tech Specs
The dimentions of brake and clutch Master Cylinders, brake cylinders, and slave cylinders

DotRear Noise Diagnosis
What is making that noise back there?

DotHomemade Waxoyl
A link that gives the ingredients for making your own Waxoyl rustproofing.

BODYWORKING

DotMIG Welding How-to
PDF file of the article from issue #9.

DotRebuilding a GT6 Bonnet

DotRebuilding Engine Valances

DotBodyworking Basics
A good overview of how to do basic bodywork

DotRolling Body Rig
Andre Rousseau's handy tub storage/working rig

DotRear Wheel Bearing Replacement
Mike Ross shows you step by step