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1. Re: Damper oil replacement (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:43:18 -1000
Well, you can buy damper oil if you like (Penrite make a lever arm damper oil in a 1 litre bottle). Moss sells damper oil too I believe. Do not use ordinary engine oil. Firstly, it will be the wrong
/html/mgs/1996-10/msg00647.html (8,086 bytes)

2. Questions for professional restorer? / AHSDC meeting (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 18:15:23 -1000
This month's club meeting for the Austin Healey Sprite Drivers' Club (http://mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au/~mg/cars/ahsdc.html) has a talk by professional restorer extraordinaire Roger Gaunt. Roger has done l
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg00000.html (7,673 bytes)

3. Midget question (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 16:02:17 -1000
There is an article written by Ray English that lists which cars had the various diffs that are usable with spridgets. The article is available from http://mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au/~mg/cars/goblins/doct
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg00708.html (7,648 bytes)

4. Re: (Fwd) Midget Racing in North America (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 16:29:35 -1000
I'll be able to tell you what our LBC-style Midgets are like on a dirt track course by the early November. As part of the Three Peaks Rallye I'm doing in "Redcar" (59 Bugeye known to some on this li
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg00709.html (8,312 bytes)

5. Re: stupid timing question, mkII (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 19:05:46 -1000
I'm a bit late jumping in on this, but if you have the vacuum advance hooked up, then when you 'rev' it, there is both centrifugal advance and vacuum advance working. To test the centrifugal advance,
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg01071.html (8,050 bytes)

6. Spin-on oil filter adaptors and oil leaks (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 15:07:25 -1000
Someone mentioned problems with oil leaks from these adaptor. I concur - two of I guess five of tyhe ones I have installed have leaked (seeped really) from the face adjoining the block. As far as I c
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg01162.html (7,445 bytes)

7. Spridgets: AHSDC 30th Anniversary Celebration (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 15:40:38 -1000
This weekend is the 30th birthday of our club, the Austin Healey Sprite Drivers' Club. We have a meeting, dinners, and huge display organised for this weekend. If you know of any Oz spridget owners,
/html/mgs/1996-07/msg00420.html (7,315 bytes)

8. Re: naming our MGB GT (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 18:44:41 -1000
Thanks to all those who helped out with the various SF green women, however, in the end we decided to name her "Brigette" which was a suggestion of Andrew (MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au). In Andrew's
/html/mgs/1996-07/msg00605.html (6,942 bytes)

9. 2 Pack Enamel -- fixing painting defects (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 18:58:45 -1000
Thanks to all those who had helpful suggestions a while ago when I was pleading for advice. Here's what happened - I painted the racecar ('66 spridget) with 2 pack (Mercedes "Aqua Blue", similar to d
/html/mgs/1996-07/msg00607.html (8,400 bytes)

10. off topic but relevent (naming our MGBGT) (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 15:05:04 -1000
As some of you already know, I bought TeriAnn Wakeman's GT last December and shipped it across (with Daren Stone's "Redcar") to Melbourne, Australia. TeriAnn just called it "the GT", but pointed out
/html/mgs/1996-06/msg00108.html (7,748 bytes)

11. LBC Web sites. (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 15:02:50 -1000
I'm doing a presentation for our club meeting this friday night (Fri morning US time) on the Internet. The club is the Austin Healey Sprite Drivers Club (Victoria, Australia). If you have found a rea
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00028.html (6,963 bytes)

12. Re: Synthetic Oils in LBCs (esp. A series) (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 16:17:53 -1000
Our collective experience doesn't match this. I and half a dozen good friends all race spridgets extensively. All bar one of the cars uses synthetic oil (specifically Mobil 1) in the engine. The othe
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00223.html (8,043 bytes)

13. Re: Car Clubs (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 14:44:24 -1000
Well, you'll find that out of the X clubs you could join, at least one will be just right for you and some others clearly won't be suitable. I have been a member of both sorts and the former is terri
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00756.html (7,374 bytes)

14. rose-joints etc (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 19:08:59 -1000
There are different grades of rose-joints/spherical bearings etc. The cheapest use plastic as the bearing material (i.e. between the "spherical" part and the "housing"). These are "light duty" units,
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg01037.html (7,490 bytes)

15. oil leak in rear brakes (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 01:22:10 -1000
You'll have to remove the half shaft and hub. Getting the hub out is a bit of a pain if you don't have any special tools. I use the flange off a broken half shaft, reversed so that the concave side i
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00055.html (8,163 bytes)

16. Re: history of spridget racing (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:02:48 -1000
Will asks about racing special spridgets. I think the ones he is thinking of are the Sebring Sprites. These were entered in the big rallies and endurance races (e.g. Sebring 24 hr) by Donald Healey M
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00698.html (7,926 bytes)

17. mgb vs midget (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 17:15:33 -1000
Michael Chaffee has summarised the virtues of the spridgets quite well, so I'll just say I agree with every thing he said and only add a couple of ancilliary notes. A 'B' will never handle as well as
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00775.html (7,632 bytes)

18. lever arm damper oil (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:45:55 -1000
I discussed this about 6 months ago with the local sort of equivilent of Apple Hydraulics (S.G. Leslie and Sons). Basically they told me that I might just as well use ATF. They told me that ATF has t
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00806.html (6,736 bytes)

19. Manual Transmission oil (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:55:56 -1000
30 wt oil (I use Penrite HPR 30) is just perfect. ATF is also perfectly fine as well. I have heard from somewhere that Mobil 1 is not a suitable oil for manual transmissions because of a lower shear
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00807.html (7,644 bytes)

20. Re: Restoration books (score: 1)
Author: Mike Gigante <mg@mega.cgl.rmit.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 19:38:12 -1000
Practical Classics also has a Resto Guide on the Spridgets. The articles were also by Porter so there is considerable overlap with the big book (Guide to Purchase and DIY Restoration of the Sprite/Mi
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00058.html (6,648 bytes)

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