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1. RE: [FOT] broken head stud (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:26:53 -0800; You might be better off brazing the easy out to the drill rod with some good nickel-siver rod. I assumed that the bolt was one of the long ones and was brocken off deep. I suspect you'll find that th; /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00012.html (8,070 bytes)
2. RE: [FOT] What fun (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:41:56 -0800; I hate it when that happens. I used to live on a street where my van window got smash and grabbed about once a month. Left my daughters' and my bikes on the roof rack to slap a picnic together once a; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00024.html (7,448 bytes)
3. RE: [FOT] off-on-on toggle switches (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:59:59 -0800; I left this one alone, but it's bugging me. the way that the over-center quick closing switch mechanism works in a quality toggle swtich would either require a fat swtich--as fat as a DPDT--or a very; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00042.html (8,978 bytes)
4. RE: [FOT] Southwick rear axle conversion (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:01:07 -0800; It doesn't look all that stout, but it works just fine. No inner axle seal--the bearing is lubed by rear end oil. You know how hard I skid Peyote around. I'e had the rear end apart numerous times and; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00066.html (7,672 bytes)
5. RE: [FOT] SA2005 Helmets (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:59:05 -0800; Well that will teach you. Actually your belts on the shelf are theoretically fine since it's UV damage that ruins the nylon, but the tech guys have no way of knowing that you stored them in a refrige; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00074.html (9,950 bytes)
6. RE: [FOT] SA2005 Helmets (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:46:22 -0800; It's not exactly a condo. Hey, I never said I wan't rich (I don't remember what movie that's from). http://www.mauisports.com/rentals/pono/ph.htm Actually we bought this place at exactly the right t; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00083.html (9,321 bytes)
7. RE: [FOT] SA2005 Helmets (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:58:51 -0800; And all the brothers say "amen". Helmets are expensive until you compare them to brain injuries. Here in Hawaii you don't need to wear helmets to ride motorcycles. I see sportbike riders every day r; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00085.html (10,627 bytes)
8. RE: [FOT] broken head stud (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:50:34 -0800; Gregg Solow's wizard mechanic who's name will escape me until I press "send" removed one for me with absolute elegance when I broke one at the Monterey Historics several years ago. He used a drop-in; /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00093.html (8,950 bytes)
9. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:41:57 -0800; Silly stuff. the much bigger problem looms--we probably hit "peak oil" in the next two years, when worldwide demand always exceeds supply. It's going to be messy == See: <http://urbanlegends.about.co; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00004.html (9,477 bytes)
10. RE: Return of TR? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 17:03:54 -0800; Virgin Triumph, or perhaps the Triumph of the Virgins. Mr. Branson does like cars, but he likes them to float. He recently set the record for crossing the English Channel in a really cool amphibious; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00016.html (10,220 bytes)
11. RE: Mitty/MG/magazine (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:11:49 -0800; You mean that's not okay? Everytime someone talks about cheating I think of my poor TR3. It's lighter than Peyote--1280 pounds, and you can lift the nose and front fender section (one piece) with one; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00020.html (8,086 bytes)
12. RE: Does anyone need crew for the Mitty? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:12:41 -0800; Can we use 'em for the dirty work? I'll have my wife, but she draws the line at brake bleeding. Dave Talbot and his wife will be there too, but I don't think Dave wants to crawl around under Peyote.; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00022.html (7,864 bytes)
13. RE: Take a ride on the "Ring" (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 11:36:26 -0700; However, I've been driving the Nordschlife nearly every evening. Mostly in a Lotus Elise 11R, but I did quite a few laps in an Aston Martin DB9 set up like the Le Mans car. And I raced through the s; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00027.html (9,526 bytes)
14. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:57:02 -0700; Since about the '70s most serious thinkers have believed we will eventually go to war for oil (and other resources). The rapid development of China and India probably accelerate the program. I don't; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00039.html (11,595 bytes)
15. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:54:44 -0700; Nice problem to have, I guess. Usually with limited production products that come from the tip of a process (like butterfat from milk) the price winds up being relatively constant because if the base; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00046.html (11,223 bytes)
16. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:00:36 -0700; The real hubub is probably yet to come. It really does only cost about a buck to produce a barrel of oil in Iraq. That's a huge amount of energy for not much money. But average consumption is going t; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00047.html (12,424 bytes)
17. All British Challenge Race (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:48:27 -0700; Had a meeting this afternoon into the evening with the parties involved and here's what we decided to do as a special feature for the Columbia Classic race on Labor Day weekend here in Portland: Have; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00053.html (7,928 bytes)
18. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:34:13 -0700; You do-- a shale retort roasts the rock to remove the oil as vapor. Theoretically you can crack it as it exits the retort. But it's slightly oily rocks in, vapor and rocks out. The rocks that come ou; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00062.html (9,218 bytes)
19. RE: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:28:26 -0700; Gasket type determines whether or not you need to retorque. New cars have gaskets designed not to require retourque. If you use a shim steel gasket, or a copper one, you don't need to retorque. Well; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00083.html (9,613 bytes)
20. RE: RE: 1950 GMC Service Station pick-up truck (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:17:31 -0700; Certainly seems like English is a challenge to her. I can't see how the scam is going to work, but complex financial transactions are always suspect. Louise sounds like one of those scammers, don't y; /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00091.html (11,714 bytes)

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