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241. Re: Tire width (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:53:01 +1000
The short answer is no. There is a range of actual sizes that a given manufacturer can call a nominal size. I can quote one example where a 185/60 is the same as a nominal 175/60 and a 175/60 that is
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00569.html (8,492 bytes)

242. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... Explanation. (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 12:09:33 +1000
You can buy a crack testing kit from many rural supply places or from pegasus racing supplies. Back to the original question. It is simply a question of engineering mechanics. The spindle is a simpl
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00570.html (9,358 bytes)

243. Re: first motion shaft bushing (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:06:44 -0700
I always used a Dremel with a carbide cutter ball. Just go in and out in a straight line until you're through the bushing. Of course, stop cutting just before you cut through and a screwdriver will p
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00835.html (8,755 bytes)

244. Re: New Car/No LBC Content (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 21:16:56 -0700
My '92 Honda Accord automatic works like the day I bought the car new 165,000 miles ago. Only time the fluid has been changed was at dealer service intervals, that is if the dealer changed all the fl
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00999.html (10,520 bytes)

245. Re: First Drive of '99 in '62 Sprite MKII (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:03:15 -0700
You did all that since sept. 98? I wish I could get that much work done on my car in TWO years. Mike Maclean-60 Sprite
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01033.html (9,619 bytes)

246. off topic: anyone know this person/car? (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 09:15:14 +1000
A Red MG Midget Mk II with wire wheels and a Red Dennis Ferranti hardtop Previous Owner: Michael Weitenbeck Reg: "MR MGT" Location: Walnut Creek Last registered Aug 95 If you know of the car or the o
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01036.html (6,996 bytes)

247. Re: success..I think... (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:51:40 +1000
If it makes a knocking noise on full throttle (esp at lower revs) then that is probably detonation (different to pre-ignition). Try adding some 104+ and see if the problem dissappears. Mike
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01049.html (8,458 bytes)

248. Re: Negative Camber and Suspension Geometry (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 04:21:35 +1000
To be clear, I use these (I bought them from the late Bob Gill) I didn't invent them. I belive they are still available from Tony Bennetto but I'll have to check when he gets back. Mike
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01199.html (7,595 bytes)

249. Re: Re-Arching Rear Springs (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 10:24:31 +1000
I have had a bad experience with re-arched springs. 12 months later they had gone so soft that the car was no longer capable of being pushed hard. I went to a local spring maker and had a new set mad
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01387.html (8,185 bytes)

250. Original Fuel Line (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:22:27 -0700
Well, I had thought when I removed the old fuel line from the tank to the fuel pump when my restoration started, that I was going to make a new one. After all the old one had a hole rubbed in it by t
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01390.html (8,973 bytes)

251. Re: Original Fuel Line (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:37:16 -0700
I actually took two days off from work, as the trains I work on make round trips. So, today was spent just fixing what i "bunged up" yesterday. The glass cutters in town all seen to get their mirror
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01426.html (10,415 bytes)

252. Re: Original Fuel Line (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:12:43 -0700
As we used to say in the Air Force, "My fun meter is pegged!"
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01471.html (11,943 bytes)

253. Re: mirrors (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:18:37 -0700
Other than buying a reproduction from the usual suspects ($50-55 Bucks!) go to your home center. The 12" x 12" square glass mirror wall tiles are the thinnest I could find. Only a 64th to 32nd of an
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01472.html (8,565 bytes)

254. Re: LONG, Update to Fulcrum Pin, '79 Midget (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 08:52:32 -0700
As I have just recently finished rebuilding the front suspension of my Bugeye, it is still fresh in my mind about the things you are running into. I had about the same amount of play in my fulcrum p
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01714.html (14,803 bytes)

255. Re: Screen Saver (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 22:30:12 -0800
Downloaded it this morning, just before I went to work. Download and installation was less than 15 minutes! It IS sensational, good job. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
/html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00146.html (8,505 bytes)

256. Re: Tonneau cover (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 22:56:48 -0700
Is that tonneau cover from AH Spares held on in the rear by the two chrome escutions that normally hold the rear bar for the top. Did Bugeyes originally have a long tonneau that connected at the top
/html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00218.html (10,239 bytes)

257. Re: Cumulus Gray (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 22:59:33 -0700
I found a spray can of paint in my local Ace hardware store that was marked "Machine Grey". It was specifically fromulated for machine shop type machines. It matched almost perfectly. It was only 5
/html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00219.html (8,517 bytes)

258. Bugeye pancake air filters (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 10:32:56 -0700
Has anyone thought to use K&N filter oil on the original pancake type filters for the Bugeye? Seems to me that the sticky oil that K&N sells to recharge their filters would work great for the wire me
/html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00230.html (6,719 bytes)

259. Re: Tonneau cover (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 10:38:26 -0700
Can always count on you for the correct information. Now I ahve something new to search for. Never a dull moment with a Spridget. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
/html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00231.html (14,461 bytes)

260. Re: windshield and rubber - huh? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 22:33:28 -0700
" Posidriv " is the brand name of this type of fastener. It is similar to the Philips head screw. The Phillips head was designed so that the screw driver would "roll" out of the slots if too much pr
/html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00253.html (8,702 bytes)

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