- 201. RE: Taking a 67 Sprite out of deep storage... (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:42:14 -0400
- Frank Clarici can (and hopefully will) give a more complete answer on the first part, but I'll summarize and answer both questions at once. Plan on: 1 New Battery (while you're at it, check for shor
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00278.html (11,324 bytes)
- 202. Re: Taking a 67 Sprite out of deep storage... (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:48:45 -0500
- $5000 is too steep..Offer a lot less and let him fight it back up. Apparently prices vary a lot regionally. I have found many MGs for 1500 to 3500 around here. All drivers is reasonable shape. Mostly
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00292.html (11,586 bytes)
- 203. RE: Brake Fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:40:52 -0400
- Quick Summary: (This is a "list consensus", so individuals may disagree. I hope this formats OK) PRO: CON: DOT 3 Cheap Eats natural rubber seals Easily available Eats paint Lower boiling point Actual
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00353.html (10,174 bytes)
- 204. RE: Anybody know Midget values? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:43:21 -0400
- Check the CatCon. On mine the engine could barely breathe until I replaced it (the matrix had crushed and collapsed into the bottom of the (vertically mounted) converter, effectively choking off the
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00354.html (10,037 bytes)
- 205. Re: Fuel tank removal, 77 Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:43:38 -0500
- Have you tried (shudder!) metric wrenches?
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00395.html (8,425 bytes)
- 206. Re: Lucas joke, no LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 03:13:48 -0500
- If Lucas made a vacuum cleaner I would certainly buy one. "If it is by Lucas...You know it sucks!!!"
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00396.html (7,712 bytes)
- 207. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:16:16 -0500
- I just happen to have a 70 Spit that will never see the road again. Still want a couple of latches? Bruce Lowry Hallsville, Tx 60 Bugeye "Cosmo" 70 Spit 67.5 Datsun 1600 Many other large piles of car
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00446.html (11,064 bytes)
- 208. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:20:23 -0500
- Has anyone tried the gas charges lift cylinders on a sprite frontend? My first reaction to this idea was that the constant pressure might warp something! Bruce Lowry
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00448.html (10,866 bytes)
- 209. Re: Painting the engine compartment (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:43:40 -0500
- Had a biy of trouble with a Wagner. Seemed to put out a lot of paint at any Works good on the house but anything smaller than a door was a bit of an exersise in run prevention and overspray avoidance
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00449.html (8,898 bytes)
- 210. RE: Z-S leaking fuel from the underside (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 13:12:42 -0400
- Make sure that it really is coming from the bottom plug. I thought my bottom plug was leaking, but it turned out that the float bowl to body seal had opened up on the manifold side of the carb. Fuel
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00502.html (9,122 bytes)
- 211. [Fwd: roll bars looks or safety] (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 00:54:26 -0500
- Stole this from the Datsun Roadster list. This happened to my brother on His only crime seems to be that he was driving a small roadster near an a**le in a big truck. Truck was doing about 50 in the
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00569.html (8,787 bytes)
- 212. Re: 1974 Midget Alignment (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 10:38:09 -0500
- It is always better to have your steering centered with the wheels straight ahead. Pulling the steering wheel to "center things can lead to uneven turn radius left to right. Bruce Lowry
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00689.html (10,987 bytes)
- 213. Re: Weekends(long) (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:22:52 -0500
- Hooray for Starbug!!!!! (You did O.K. too!!!!) Bruce Lowry
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00729.html (9,468 bytes)
- 214. RE: Spark plug removal (77 Midget) (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:41:55 -0400
- You can't believe that #1 is the answer? Believe it. Actually, you don't need to >>remove<< the alternator. Just loosen it, take the belt off, disconnect it from the upper bracket, and swing it down
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00051.html (8,959 bytes)
- 215. RE: IT'S ALIVE! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:33:18 -0400
- Note to all who are moaning about how "Frank shouldn't have said.../Yes, he should have." Last I looked THIS is what the list is about!! Trevor, you've been known to overstate your case a few times,
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00078.html (8,200 bytes)
- 216. Re: Inferior Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 01:54:35 -0400
- Three words: Please don't go. You happened to walk into a "hornet's nest issue". We seem to have one of those about twice a year, where you just chill out (and delete messages from some folks) until
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00122.html (10,754 bytes)
- 217. New owner (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 07:30:49 -0500
- Hopefully I got this right this time. I am a brand new LBC owner and have been listening for a week or two. First..I need a brake adjuster! The previous owner (is that DPO?) was no mechanic and all t
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00134.html (7,529 bytes)
- 218. Re: AW: Drivetrain Rattle (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 11:52:31 -0400
- A guess about the "rattle": Check you engine & transmission mounts. If the rubber portion of one of them has sheared off, gotten soft, or been mashed out of shape it could cause the noise you describ
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00156.html (9,702 bytes)
- 219. Re: road noise (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 12:05:05 -0400
- You got it backwards: Footbrake off rocking = something's loose Footbrake ON / NO rocking = It's the bearings Footbrake ON / STILL rocking = It's the kingpins, fulcrum pins, bushings, etc. (If there
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00158.html (9,811 bytes)
- 220. Re: Moss, etc (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 21:00:14 -0500
- Upon checking the files(2 huge binders) of records I got with my bugeye, the only things to go wrong with "Cosmo" in 73000 miles were maintienence items, 1 headlight switch, 1 dist cap and a headligh
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00180.html (8,640 bytes)
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