- 1. Tach Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 05:21:20 -0800
- I just recieved my second tach gearbox to try and get the tach working on my '60 bugeye. I ruined the first on installation -- made it look exactly like the previous one -- by overtightening the conn
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00173.html (7,105 bytes)
- 2. Front Hubs (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:39:47 -0800
- I'm looking for two front hubs for a '60 bugeye with drum brakes. Mine are each missing a stud, plus one has both wheel screwholes stripped. Neither MiniMania nor Moss list the drum brake versions in
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00406.html (7,352 bytes)
- 3. More on Hubs (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 23:40:40 -0800
- Thanks for the responses on hubs for my '60 Sprite, I'm following up a couple of leads now. On reading the manual, however, I see that new bearings must be "pressed" into the hub. Can someone help a
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00474.html (7,049 bytes)
- 4. Wheel Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 08:00:30 -0800
- "Newbie" question alert! (I'm not really a newbie, I just haven't done this for 20 some years...) Just got the new rear wheel cylinders in for my '60 Sprite. They are filled with a bright red goo. Is
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00047.html (7,030 bytes)
- 5. Re: Wheel Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 21:50:33 -0800
- Thanks for the info. I probably overstated it by saying it is "filled" with the goo. The stuff is certainly spread a bit, tho! Do people recommend using, in addition, "brake assembly fluid". I rememb
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00137.html (8,716 bytes)
- 6. Bugeye Heater Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:31:39 -0800
- I haven't got an owner's manual for my '60 Sprite. The heater switch does nothing, so, in order to fix it, I need to know what it is SUPPOSED to do. When pushed in it clicks once each way left and ri
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00327.html (7,977 bytes)
- 7. Re: Bugeye Heater Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:59:31 -0800
- So: airflow off: switch pulled out vented air: switch pushed in fan: switch pushed in and turned heat on: open gate valve on engine heat off: close same "demister": close tunnel doors, knob pushed in
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00338.html (8,699 bytes)
- 8. Flooded Carb (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:41:47 -0800
- First project on the Sprite is brakes -- they're still under way... Second project is carbs. PO pointed out strong tendency to flood when starting. I stripped carbs, rebuilt with standard rebuild kit
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00408.html (7,399 bytes)
- 9. Re: Flooded Carb (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:59:53 -0800
- I really doubt it, but anything is possible. It LOOKS like a standard mechanical pump. Any suggestions on what to look for? Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00417.html (8,839 bytes)
- 10. Gasket Sealers? (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 22:05:50 -0800
- As a "side-project" (besides the brakes, carbs, etc.) I thought I would start on some of the oil leaks.... Got a new (old) rocker cover and new gasket. Is there any concensus on using a gasket sealer
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00488.html (7,016 bytes)
- 11. PCV valve/breather (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 06:00:40 -0800
- My '60 Sprite appears to have a PCV valve on the breather tube between the rocker cover and the air cleaner. I don't see this part listed by Moss (although I've missed stuff before!), and I find no m
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00765.html (8,072 bytes)
- 12. Re: PCV valve/breather (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:25:03 -0800
- How does your breather tube connect to the rocker cover? The pictures I've seen show a tube extending upward from the cover. Mine has none, but rather a hole in the cover. Does that sound familiar? T
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00771.html (9,571 bytes)
- 13. SU Carbs and misc. (score: 1)
- Author: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 10:42:44 -0800
- Got the engine in my '60 Sprite identified! It's apparently a 948cc engine/carb/etc from a Mk I Midget (judging by the "950" cast in the block, the 1 1/4" carb-to-manifold diameter, and the "MG" rock
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00833.html (7,492 bytes)
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