- 1. RE: Bad day at PIR (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 08:30:11 -0700
- I'd guess sticking valve in the valve guide for intermittent compression. At least, that's what happened to me last weekend. (Did I post an account of the season finale? My memory is the second thing
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00232.html (8,790 bytes)
- 2. RE: Dead Ribcase (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:22:34 -0700
- I have both the seal kit and the 5-speed kit - The issue is that the seal is made fit around the stock backplate, but the 5-speed adapter backplate is thicker, and so interferes with the seal kit. Th
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00258.html (9,588 bytes)
- 3. RE: Painting Sills (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:35:18 -0700
- I'd use matte black, but as always, this is your baby, so imagine it both ways and choose your preference. JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00317.html (7,279 bytes)
- 4. RE: Roll Bar (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:50:51 -0700
- I had a roll bar in my '70 that would accomodate the convertible top. What I did (and this is with the later top bow - earlier ones might even be easier) was to observe that the top of the roll bar w
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00460.html (8,768 bytes)
- 5. RE: Bugeye rear spring "spacers" (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:39:00 -0700
- I use those on my bugeye, too. 7 rear springs? That's a lot for a race car. You can get the wedges at truck alignment places, then grind/machine them to size. Or just buy an assortment of wedges. I d
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00489.html (9,185 bytes)
- 6. RE: Re[2]: Rear axle casing (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:42:32 -0700
- Absolutely! That's what I've got - but they use centerlock knock-off JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00061.html (8,550 bytes)
- 7. RE: Acclerator / bicycle cable (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:00:52 -0700
- I have one of those oil seal kits - I like it - it helps control the JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00062.html (8,092 bytes)
- 8. RE: Re[4]: Rear axle casing (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:18:36 -0700
- Well, myabe it's just a rationalization, but don't you get points for style in this lifetime? JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00065.html (8,805 bytes)
- 9. Race Report: Portland Double Regional (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 15:36:06 -0700
- Hello Fellow Spridgeteers, I went racing with the new configuration on the bugeye this weekend. This is the configuration I outlined in my mail a couple weeks ago. Everything went very well indeed. I
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00080.html (10,093 bytes)
- 10. RE: Engine problem (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:03:55 -0700
- Ben, I have an article of faith about motors, and this is as good a time as any to share it. As always, your mileage may vary, and it's subject to the exigencies of life on earth. If the head on your
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00095.html (9,436 bytes)
- 11. RE: Rear axle casing (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:20:25 -0700
- We have that here in Oregon, too - I shoot black powder and single/lever but have never been to one. (Now, can you fit a gun rack behind the seats in a sprite?) ;^) JZ
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00097.html (8,417 bytes)
- 12. RE: Perplexing sprite problems (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:35:24 -0700
- I seem to be prolific this week - oh well, if you all get tired of it, just drop me a note to shut up... [Jeff Zurschmeide] I'd check the transmission mounts and motor mounts. [Jeff Zurschmeide] Head
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00099.html (8,302 bytes)
- 13. RE: DCOE prices (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:54:25 -0700
- Let me echo what the other Jeff said - Skip Kelsey is a great resource! Mainly, he does MGB and T-series stuff, but a lot of parts are interchangeable. He had the Pertronix electronic ignition module
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00404.html (9,172 bytes)
- 14. Re: ABFM Portland, OR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeffrey B. Zurschmeide" <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:45:39 -0700
- Not this Saturday, Ulix - Next Saturday! This saturday is the SCCA regional - I'll be driving my bugeye in it - next weekend (Labor Day) is the All British Field Meet at the racetrack - although if a
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00587.html (7,848 bytes)
- 15. Season Finale - Vintage Bugeye at Portland International Raceway (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:49:28 -0700
- Hey Folks, Thought you'd want to hear a little about the season finale here at Portland Raceway. This is SCCA Vintage. Between last race and this one, I went to a different Weber 45DCOE - this one on
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00720.html (12,222 bytes)
- 16. Midget Rear Suspension Question (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:02:07 -0700
- Hey Folks, I'm working on a pet project, and I have a small challenge before me in the way of a semi-elliptic rear suspension on my 1970 MG Midget - maybe one of y'all has an answer for me - I'd real
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00682.html (8,002 bytes)
- 17. Silly counterfolks (was RE: Calipers) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:57:41 -0700
- One time the lady at the counter at the DMV in Mtn. View, CA absolutely insisted that Austin-Healey was a domestic make (and thus required a smog certification for all cars newer than 1955). Fortunat
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00726.html (7,667 bytes)
- 18. RE: Leaking fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:26:59 -0700
- Actually, at RPM the oil in there can get to be under pressure - our motors generate an awful lot of positive crankcase pressure. The fuel pump hole is also a prime place for leaks, since any kind of
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00768.html (8,732 bytes)
- 19. RE: Suspension Done - New Problems ('74 Midget) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:08:34 -0700
- One other thing you may want to check - as battery cables get older, they develop internal resistance - so do starter motors. Typically, the resistance goes up when they get hot, too. The way it does
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00840.html (9,075 bytes)
- 20. Bugeye Ready to Race! (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <jzurschm@etec.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:46:32 -0700
- Hey Folks, Thought I'd share my perma-grin with the list this morning. I test drove the bugeye on the local farm roads this weekend after some more tweaking, trying to get the elusive combination of
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00841.html (10,310 bytes)
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