- 1. RE: poor guy with a 1275... (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 00:38:41 -0700
- The first thing I would check is that the plug wires are routed to the correct cylinders. The firing order of the engine is 1, 3, 4, 2, so the wires plug in "out of order" around the distributor. Onc
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00157.html (9,189 bytes)
- 2. RE: steering rack mount (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:34:15 -0800
- THE COMPLETE OFFICIAL 1275cc SPRITE/MIDGET 1967-1974 manual published by Robert Bentley describes the alignment procedure on pages 170 through 175 for the various 67 through 74 cars. I haven't done t
- /html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00131.html (9,480 bytes)
- 3. RE: Rookie Mistakes (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 00:42:54 -0800
- I went out and measured the frame rails on my 69 Sprite body (which happens to be sitting on its side in my garage right now). The rails rise about three quarters (3/4) of an inch at the front from
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00336.html (8,540 bytes)
- 4. Checking In (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 01:21:15 -0700
- I recently joined this list after monitoring the Healey's list for quite a while. I am in the process of rebuilding (restoring would probably be too grand a term) a '69 Sprite which I bought as a pa
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00097.html (7,872 bytes)
- 5. FW: Ready to pull Engine/Tranny (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 18:29:20 -0700
- I also have used the method Les describes below with success pulling three Spridget engines. I used two hooks from the ends of some old garage door springs (made from steel about 1/8" thick). Each h
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00140.html (8,262 bytes)
- 6. RE: what is this?!? (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:04:25 -0700
- I agree that putting down any range of years of these cars is nonsense given the intent of this list. This is my own personal guess, but I suspect that the majority of the people on this list look a
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00142.html (8,712 bytes)
- 7. RE: CD-ROM MANUAL (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 01:32:06 -0700
- Yeh, but my kids complain when I cover their grubby hands with Saran Wrap! To keep shop keyboards from getting greasy - Wrap the entire thing in Saran Wrap and type right through it. When it gets gru
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00446.html (7,522 bytes)
- 8. FW: PPG Deltron Paint (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:41:17 -0800
- I am in the process of stripping most of a Sprite down to bare steel. I had planned to etch the metal before priming (using a metal etch product which contains phosphoric acid). Will this serve the
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00489.html (7,740 bytes)
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