- 21. Y2K (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 03:37:44 GMT
- Well Y2K is 14 hours old where I am and everything still works.. Happy new year spridgeteers! Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg01348.html (6,470 bytes)
- 22. Re: TOWBARS (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:33:08 GMT
- The sub-frame of a mini can be fashioned into a trailer quite well...a neighbour has done this and has his boat one such a trailer. A lightweight spridget touring trailer could also be feasible. I li
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00003.html (8,666 bytes)
- 23. Re: TOWBARS & trailers (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:33:25 GMT
- The sub-frame of a mini can be fashioned into a trailer quite well...a neighbour has done this and has his boat one such a trailer. A lightweight spridget touring trailer could also be feasible. I li
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00004.html (8,861 bytes)
- 24. tune up questions..longish (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 12:33:26 GMT
- While enjoying a sunny spring sunday I noticed a puff of grey/black smoke when I started the engine. I decided to check the valve clearances and tweak the carbies some... When balancing SU's with th
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00005.html (8,741 bytes)
- 25. Re: tune up questions..longish (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 15:17:00 GMT
- When I said "volume" I was referring to loudness, not amount. Neither carb sounded higher or lower in pitch but one did sound louder than the other as its idle screw was turned clockwise to let more
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00011.html (8,089 bytes)
- 26. Re: tune up questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 03:04:57 GMT
- I figured it was from running too rich, as oil smoke tends to be blue. I just checked the valves as a routine thing seeing the engine has only 600 miles since rebuilding..I probably should have reten
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00060.html (8,272 bytes)
- 27. Re: tune up questions..longish (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 03:19:45 GMT
- I figure 'running clearance' is the one I check but what is 'timing
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00062.html (8,794 bytes)
- 28. Re: Switching Body Shells (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 15:35:16 GMT
- I found a very low rust MkII sprite only last year. The car has had several owners and been several colours, but it is straight and my test magnet stuck to it everywhere. Mind you the roads here aren
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00124.html (10,199 bytes)
- 29. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 03:10:23 GMT
- you can still buy static straps from Kmart here in Aust. they were supposed to reduce/stop car-sickness. I have doubts as to their effectiveness
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00251.html (9,448 bytes)
- 30. Re: Timing vs. cooling efficiency (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 03:27:51 GMT
- This is a dangerous move.... The concentration of corrosion inhibitors will be too low to protect the metal from the glycol, which is still corrosive even at low concentrations. Most good antifrezes
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00253.html (8,351 bytes)
- 31. new noise (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 04:03:09 GMT
- I have noticed a new noise coming from somewhere around the gearbox region of my mkII sprite. It's a fairly subtle sound, a rapid clicking that occurs when driving and ceases when the clutch pedal i
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00255.html (7,342 bytes)
- 32. Re: new noise (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 04:29:46 GMT
- Hi Frank, Yes, the front UJ is high on my list of suspects. How can I assess it visually, with it concealed as it is? I haven't noticed any vibration, but maybe it's not that far gone yet...? Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00258.html (8,461 bytes)
- 33. Re: rear springs movement (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 14:38:21 GMT
- A mate of mine quoted Bob Gill as saying to him that: ' the way to make a sprite handle is to have it tight in the front and loose in the back'. Is this so? Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00326.html (9,443 bytes)
- 34. dellorto carb (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 02:38:34 GMT
- Can anyone tell me whether its worthwhile for me to install a dellorto DHLA 40 which is at my disposal? Im running the stock twin SU's at the moment (on a 1098 +.040, extractors, 731 cam, cooper998
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00361.html (7,159 bytes)
- 35. Re: Another high priced eBay "MG" item (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 02:03:02 GMT
- I'll worry when I see bids coming in from s.hussein@crazyarab.com.iq
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00392.html (8,223 bytes)
- 36. Re: convertible hoods (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:27:39 GMT
- An easy way is to look at how it attaches to the windscreen frame. Side curtain cars have a thin metal bar sewn into the material which slots into a groove in the top of the WS frame. Roll-ups have a
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00398.html (7,901 bytes)
- 37. AH speedboat!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:33:08 GMT
- There is an Austin Healey speedboat for sale on the 'unique cars' site. I tried to copy the exact link but it wouldn't work properly. So go here: http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/MarketPlace/UniqueCars
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00399.html (7,034 bytes)
- 38. Re:Panhard rod.& dellorto Q's (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:15:05 GMT
- If'n you get a chance, I (and my brother too, I'm sure) would really appreciate a drawing to work one (or 2) up from. He has a neat little mig which he can use quite well thesedays. Is this PHrod su
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00403.html (7,804 bytes)
- 39. Re: tattoos wasRe: found a mechanic (no lbc) (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:40:31 GMT
- someone reasonably intelligent said.... "tattoos are..of the working classes, as they understand how short life is".....can't remember who ,but. Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00409.html (9,299 bytes)
- 40. RE: tattoos wasRe: found a mechanic (no lbc) (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:22:53 GMT
- And sometimes ,because they're drunk with $50 burning a hole in their pocket
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00434.html (9,284 bytes)
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