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41. Re: Distributor / timing question (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 01:00:04 GMT; my vac. points right at #3 spark plug. One way to set it up is to: take off the rocker cover, turn the engine until the timing mark is at the TDC pointer, and both valves for #1 cylinder are closed.; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00435.html (9,212 bytes)
42. first long run... (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:41:38 GMT; Well, I just got back from the Bendigo swap meet. The sprite went great...about 300 miles for the weekend without a hiccup. No nasty surprises at all. Got a couple of bargains too...An LCB header in; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00606.html (6,763 bytes)
43. Re: The Wintry Midget (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:31:26 GMT; Why the full tank of fuel? Wont it just deteriorate over the next few months? I reckon it's a good time to bleed your brakes , to remove any moisture that the fluid has absorbed...it's when they sit; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00654.html (10,429 bytes)
44. Re: Engine Questions (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:32:34 GMT; You can use a double row chain...I just did on my 1098. An adjustable one wouldn't be a bad idea. I wish I'd taken more time to 'time' my cam. I just lined up the dots at TDC and went on with it. I d; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00736.html (8,641 bytes)
45. muffler Q's (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:51:29 GMT; greetings exhaust gurus and everyone else, The LCB header I'm about to install has a 1&3/4" outlet. I plan to run it into a 1&3/4" pipe and have a straight through glasspack (the ex.shop guy called i; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00738.html (7,845 bytes)
46. RE: muffler Q's (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:27:28 GMT; Thanks for the quick response... how long is each glasspack? I noticed at the shop, they had various lengths. He also had a thing he called a 'turbo tube' that was about 2&1/2'-3' in length, that loo; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00741.html (9,522 bytes)
47. Re: ... and another find (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:39:10 GMT; I saw a NOS starter solenoid, the pull type a`la sprite MkII, at the swap meet last week for $12..I knew I should have grabbed it. Andy; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00778.html (7,675 bytes)
48. tach probs (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:20:39 GMT; Hi list, My tach (SMITHS electric) keeps dropping out of service. It comes on again when I tap it firmly. It's a bit annoying. Any ideas on a fix? Andy; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00780.html (7,518 bytes)
49. S.U.heat shield (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:31:34 GMT; I'm putting my new extractors (LCB) on and have found that they foul the heat shield. Can I safely omit the heat shield from the assembly? or will that cause problems e.g vapour lock, explosions etc; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00979.html (7,411 bytes)
50. RE: S.U.heat shield (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:36:33 GMT; I dunno, maybe...or maybe everyones at granny's etc. and she don't got no P.C. Should'nt affect the brits though. I got bored/annoyed with linkages falling of all about the place so I went italian..; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00980.html (7,839 bytes)
51. lcb & dellorto (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 11:44:54 GMT; I don't know whether its the new extractors or the change in carburetion, but I have loads more low to mid range power/torque and a much nicer array of sound effects...I should have changed one at a; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00986.html (7,984 bytes)
52. Re: lcb & dellorto (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:41:49 GMT; Hi Larry...and everyone else, I just pulled #1 &#2 spark plugs and they have a matt brown deposit/coloring to them. I was expecting a grey color if mixture is correct. Am I running lean? There was no; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00992.html (9,739 bytes)
53. PCV on a different manifold (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:29:30 GMT; Does anyone have any tricks or tips for restoring the crankcase ventilation on my sprite, since I put the dellorto carb and manifold on which has no real provision for it? The manifold has holes in; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01015.html (7,668 bytes)
54. Re: PCV on a different manifold (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:19:22 GMT; Brian & Ulix, My engine is an 1098 from a sprite MkIII. The PCV valve is a wide 'funnel' shaped one that definitely attaches to the engine side of the S.U. throttles, rising vertically from a manifol; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01058.html (13,677 bytes)
55. spark timing question (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:26:30 GMT; Greetings tuning perfectionists. My manuals all specify a spark advance of 8' BTDC at 600rpm. My cam will not allow anything like a nice smooth idle that low, the best it can do being 1000rpm before; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01059.html (6,989 bytes)
56. CLUTCH PROBLEM..(a bit urgent) (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 02:54:12 GMT; My brother has come down from sydney to melbourne to pick up his sprite. He decided to change his clutch plate, so yesterday we pulled the motor and installed a new one. No other changes were made.; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00073.html (7,129 bytes)
57. Re: CLUTCH PROBLEM..solved (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:58:01 GMT; It turned out that parts of the clutch mechanism had broken, preventing it from working. A bit strange, as it was working fine before we started , apart frrom being worn. But we managed to get a clut; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00159.html (8,310 bytes)
58. twin system..mpg (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 07:13:07 GMT; My Brother drove from melbourne to sydney on monday. Took 12 hours, sat on 110kmh (65mph) 4500rpm cruise with bursts at 5500rpm. He got an average of 8.25litres/100km or about 33mpg(imperial) He's ha; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00249.html (7,065 bytes)
59. Re: twin system..mpg (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 02:24:51 GMT; I know that, but every time you change gear, stop/start, or idle it does. Theres plenty of slow driving on such a trip, Melbourne and Sydney are the two biggest cities in Australia and they take a w; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00302.html (7,518 bytes)
60. brake question (score: 1): Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 07:57:38 GMT; Greetings to the list. Sometimes when I use the brakes just as shes coming to a halt, there is this 'groan'...an audible vibration that I can feel through my foot as well as hear. It dosen't happen e; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00322.html (6,893 bytes)

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