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161. Re: 1500 Engine (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 16:45:27 -0500; Seems to be more of a problem in Midgets than in spitfires, perhaps a ventilation issue? I heartily disagree with the notion that "the bottom ends were not changed when the capacity was increased". P; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00073.html (8,330 bytes)
162. Re: Distributor for 1500 (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:44:21 -0500; Not mine. Perhaps not original, but my car seems to match the manuals as well. If that's what you really want, put in an advance diaphragm. It's the same thing except the vacuum connection is on the; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00133.html (8,606 bytes)
163. Re: More Christmas list (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 16:42:57 -0500; I highly recommend the pocket size cheapy digitals that radio shack sells. I have a pretty expensive fluke meter with all kinds of digital toys on it, but it's a bit large. I bought the little wallet; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00150.html (8,730 bytes)
164. Re: More Christmas list (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 17:17:46 -0500; Well, depends. For $29CDN ($20-ish US) you could even break one or two over your lifetime and still consider it worthwhile. I've sort have been living with that attitude, and actually it's proven fai; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00157.html (9,196 bytes)
165. Re: Another distributor question (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 00:07:36 -0500; Sounds like a LUCAS EID system. Works great when it works, then it leaves you stranded. Even LUCAS acknowledged this sucked, and they produced: ...the CEI system which was retrofitted under warranty; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00248.html (9,083 bytes)
166. Re: Donald's and Geoff's MkII (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:05:27 -0500; The brooklands gold portfolio for Midget has more pictures of a car like this. An enthusiast made one out of a MkII sprite using a fiberglass bugeye REAR end. It's not an original, but there are lots; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00309.html (8,720 bytes)
167. Re: see-thru clutch line (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:06:01 -0500; If I am not mistaken, that is original on 1500s. Mine has it as well. -- Trevor Boicey Ottawa, Canada tboicey@brit.ca http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00310.html (8,549 bytes)
168. Re: Bondo (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 21:08:44 -0500; Bondo doesn't bubble on it's own. Rust underneath will lift flakes of paint and bondo which causes the bubbling. Bondo is usually implicated because bondo is really the only situation where rust occu; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00483.html (8,093 bytes)
169. Re: Spark (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 01:59:30 -0500; Whoops, I feel like I am coming into this in the middle. BUT... Some Midgets (like mine) had both types of resistors. The ballast resistor is the usual hidden-in-the-harness type. There is also a cer; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00133.html (8,883 bytes)
170. Re: Distributors (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 07:59:14 -0500; Well, it will work in any orientation. However, it sort of has a "right" way because the micrometer adjustment for timing really ergonomically should be in a certain place. As well, the vacuum lumps; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00136.html (8,380 bytes)
171. Re: Spark (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 17:50:15 -0500; Well, not quite true. Early cars used coils with a different turns ratio. When the ballast concept was developed/stolen, the turns ratio was changed in the coil to make it work. It's not really an "i; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00164.html (9,389 bytes)
172. Re: Spridget in Kit Car Magazine! (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:32:59 -0500; Are these the same panels that are shown at www.spridget.com? -- Trevor Boicey Ottawa, Canada tboicey@brit.ca http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00230.html (7,858 bytes)
173. Re: Sometimes it pays to be half Irish (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:55:08 -0500; It's not that they can't, it's more that they are not usually asked to. When a company moves their production to those countries, it's usually because they are looking for rock-bottom costs. The low; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00261.html (8,570 bytes)
174. Re: Mostly Oriental Substandard Stuff (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 23:35:58 -0500; I think it's a little above Moss. I don't exactly see the Moss motors international empire of financial dominance. They are a business like anybody else, they sell what they can get for enough of a p; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00262.html (8,981 bytes)
175. Re: It's not a matter of money, Trevor (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:06:15 -0500; Well, perhaps you would. But would everyone else? Would enough people be willing to do it that Moss would still survive? How many companies can survive doubling their prices, even if the quality real; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00297.html (10,619 bytes)
176. Re: It's not a matter of money, Trevor (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:13:11 -0500; Well, frankly, I think that view is unfortunately correct for the majority. There are some who would drive a Spridget above all else no matter what. Actually, because this list is the hard core Sprid; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00299.html (9,688 bytes)
177. Re: It's not a matter of money, Trevor (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:45:40 -0500; I respect that greatly. However, are there enough "Larry Millers" out there to keep a company like Moss in business? -- Trevor Boicey Ottawa, Canada tboicey@brit.ca http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00305.html (8,708 bytes)
178. Re: It's not a matter of money, Trevor (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 20:08:04 -0500; There is another "expectation" here though that is less reasonable. In order for it all to add up, it also has to be true that the part you want in the quality you want is economically sensible to be; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00308.html (10,017 bytes)
179. Re: Sorry... (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 21:08:05 -0500; Well, there is a point in there though. If I had a $30,000 big healey, I might consider paying $1000 for a chrome bumper that was of the highest quality because the car value justifies it. I don't wa; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00314.html (8,318 bytes)
180. Re: electronic ignitions (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:22:32 -0500; Works great actually, I have one. The model is the "electronic ignition" module. The Moss part number is something like 220-225 or similar. -- Trevor Boicey Ottawa, Canada tboicey@brit.ca http://www.; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00329.html (7,888 bytes)

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