Hello from Down East, Tom, and welcome to the list. I assume you will be
at Tanglewood on June 14? You will get as much advice from this group as
you can stand! The brakes/hydraulics on the Spridget are not complicated
or especially difficult to work on. Watch out for breaking the retaining
C-clips for the rear cylinders while trying to get them on.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net>
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Subject: Bugeye resuscitation
> Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 11:18 AM
>
> Hi, all. I'm new to this group.
>
> I am presently trying to get a '61 Bugeye on the road again. It has been
> stored for 9 years and has, as you would expect, many, many problems. So
> far I have rebuilt the carburetors and have the motor running. Now I have
> turned to the hydraulics and am not a happy guy. <grin>
>
> This particular Bugeye was heavily modified some time in its past. It has
a
> 1275cc engine and front disk brakes, I assume all off the same car, which
I
> deduce from the carb types was probably a '67-'68 model.
>
> At the moment I am planning new rear brake cylinders and rebuild kits for
> front calipers and clutch cylinders and am awaiting the parts from Moss
> Motors. If anyone has any comments or advice, I would welcome the input!
> Thanks.
>
> Tom Zuchowski
> Clemmons, NC
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