[Spridgets] Do you have one laying around?

[Bob Spruck]

I have them, left and right. Let me know if and which you want me to send.

Photo of my spring compression tool attached.

Bob

On 7/6/2015 3:38 PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded.  I should have said there is no engine or 
> tranny in the tub.  I'm trying to make a roller out of it.  I'm going 
> to try the long bolt strategy that several of you mentioned.
>
> As to the brake hose lock plate, Contact me off list if you have one 
> you can part with.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:28 PM, bmwwxman . <bmwwxman at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bmwwxman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Working on the Midget today I found I have somehow misplaced a
>     part that came off it when I took it apart 2 years ago. My Haynes
>     manual identifies it as a "brake hose lock plate" for the left
>     front (port side) disk brake caliper. The usual suspects do not
>     list it.
>
>     If you have one laying around I'll gladly purchase it.  I'd also
>     accept ideas on how to proceed without it if that becomes
>     necessary.  It appears that all it does is support the hydraulic
>     brake line leading to the caliper.
>
>     Also, if any of you geniuses (geniusi?) out there have a special
>     trick for a one man installation of the front springs, fulcrum pin
>     and trunion bolt?  When we did the Holy Sprite I used my
>     considerable bulk as the necessary weight to compress the spring
>     while Ryan Kubanoff put in the trunion bolt. There has to be a one
>     person way to do this...
>
>     With some luck I'll have the beast on its wheels by the end of the
>     coming week or early next week. Then the body sanding and Taco
>     Bell wrappers can commence!
>
>     I'm shooting for an OSHIT in Dodge City next spring.
>     -- 
>     Cheers!!
>     Jim Johnson
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>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers!!
> Jim Johnson
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