[Spridgets] FW: Do you have one laying around?

[Jeff]

Dean, that is exactly my method too.

On 7/6/2015 6:28 PM, Dean Swanson via Spridgets wrote:
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> I guess I’ve been doing it wrong – I’ve always put everything together 
> except the spring and pan, then inserted the spring thru the hole in 
> the a-arm, then put the pan on a floor jack and jacked/lifted the 
> pan/compressed the spring into place…
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> *From:*Spridgets [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf 
> Of *Bob Spruck via Spridgets
> *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 4:05 PM
> *To:* spridgets at autox.team.net; bmwwxman at gmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spridgets] Do you have one laying around?
>
> 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
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> On 7/6/2015 3:38 PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> 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.
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>> Cheers!!
>> Jim Johnson
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>> -- 
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>> Cheers!!
>> Jim Johnson
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