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

[bmwwxman .]

Dean & Jeff....    I can't do that.  With no engine or tranny it doesn't
weigh enough. The jack lifts the whole corner of the car off the jack
stands.

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Jeff via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net
> wrote:

>  Dean, that is exactly my method too.
>
>
> On 7/6/2015 6:28 PM, Dean Swanson via Spridgets wrote:
>
>  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
> <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?
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>
> 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.
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>
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:28 PM, bmwwxman . < <bmwwxman at gmail.com>
> 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.
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> Jim Johnson
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Cheers!!
Jim Johnson
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