[Spridgets] Throttle cable clean & lube suggestions?

Linda Grunthaner grunthaner at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 11:38:19 MDT 2016


It's because I have my battery in a marine box to protect the metal. : (
I got a reply from a member of the Facebook Group MK2 Sprites and MK 1
Midgets regarding my image see attached.
Steve Adams <https://www.facebook.com/steve.adams.12979431?fref=ufi>
says: Looks
like your fuse box is the other way round the white wires are ignition
controlled and the brown ones permanent lives.
Do you see that in my image?
Lin

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Paul Van Wig <pvanwig at mac.com> wrote:

> You should not have to remove the bonnet to change battery. Get a longer
> stick to hold it higher if its getting in the way.
>
> Paul Van Wig
> Lakewood/Big Bear, CA
> 68 Minor Woody
> 60 Bugeye
> 59 Nash Metropolitan
>
> On Jun 13, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Yes Billy I'll get heavier gauge wire and use my brand new Interstate
> battery from my truck too. I guess 10 years is long enough. I'm going to
> try not to remove everything and waste time. I'' set the new battery on a
> large plank of wood across the hood just to test it out as I have to remove
> the hood to remove the battery and I just want answers now.
> Lin
>
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Billy Zoom <billyzoom at billyzoom.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Get a new battery, then run a new wire from the fuse box to the pump
>> using one gauge bigger than whatever the factory used, and then add a
>> dedicated ground wire from somewhere near the battery ground to the pump.
>>
>>
>
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