[Spridgets] Tap, tap, tap -- Is this thin still on?

[HealeyRick]

Hi Daniel,

Hope you and the family are doing well.  The cause of the fire was my own
stupidity. I didn't seat the fuel filter in the Holley 4 barrel correctly,
it leaked fuel on the exhaust manifolds and this was the result.
[image: IMG_1630.jpeg]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 9:20 AM Weslake1330 <weslake1330 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rick,
>
> What was the cause of the fire?
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel
>
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 at 18:25, HealeyRick via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Still here. The Nasty Boy is slowly recovering from an engine fire and
>> the bugeye needs a clutch. Owns two Healeys and neither runs.  The Nasty
>> Boy needed a new engine harness after the fire and trying to remember what
>> I did almost 15 years ago to hook everything up with some additional items
>> like MSD box, GPS speedometer box, high-intensity headlights with relays,
>> three-way dipswitch on the dash, alternator conversion, stereo radio with
>> amp is taxing my aging brain. I'll tackle the bugeye after the Nasty Boy is
>> done. Hoping the clutch in a 948 motor with ribcase tranny will be a little
>> more straightforward.
>>
>> Excelsior!
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 10:57 AM Paul Van Wig via Spridgets <
>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Still here lurking
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Van Wig
>>> Big Bear/Lakewood, CA
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>>> 1959 Nash Metropolitan "Tiffany" (the wife's fun ride) w/63MGB motor
>>> 1968 Morris Minor Woody RHD “Thomas"
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>>> 2005 Jeep Lives @ 7440'
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>>> 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric
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>>> On Jul 23, 2024, at 5:59 AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <
>>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Still here as well.  I already have three Spridgets and don't need
>>> another project at my age.  :-)
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2024, at 6:51 AM, Kevin Valentine via Spridgets <
>>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Still here David!  (but, I don't need another Sprite ;)
>>>
>>> Kevin V.
>>> Tuscarora, P
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>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 12:07 AM David Ambrose via Spridgets <
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>>>> List seems awfully quiet, and I want to sell our 62 Sprite.
>>>>
>>>> Hope everyone is doing well,
>>>> Dave Ambrose
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