<div dir="ltr">Hi Kent,<div>Sounds like the engine has some potential. You might want to add the thread I started in: <a href="https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.233472/">https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.233472/</a>. This way we can continue to see the updates in order with a photo build.</div><div>Keep us posted either way. I haven't touched any of my fleet because I needed to paint the house and garage this summer inbetween summer teaching. </div><div><br></div><div>But I did have just enough time to get back into surfing and with a new longboard I'm doing better than ever in life. I'm going to be catching waves after teaching this fall till my wetsuit gets too cold.</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy your Bugeye, safety fast,</div><div>Linda</div><div><br></div><div>62 California Sprite, Pinky</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:05 AM Kent McLean via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Compression Test:<br>
I did a compression test. The starter pull knob wouldn't pull, so I pulled it at the solenoid. The engine turned over slower than I expected without plugs, but I got readings. Dry: 1-4 - 45, 60, 40, 40. Ugh. Wet: 125, 125, 75, 75. I may have squirted too much oil in the first two, but no matter. I see a rebuild in my future. Or maybe an upgrade to a 1275cc. Now that I know the condition of the engine at 83,238 miles, it is time.<br>
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On a related note, my 3 sons (in their 30s) paid me a visit yesterday. They wanted to see the Bugeye. The oldest, the smart one (or maybe the smart-aleck one), commented that if I sold the big Healey, the Bugeye, the Wrangler, and the motorcycles, I could afford to good Bugeye and be driving it this summer. There's truth to that, but the Wrangler is my snowplow, I _need_ at least one motorcycle, but for a brief moment I thought, Yeah, I could get a runner out of the rest of them. But where's the fun in that?<br>
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