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AW: Engine Disposal

To: Mike Gigante <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>, Spridgets List <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: AW: Engine Disposal
From: Oram Stephen <Stephen.Oram@nbgm.siemens.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:22:25 +0200
Reply-to: Oram Stephen <Stephen.Oram@nbgm.siemens.de>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Damn,
        I'd just decided to dump it based on the other mails. Now I'm going
to have to rethink it all again.

Steve


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Mike Gigante [SMTP:mikeg@vicnet.net.au]
> Gesendet am:  Montag, 22. Juni 1998 01:24
> An:   Stephen Oram; Spridgets List
> Betreff:      Re: Engine Disposal
> 
> Please don't dump it.
> 
> 1100 cranks are getting pretty hard to come by. I'm sure that someone out
> there will want it. If you have to decide what to dump, keep the crank,
> block,
> front and rear engine plates, and rods. Keep the head if you can but at
> least
> they are pretty available and generic.
> 
> Mike (the horder)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Oram <SJORAM@compuserve.com>
> To: Spridgets List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 11:52 PM
> Subject: Engine Disposal
> 
> 
> >Hi all,
> >        I replaced my 1098cc motor for a 1275 version last year after the
> >big end
> >gave up and various other things made strange noises. I found the head to
> >be off a 998
> >mini (from what I can tell) and the bores were very iffy. Anyway the
> >question is, is the thing
> >worth keeping for any reason. I'm moving back to Ireland (from Germany)
> in
> >a few weeks and need to ship
> >my stuff. The engine has been in bits in the workshop for over a year and
> >I'm very tempted to just put
> >it in the car and drop it a the dump. Is there any good reason why not?
> If
> >I do trash it, is there anything
> >I should hold onto as it's now hard to get? Any opinions?
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >'66 Sprite MKIII
> >

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