I had mine off and was ready to install the new one. As soon as he finished his
run, he drove the Sprite onto his trailer and got the slave off. From the time
we
started working on the Midget until I got in line for my second run was not much
more than 10 minutes. The only injury was the wrist I had broken about 4 days
earlier when I fell off the truck while loading hay. It was not bleeding, but my
nextdoor neighbors ears probably still were - I was removing the transmission
from my other car the night before and it dropped on the wrong wrist. I had not
lived in the house very long, and it was several months before she would talk to
me.
Kate
Larry Macy wrote:
> Wow Kate, THat is pretty cool. But how in the he-double-hockeysticks did
> you do a slave cylinder swap in 10 min. Did that include bleeding??
>
> Larry
>
> >>>>On 3/10/00 8:54 PM so and so (kate & gary) said. (And I quote:)
>
> >Hi,
> >It has been my experience that this is typical of almost all the Spridget
> >owners that I have met. As an example, a few years ago I was autocrossing
> >my Midget when the slave cylinder failed. An aquaintance who was there with
> >a Sprite saw my problem and said I could borrow his after he made his second
> >run. As soon as he was off the course, he yarded the slave out of his car
> >and in about 10 minutes my Midget was up and running. The TV news crew was
> >on the scene and the reporter could not believe what he was seeing! It
> >really is too bad that the world is not populated with more Spridget people.
> >
> >Kate
> >
> >Mike Maclean wrote:
> >
> >> Listers,
> >> Yesterday Bob and Annice Kitterer came over to my house for, as Bob
> >> put it, a Sprite Day. Bob and Annice had suggested and volunteered to
> >> come over my place for a day and help with the restoration work on my
> >> Bugeye. These are nice people! Bob worked hard all day with me on the
> >> brake piping and did a tremendous job. He also helped me finish up the
> >> windshield wiper installation which required even more bending and
> >> tweaking of pipes. Thgere's just something about being able to get help
> >> from an original Bugeye owner that has restored his car twice!
> >> I met the Kitterers on this list and accepted an invitation to a
> >> meet in San Diego last year to meet them in person. When I told them I
> >> was coming, they sent me discount coupons for the big attractions in San
> >> Diego. I sure hope these people typify the other people on this list.
> >> This was just plain hard work that the kitterer's gave their time
> >> for yesterday and I hope they know how much it was really appreciated.
> >> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Manager/Administrator
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
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>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
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