New at this Sprite stuff, huh, Charles. After a while you
will be so adept with them that others will think you a pro and you
will be working on thiers too. After 41 years of Sprites and other
LBCs I take these sort of things for granted and forget that others
knowledge base has not grown , yet.
An 1/8 " pipe plug should fit just fine and give no problems
or use an American drain valve. Put them in snug, no need to strong
arm them in.
The choke cables are made longer so that they can fit a wider
variety of models. Pull the inner part out far enough so that you can
cut off the outer part without severing the wire too. Then judge how
long the inner needs to be and apply some solder to it . Afterwards
snip it and install, done.
As for the rubber plugs, you should find several of them, I
believe they are access ports to allow you to flush the sills ,
periodically.
Don't get upset, just work it out, it gets better with
experience. What really gets to me is having to redo the things that
DPOs and COs do in the name of "Fixing Up " thier cars.
Regards, Brad
----- Original Message -----
From "Charles Sorkin" <cdsorkin at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Spridgets List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Sprite progress
Got the new radiator installed in the Sprite this weekend, and
discovered,
while trying to flush the system, that the drain plug on the lower
pipe is
missing. Grrrr. Irritiatingly enough, the Moss catalog shows the
drain
plug as Not Available. So what does this plug look like? I'm
assuming its
supposed to be a regular bolt of some sort, but what size? Anybody
know
where I could get a hold of one?
And speaking of Moss, I replaced the choke cable with one from the
catalog.
It must be for another type of car though, because it is about 10
inches too
long, and the excess has no where to go. I'm sure I can just clip it
off,
but I shouldn't have to.. On the positive side, I also managed to
remove
the entire interior with little problem. It sure is easy to access
the
dashboard if you can sit directly on the car's floor. Important
question,
though: Why is there a rubber plug on the inside of the sills, about
8
inches back from the jacking point?
Nevertheless, I couldn't figure out how to remove the guages. Any
hints on
how to do so?
Regards,
Charles
'74 Midget
'68 Sprite
Bloomfield, NJ
cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
"How about we duck inside for a Hen?"
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