and take pictures too! Keep us updated so we can enjoy the progression and
accomplishments. The first test drive is for you to enjoy :P
Toby
Mike,
Owning/restoring a Spridget is parallel to "how do you eat an elephant...
one bite
at a time."
...chew well, enjoy the flavor. Stand back, view what you've accomplished,
take
another bite.
herb
Mike Maclean wrote:
> The first test drive keeps getting further and further away. The list of
small
> jobs to finish to make the car roadworthy is still kinda long. Funny
though, I
> remember when I used to drive a Bugeye as my only transportation. Back
then I
> would drive it with all kinds of things NOT working on the car. As long
as it
> would go when I stepped on the gas and stop when I stepped on the brake.
Ah,
> the good old days.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> WFO Herb wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > Congratulations! You only have a few things to change/replace/repair
before
> > you and the car are road worthy. Not bad. Keep in mind all that you
have
> > done to get this far. Amazing isn't it. First test drive is very
close.
> >
> > Way to go!
> >
> > Herb
> >
> > Mike Maclean wrote:
> >
> > > Of the few days I get to work on my car to try to finish the
> > > restoration, today was a good one and it was a bad one. It seems that
> > > the more I try to get the car finished, the longer the list of things
to
> > > do to finish it becomes. Today I spent the afternoon trying to finish
> > > up the wiring under the dash. I finally got the turn signal indicator
> > > light to work and now all the instruments are illuminated when the
dash
> > > lights are turned on. Still can't figure out why the high beam
> > > indicator light won't work. I'll get it though.
> > > More perplexing is my starter pull cable. I went to start the
car
> > > by truning the key and pulling the starter knob and it broke off right
> > > where it goes into the connector on the starter
> > > spring loaded switch under the bonnet. When I went to look at it
under
> > > the hood, it was discolored and very hot to the touch! I guess I was
> > > grounding through it. I don't see how. The engine is grounded to the
> > > body with a strap connected to a bolt on the bell housing and
> > > frame of the car. The car would run fine after the cable was removed.
> > > I had been float gharging the car from the negative terminal to a head
> > > stud to keep the battery charged. Could this have completed a circuit
> > > through the starter wiring somehow?
> > > I also tried to make the doors close properly by shimming the
catch
> > > on the "B" pillar and got the passenger door to operate perfectly.
Not
> > > so lucky with the driver's side. Shimmed properly and couldn't get
the
> > > door to stay closed. The mechanism mounted on the door would not
engage
> > > the catch on the "B" pillar. When I inspected both sides for a
> > > comparison, the pin that snaps over the door jamb catch, in the
driver's
> > > door did not protrude far enough into the hole to "catch" the door
jamb
> > > catch. Now I have to get a new door mechanism with the chrome knob to
> > > get the driver's door to stay closed before I try to test drive this
> > > car.
> > > The more work I do on this car the more work I make for myself.
> > > Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, being a railroad
> > > engineer, I'm afraid it's a traim.
> > > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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