Sounds like the "Prince of Darkness" is alive, well and doing his thing in
San Bernardino. If he'd only stay put long enough we could track him down
and have a public beheading! Can you imagine the millions that would
attend. Every person that has ever suffered from Lucasism would be there!
(Clinton would just give him a pardon.)
Mike Maclean wrote:
> I spent all last night and all day today working on the Bugeye.
> Adjusting the valves after re-torquing the head, replacing the Redline
> MT90 in the transmission with Catsrol 20w-50 and STP (sure quieted down
> the first motion shaft!), topping up the differential (forgot to do that
> after replacing the flange seal), making the choke cable work and
> installing the air cleaners again because the carbs are tuned now. I
> worked on the interior (still installing snaps on the floor for carpet
> and screwing on the vinyl panels) I cut slots in the Hardura boot floor
> covering for the spare tire straps, etc., etc. My back is killing me!
> About an hour ago, I took the car out on a test drive around the
> private streets here where I live and i did not get more than a couple
> hundred feet and the lights went out (night time) and the car stopped
> dead! The engine turns over so the starter is getting plenty of juice
> for the battery, but the car is dead. I checked the fuses first. I
> actually hoped it was not a fuse. That would indicate a problem
> somewhere else in the wiring. I think it is the combonation
> ignition/light switch. It is original to the car. When I was restoring
> the electrical parts, I disassembled this switch to clean the contacts
> inside and it was pretty worn, but it worked. It just seems that
> anything original to the car that I just put into service without
> replacing it with a repro or having it rebuilt has a problem like this.
> Well, maybe it's something else. I've had it for today. Tomorrow I'll
> take the ignition switch out again and check it out on the VOM.
> It just ain't fair!
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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