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From: Jeff via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 18:38:36 -0500
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Dean, that is exactly my method too.

On 7/6/2015 6:28 PM, Dean Swanson via Spridgets wrote:
>
> I guess I?ve been doing it wrong ? I?ve always put everything together 
> except the spring and pan, then inserted the spring thru the hole in 
> the a-arm, then put the pan on a floor jack and jacked/lifted the 
> pan/compressed the spring into place?
>
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>
> *From:*Spridgets [mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net] *On Behalf 
> Of *Bob Spruck via Spridgets
> *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 4:05 PM
> *To:* spridgets@autox.team.net; bmwwxman@gmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spridgets] Do you have one laying around?
>
> I have them, left and right. Let me know if and which you want me to send.
>
> Photo of my spring compression tool attached.
>
> Bob
>
> On 7/6/2015 3:38 PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets wrote:
>
>> Thanks to all who responded.  I should have said there is no engine 
>> or tranny in the tub.  I'm trying to make a roller out of it.  I'm 
>> going to try the long bolt strategy that several of you mentioned.
>>
>> As to the brake hose lock plate, Contact me off list if you have one 
>> you can part with.
>>
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:28 PM, bmwwxman . <bmwwxman@gmail.com 
>>
>> Working on the Midget today I found I have somehow misplaced a part 
>> that came off it when I took it apart 2 years ago. My Haynes manual 
>> identifies it as a "brake hose lock plate" for the left front (port 
>> side) disk brake caliper. The usual suspects do not list it.
>>
>> If you have one laying around I'll gladly purchase it.  I'd also 
>> accept ideas on how to proceed without it if that becomes necessary.  
>> It appears that all it does is support the hydraulic brake line 
>> leading to the caliper.
>>
>> Also, if any of you geniuses (geniusi?) out there have a special 
>> trick for a one man installation of the front springs, fulcrum pin 
>> and trunion bolt?  When we did the Holy Sprite I used my considerable 
>> bulk as the necessary weight to compress the spring while Ryan 
>> Kubanoff put in the trunion bolt. There has to be a one person way to 
>> do this...
>>
>> With some luck I'll have the beast on its wheels by the end of the 
>> coming week or early next week. Then the body sanding and Taco Bell 
>> wrappers can commence!
>>
>> I'm shooting for an OSHIT in Dodge City next spring.
>> -- 
>>
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim Johnson
>> Dodge City Trail of Fame <http://www.DodgeCityTrailofFame.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim Johnson
>> High Plains Youth Hockey <http://www.highplainsyouthhockey.org>
>> Dodge City Trail of Fame <http://www.DodgeCityTrailofFame.org>
>> Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology <http://www.EJSSM.org>
>>
>> _"_*_Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way 
>> that they look forward to the trip."_*
>>
>> *Winston Churchill*
>>
>>
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    Dean, that is exactly my method too.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/6/2015 6:28 PM, Dean Swanson via
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I guess I?ve been
              doing it wrong ? I?ve always
              put everything together except the spring and pan, then
              inserted the spring
              thru the hole in the a-arm, then put the pan on a floor
              jack and jacked/lifted
              the pan/compressed the spring into place?</span></font></p>
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                color:windowtext"> Spridgets
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
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 <b><span
                    style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Bob
                Spruck via Spridgets<br>
                <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                Monday, July 06, 2015 4:05
                PM<br>
                <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 
href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a>;
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 
href="mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com";>bmwwxman@gmail.com</a><br>
                <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                Re: [Spridgets] Do you
                have one laying around?</span></font></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="4"
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              style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial">I have them,
              left
              and right. Let me know if and which you want me to send.<br>
              <br>
              Photo of my spring compression tool attached.<br>
              <br>
              Bob</span></font></p>
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                PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets wrote:</span></font></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks
                  to all who responded.  I should have said there
                  is no engine or tranny in the tub.  I'm trying to make
                  a roller out of
                  it.  I'm going to try the long bolt strategy that
                  several of you
                  mentioned.   </span></font></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                  face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As
                    to the brake hose lock plate, Contact me off list
                    if you have one you can part with.</span></font></p>
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                  face="Times New Roman"><span 
style="font-size:12.0pt">Cheers!!<br>
                    Jim</span></font></p>
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                  face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On
                    Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:28 PM, bmwwxman . &lt;<a
                      href="mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com"; target="_blank"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><a 
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 
href="mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com";>bmwwxman@gmail.com</a></a>&gt;
                    wrote:</span></font></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                    face="Times New Roman"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt">Working on the Midget
                      today I found I have somehow
                      misplaced a part that came off it when I took it
                      apart 2 years ago. My Haynes
                      manual identifies it as a "brake hose lock plate"
                      for the left front
                      (port side) disk brake caliper. The usual suspects
                      do not list it.  </span></font></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                      face="Times New Roman"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have one laying
                        around I'll gladly purchase
                        it.  I'd also accept ideas on how to proceed
                        without it if that becomes
                        necessary.  It appears that all it does is
                        support the hydraulic brake
                        line leading to the caliper. </span></font></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                      face="Times New Roman"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt">Also, if any of you
                        geniuses (geniusi?) out there have
                        a special trick for a one man installation of
                        the front springs, fulcrum pin
                        and trunion bolt?  When we did the Holy Sprite I
                        used my considerable bulk
                        as the necessary weight to compress the spring
                        while Ryan Kubanoff put in the
                        trunion bolt. There has to be a one person way
                        to do this...</span></font></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                      face="Times New Roman"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt">With some luck I'll
                        have the beast on its wheels by
                        the end of the coming week or early next week.
                        Then the body sanding and Taco
                        Bell wrappers can commence!</span></font></p>
                </div>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black"
                      face="Times New Roman"><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt">I'm shooting for an
                        OSHIT in Dodge City next spring.
                         </span></font><font color="#888888"><span
                        style="color:#888888"><br>
                        <span class="hoenzb">-- </span></span></font></p>
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                            style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#888888">Cheers!!<br>
                            Jim Johnson<br>
                            <a
                              href="http://www.DodgeCityTrailofFame.org";
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Dodge
                              City Trail of Fame </a><br>
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