I finally got my Midget back on the road today and put about 30 miles on 
it with the top down which was pretty darn great. Then I took my 5 year 
old for a ride
around the block and  I don't know who had the bigger smile on their 
face, me or him.
 
As part of getting the car back on the rode I ended up replacing the 
clutch master and slave cylinders and the flexible hose that attaches to 
the slave. I seriously must have spent close to 8 hours bleeding the 
clutch and I still can't get all of the air out of the line. Is there 
some trick to bleeding this system? I've been using a Mityvac to bleed 
it since helpers are rare around these parts at the moment. I can drive 
the car but the clutch could be a lot better from what I remember.
Also, thanks to everyone who answered my parts questions earlier in the 
week. I got the correct ignition switch and the car starts right up even 
in the freezing cold on the first turn of the key.
Thanks again,
Robert Weeks.
 
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