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Dean & Jeff.... I can't do that. With no engine or tranny it doesn't
weigh enough. The jack lifts the whole corner of the car off the jack
stands.
Cheers!!
Jim
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Jeff via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.ne=
t
> wrote:
> Dean, that is exactly my method too.
>
>
> On 7/6/2015 6:28 PM, Dean Swanson via Spridgets wrote:
>
> I guess I=E2=80=99ve been doing it wrong =E2=80=93 I=E2=80=99ve always p=
ut 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=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Spridgets [mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
> <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>
> bmwwxman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 fo=
r
> 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."*
>
>
>
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Jim Johnson
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Dean & Jeff.... =C2=A0 =C2=A0I can't do that.=C2=
=A0 With no engine or tranny it doesn't weigh enough. The jack lifts th=
e whole corner of the car off the jack stands. =C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Ch=
eers!!<br>Jim</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Jeff via Spridgets <span dir=3D"ltr=
"><<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">spridge=
ts@autox.team.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
=20
=20
=20
<div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000">
Dean, that is exactly my method too.<div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
<div>On 7/6/2015 6:28 PM, Dean Swanson via
Spridgets wrote:<br>
</div>
</div></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div class=3D"h5">
=20
=20
=20
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Aria=
l"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I guess I=
=E2=80=99ve been
doing it wrong =E2=80=93 I=E2=80=99ve 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=E2=80=A6</span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Aria=
l"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">=C2=A0</sp=
an></font></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Aria=
l"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">=C2=A0</sp=
an></font></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Aria=
l"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">=C2=A0</sp=
an></font></p>
<div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center" align=3D"cen=
ter"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=3D"Times New
Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">
<hr align=3D"center" size=3D"2" width=3D"100%">
</span></font></div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><font size=3D"2" color=3D"black" face=
=3D"Tahoma"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:window=
text;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size=3D"2" color=3D"bla=
ck" face=3D"Tahoma"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;colo=
r:windowtext"> Spridgets
[<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net"; target=
=3D"_blank">mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b><span style=3D"=
font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Bob
Spruck via Spridgets<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Monday, July 06, 2015 4:05
PM<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blan=
k">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>;
<a href=3D"mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">bmw=
wxman@gmail.com</a><br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [Spridgets] Do you
have one laying around?</span></font></p>
</div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=3D"Tim=
es
New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></font=
></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size=3D=
"4" color=3D"black" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;font-fam=
ily: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>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=3D"T=
imes
New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">On 7/6/2015 3:38
PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets wrote:</span></font></p>
</div>
<blockquote style=3D"margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt" type=3D"=
cite">
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=3D=
"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Thanks
to all who responded.=C2=A0 I should have said there
is no engine or tranny in the tub.=C2=A0 I'm trying t=
o make
a roller out of
it.=C2=A0 I'm going to try the long bolt strategy tha=
t
several of you
mentioned. =C2=A0 </span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=
=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></font><=
/p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=
=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"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>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=
=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></font><=
/p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=
=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Cheers!!<br>
Jim</span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=3D=
"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" face=
=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">On
Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:28 PM, bmwwxman . <<a href=3D"=
mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank"></a><a href=3D"mailto:bmwwxman=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bmwwxman@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" fac=
e=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Working on the Midge=
t
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.=C2=A0 </span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></fon=
t></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">If you have one la=
ying
around I'll gladly purchase
it.=C2=A0 I'd also accept ideas on how to proce=
ed
without it if that becomes
necessary.=C2=A0 It appears that all it does is
support the hydraulic brake
line leading to the caliper.=C2=A0</span></font></p=
>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></fon=
t></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">Also, if any of yo=
u
geniuses (geniusi?) out there have
a special trick for a one man installation of
the front springs, fulcrum pin
and trunion bolt?=C2=A0 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>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></fon=
t></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">With some luck I&#=
39;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>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">=C2=A0</span></fon=
t></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"3" color=3D"black" f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt">I'm shooting f=
or an
OSHIT in Dodge City next spring.
=C2=A0</span></font><font color=3D"#888888"><span s=
tyle=3D"color:#888888"><br>
<span>-- </span></span></font></p>
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><font size=3D"3" color=3D"#888888" face=3D"Times New
Roman"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:#888=
888">Cheers!!<br>
Jim Johnson<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.DodgeCityTrailofFame.org"=
target=3D"_blank">Dodge
City Trail of Fame </a><br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
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t=3D"_blank">Dodge
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<a href=3D"http://www.EJSSM.org"; target=3D"_blank">El=
ectronic
Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology</a></span></fo=
nt></p>
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/span></font></u><b><u><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-family:Aria=
l;font-weight:bold">Tact
is the ability
to tell someone to go to hell in such a way
that they look forward to the
trip."</span></font></u></b></p>
</div>
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