- 81. Re: 5-speed questions (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:39:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Yep, I have the 90 degree adapter. Someone offerred me a well-used manual at a good price, so I think I'll get that for future use. The wire ties sounds like a great idea! Thanks. -NORY Don't assume
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00678.html (8,030 bytes)
- 82. Re: 5-speed questions (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks, Larry. It's looking like I'll end up cutting the access hole. I'll try it through the shifter hole first and see how it goes. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you h
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00679.html (8,039 bytes)
- 83. Re: the abitza (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 17:11:33 -0400
- Nice a-bitz-a! Where were deals like this when I wanted a parts car? -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5-speed Midget (my new baby) '74
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00027.html (7,588 bytes)
- 84. Carlisle traffic report (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 11:54:55 -0400
- Anybody heading to Carlisle via the I-90 around Erie, PA, find another route. A chemical spill has closed that section, resulting in a 20-mile, 1 1/2 hour detour. It is expected to be closed at least
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00122.html (7,577 bytes)
- 85. RE: poor guy with a 1275... (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 09:34:50 -0400
- Check those little bitty wires in the dizzy too. They rot and break very easily. Sometimes, if you're not paying attention, you hook them up wrong too (-: -NORY Don't assume that because you have fou
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00158.html (8,183 bytes)
- 86. No LBC - VW content, though (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 09:56:42 -0400
- Since there seems to be a few VW enthusiasts around here, I thought I'd tell you about this neat looking vehicle I saw yesterday. It was an old VW bus that had, apparently welded to the top, the uppe
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00159.html (7,921 bytes)
- 87. Re: (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:25:17 -0400
- Hi Bill, Wow - You're a beginner and you replaced a wiring harness?! That's pretty good! I must have the same schematic, because I can't help with your first problem, but I have some comments regardi
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00172.html (7,894 bytes)
- 88. Re: Bugeye Parts Needed - Help! (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 01:01:16 -0400
- I bought my new baby "almost" sight-unseen and got my money's worth and more. I bought it from a lister, and only saw one picture of it on the guys website. Another lister, thinking of buying it, loo
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00364.html (8,595 bytes)
- 89. Re: my story (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:31:10 -0400
- Just wait 'til you have two or three to play with (they have a way of multiplying)! What fun! In fact, I've concluded that one must have three LBCs to really experience the joys of ownership: One pr
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00374.html (8,089 bytes)
- 90. NO LBC / Some people will modify anything! (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 00:41:10 -0400
- Saw the strangest thing last night. A Geo Tracker, hardtop, all black, with very dark tinted windows, fender flares, and very wide (stuck out about 6" from the body) tires! Custom lettering across th
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00509.html (8,242 bytes)
- 91. Re: Thanks you's and SU question (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 09:31:03 -0400
- Hi Jim, I have no experience with the Colortune, but the Unisyn is very handy. Listening to the airflow with a length of plastic tubing worked for me too, but some people don't have the ears for it.
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00515.html (8,473 bytes)
- 92. Love those LBC days (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 15:00:26 -0400
- 78 degrees, sunshine, the open road, a 5-speed Spridget, and the day off (for a change). Life is good. What more could one ask? Ya gotta love these cars! BTW, spotted a green TR-6 in my travels today
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00531.html (7,483 bytes)
- 93. Re: 5 speed Trans. (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 18:41:06 -0400
- Hi Jim, I didn't do the 5-speed conversion myself, but my '71 had it when I bought it (a major selling point, in my view), and I love it. The car keeps up well with "modern" traffic and boy, is it ev
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00622.html (8,039 bytes)
- 94. car keeps running (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 18:46:40 -0400
- Hi gang! My '71 Midget is having so much fun in this great spring weather that it doesn't want to stop running when I shut the key off. Any solutions out there? No big deal, but I'd prefer it to attr
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00623.html (7,498 bytes)
- 95. steering adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 18:50:54 -0400
- One more question for today - When I had the '71 inspected, I was told the steering was a little loose, but passable. I understand there's an adjustment, correct? Can someone describe a (hopefully) s
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00624.html (7,560 bytes)
- 96. Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 20:12:02 -0400
- Thanks to everyone who helped with answers to my running-on problem (especially the humorous ones!). I plan to try every suggestion on my next day off and do lots of test drives (assuming the rain st
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00655.html (7,292 bytes)
- 97. Re: LBC's SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:22:08 -0500
- Fergy - British, and a little wild. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5-speed Midget (my new baby) '74 Midget & '71 parts car '94 Ford R
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00028.html (8,276 bytes)
- 98. re: LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:48:28 -0500
- Yep, Maxwell Smart drove a Tiger (made me love those cars too). I don't recall "99" ever driving anything, but my memory may be fuzzy (gets worse the closer I get to 4 - 0 ). -NORY Don't assume that
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00076.html (9,023 bytes)
- 99. Tag line reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:47:02 -0500
- I was once again, this week, reminded why I have the tag line I have. On the new Midget, the horn didn't work. So, I e-mailed the PO and asked if he had had a problem before. Well, he said he didn't
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00094.html (7,806 bytes)
- 100. Re: Don Adams' Tiger - WAS: LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:56:49 -0500
- Don't remember the VW or the Fiat - They just never caught my eye like the Tiger, I guess. I think Jay Leno has some British cars. He's a big classic car nut and has quite a stable. Don't know about
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00095.html (8,326 bytes)
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