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41. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye Windshield Frame (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:25:52 -0700; For long term after polishing you might consider clear anodizing. Then you never have to do any maintenance :-) Two things to keep in mind with this option. First is to wear gloves when you handle t; /html/spridgets/2008-03/msg00610.html (7,473 bytes)
42. Re: [Spridgets] Tips on Pumping Gas (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:34:46 -0700; I have seen this recommendation for years and it is certainly true if the tanks are above ground or at the surface. But I wonder if that is true for buried tanks. All of the tanks that I have seen a; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00040.html (7,262 bytes)
43. Re: [Spridgets] Tips on Pumping Gas (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:09:55 -0700; OK, so none of the hints work !!!!!! Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) 2000 Miata Special Edition __________________________________; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00048.html (8,116 bytes)
44. Re: [Spridgets] Tips on Pumping Gas (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 01:32:51 -0700; That does work. Don't know if you save enough on gas to pay for the new set of tires when the centers wear out however. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00052.html (7,822 bytes)
45. Re: [Spridgets] Tips on Pumping Gas (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:29:13 -0700; That is true and will work. For many if not most cars upping the tire pressure a few psi (<10) will give you better mileage with out adversely effecting tire wear and generally improve handling. If; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00065.html (8,944 bytes)
46. Re: [Spridgets] Concours question - Paint colour on bottom side of (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:57:48 -0700; For bugeyes the only body parts that are not body color is the radiator mount and frame ends forward of the radiator mount. These were painted black. I have heard that on some cars the frame ends we; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00113.html (8,233 bytes)
47. Re: [Spridgets] Concours question - Paint colour on bottom side of (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:00:08 -0700; For bugeyes the only body parts that are not body color is the radiator mount and frame ends forward of the radiator mount. These were painted black. I have heard that on some cars the frame ends we; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00114.html (8,226 bytes)
48. [Spridgets] Tire Pressures (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:46:10 -0700; Hi Folks, As everyone knows our cars came with bias ply tires and many of us are running radials for which as best as I know there is no good reference for tire pressures. So I thought about compilin; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00131.html (7,347 bytes)
49. [Spridgets] The Sprite Lives (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:08:14 -0700; After 14 months in storage, some new tires and a few other checks I went for a drive in the Sprite today. All in all it did very well but it is not up to and extended trip. First thing is to burn off; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00142.html (7,644 bytes)
50. Re: [Spridgets] Installing engines (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:55:18 -0700; Leave the engine mounts loose on the engine so you have some wiggle room around the steering column. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevo; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00153.html (8,697 bytes)
51. Re: [Spridgets] So *that's* where I went wrong.. (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:46:10 -0700; Don't think so. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) 2000 Miata Special Edition _______________________________________________ Support; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00157.html (8,563 bytes)
52. Re: [Spridgets] Two more questions (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:55:35 -0700; You will get several answers to your first question but I am old school which recommends to try and stay between 2 - 3K rpm and change speed fairly often. When you return and the engine has cooled r; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00235.html (8,702 bytes)
53. [Spridgets] Badge Bar (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:23:26 -0700; Anyone know where there is a badge bar for a bugeye, with or with out fog lamp brackets? Thanks Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) 20; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00340.html (6,323 bytes)
54. Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye in Magazine (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:45:00 -0700; Good question Peter, It always turns into a long story explaining that my car is restored to it's 1967 configuration and that is the year it received all the modifications even though I have owned it; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00357.html (8,245 bytes)
55. Re: [Spridgets] Gas Prices and the 50th (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:21:40 -0700; For what little it is worth I just got back from AZ and paid $3.40 a gallon. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) 2000 Miata Special E; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00551.html (7,827 bytes)
56. Re: [Spridgets] cooling system issues revised---Help (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:57:43 -0700; A couple of questions. What kind of cap is on the expansion tank, screw on or pressure cap like the radiator ? Is the over flow line below the cap or above it like the radiator? If it is the latter t; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00647.html (8,705 bytes)
57. Re: [Spridgets] how to pull the engine (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:44:19 -0700; I am resonably certain these were used by the factory to install the engine. Sometimes they put them in the car tool kit and other times did not. There was a set in the tool kit for my car. (Off the; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00666.html (8,168 bytes)
58. Re: [Spridgets] '65 seat question... (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:25:06 -0700; As I recall the hooks go thru the top of the frame. When I redid mine a few years back I ended up taking the part to and auto upholster shop because I could not pull the last hooks over to the frame; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00679.html (7,844 bytes)
59. Re: [Spridgets] '65 seat question... (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:37:34 -0700; Very good, my bad phrasing LOL Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) 2000 Miata Special Edition ________________________________________; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00685.html (7,233 bytes)
60. Re: [Spridgets] Suspension woes (score: 1): Author: Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:29:20 -0700; How old are the tires? If they are 6-8 years old they should be replace regardless of how well they look, particularly with a long road trip in the works. Today tires will start separating between t; /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00698.html (9,522 bytes)

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