- 1. RE: 1275 build - Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 05:34:47 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks to everyone who offered advice on my 1275 build. I ordered most parts yesterday, and will post results when it fires up! (or more likely post questions when I get confused.) Joe Lansing 62 Spr
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00095.html (8,173 bytes)
- 2. LCB header avail? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:53:51 -0800 (PST)
- I just called Rivergate and APT and can't find a LCB header for a 1275. I see one at Moss, but there aren't any specs on it...does anyone know where alse to go? Joe Lansing 62 Sprite - transplant pat
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00098.html (8,522 bytes)
- 3. Lazy way out? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:33:16 -0800 (PST)
- I am going to have a machine shop remove and install valve guides, and cut and install valve seats. As I will have this at the shop, I'm thinking this would be the time to shave the head. I'll be put
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00192.html (8,831 bytes)
- 4. Roller rockers (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:25:05 -0800 (PST)
- Has anyone tried the roller rockers listed periodically on eBay - item #4615521787 right now. Anyone know of any other rockers that don't cost a zillion that perform better than stock? Joe Lansing 62
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00110.html (8,523 bytes)
- 5. Head origin (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:57:29 -0800 (PST)
- I just pulled a head off a 1098 that has the # 12G1316 in the casting. A quick look at the valves make them out to be possibly 1.175 and 1.3XX. Can anyone tell me what engine this came from originall
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00117.html (8,309 bytes)
- 6. Duh - "1098" (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:45:38 -0800 (PST)
- OK. This is kinda embarrassing. The "1098" I pulled out of my 65 midget donor car has the engine ID 12/1671Z/L 625. Or something very close. The # in the block casting is 12G 1279. I had operated on
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00121.html (8,482 bytes)
- 7. 12G1316 Head addendum (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:48:22 -0800 (PST)
- Pardon me - last post RE 12G1316 post was me. Joe Lansing 62 Sprite Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/p
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00235.html (7,965 bytes)
- 8. 12G1316 head (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:46:49 -0800 (PST)
- I'm trying to determine if I can rework a head I took off a 1275 block. Casting is 12G1316 - based on some catalog/web data, exhaust port extras, and lister expertise, I'm running on the assumption t
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00236.html (8,725 bytes)
- 9. Block flaw? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:53:18 -0800 (PST)
- I'm tearing down a 1275 block and came across something that really looks bad to me. But, I'm pretty damn amateur as it turns out...When I removed the timing gear and chain I found a hole that passes
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00260.html (8,714 bytes)
- 10. recommended 1275 build (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:47:18 -0800 (PST)
- I've been agonizing over Vizards book, websites and catalogs for weeks now. I still can't figure out what a great 1275 build for me would be. I'm hereby begging help from the best spridget minds I kn
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00310.html (8,729 bytes)
- 11. RE: 1275 build - Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 05:34:47 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks to everyone who offered advice on my 1275 build. I ordered most parts yesterday, and will post results when it fires up! (or more likely post questions when I get confused.) Joe Lansing 62 Spr
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00293.html (6,602 bytes)
- 12. LCB header avail? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:53:51 -0800 (PST)
- I just called Rivergate and APT and can't find a LCB header for a 1275. I see one at Moss, but there aren't any specs on it...does anyone know where alse to go? Joe Lansing 62 Sprite - transplant pat
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00296.html (7,333 bytes)
- 13. Lazy way out? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:33:16 -0800 (PST)
- I am going to have a machine shop remove and install valve guides, and cut and install valve seats. As I will have this at the shop, I'm thinking this would be the time to shave the head. I'll be put
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00391.html (7,536 bytes)
- 14. Master Cyl sides (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 06:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
- On the old twin bore master cylinders, which side is brake, and which is clutch? Which side takes the check valve thingy, (and just what does that thing do?) I could take my Sprite out of hibernation
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00113.html (6,678 bytes)
- 15. starter and ground (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:59:23 -0700 (PDT)
- On an older spridget with positive ground will a newer starter work? Wouldn't the leads be backwards, or the starter spin in the wrong direction? Joe Lansing 62 Sprite Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00141.html (6,561 bytes)
- 16. rod slop (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 10:17:35 -0700 (PDT)
- So I'm putting new pistons in a 1275, and I get just the #1 in, nd I rotate the crank just a little - back and forth. There is a metal to metal click coming from the rod bearing. There is visible sid
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00683.html (6,642 bytes)
- 17. gasket cement on front plate? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:57:56 -0700 (PDT)
- Is it recommended to use gasket cement on the front plate during re-assembly? The sticky, gluey kind? Or can one safely use silicone? Is there a general rule of thumb I can follow? I'm used to the PI
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00138.html (6,930 bytes)
- 18. wrong oil pump? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:30:57 -0700 (PDT)
- Where am I going wrong on my oil pump? I have a new slotted cam, and a new oil pump- the pump has a single "tab" shaped shaft about 1/2" wide, 3/16" thick, sticks out from pump about 3/4". The slot i
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00164.html (6,617 bytes)
- 19. New cam timing (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:09:45 -0700 (PDT)
- After having timed in the camshaft check that there is no valve to piston contact. The minimum clearance between the piston and the valve should be 1.5mm. In multi-cam engines ensure there is no valv
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00442.html (7,110 bytes)
- 20. Re: New cam timing (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:02:37 -0700 (PDT)
- OK - I've got stock height pistons, didn't shave the head, and standard rockers. Cam is a Kent MD266, .320 intake lift, .330 exhaust lift. I've rolled the crank over a few times and have felt no resi
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00450.html (8,662 bytes)
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