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41. RE: Sprite passed just fine (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 07:31:14 -0400; How about a '49 (?) Chevrolet dump truck, driving around the family farm, when I was 13? Nothing like diving in at the deep end! Bud Osbourne --Original Message-- From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00761.html (8,070 bytes)
42. RE: Sprite passed just fine (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:13:11 -0400; Who said anything about using "granny low? ;) Besides, if you used granny low, on certain sections of the farm, you'd twist off an axle before you'd stall the engine. Didn't take me long to figure ou; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00763.html (8,238 bytes)
43. RE: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:26:13 -0400; Be careful not to outsmart yourself. Check the easy stuff, first, before you disassemble anything. Some of us tend to start with the most complicated, expensive stuff, when diagnosing a problem. Wit; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00765.html (8,506 bytes)
44. RE: removing glued foam (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:09:08 -0400; Good, Linda. Sounds like you know what to do to protect yourself. Re: why people glue furniture foam to the floors. Because of their low, initial purchase price, and continued low resale price, Sprid; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00769.html (8,079 bytes)
45. RE: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:04:28 -0400; Yes, 10 years is about the max, for sure. The factory used to recommend seal replacement at 3 year intervals, as I recall. If you've gotten 10 years of service, since the last rebuild, you've done we; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00771.html (7,935 bytes)
46. RE: Classic Carlisle.....treasure found (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 07:25:31 -0400; Can't remember if it was still there on Sunday morning, when my son and I did our final walk-thru. Well, I feel better knowing that the tub sold instantly, upon arrival. I was beginning to feel guilt; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00801.html (8,766 bytes)
47. RE: body refinisher from the 70's (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 07:12:38 -0400; Wasn't that Turtle Wax, in the commercials? Personally, I always used Classic Car Wax, "back in the day". It seems to have fallen from favor (is it still produced??), replaced by products that are a; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01084.html (8,730 bytes)
48. RE: Universal Fuel Pump... (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 06:56:12 -0400; Please don't take this personally, but, I feel a rant coming on, and I just can't help myself: Sure, go ahead and replace the correct, original part, which is STILL AVAILABLE, TODAY, FOR A REASONABL; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00171.html (10,067 bytes)
49. FW: Clutch (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 07:22:02 -0400; The key words, in your post are: "all of a sudden". This tells me that simply attempting to bleed the system is an exercise in futility. Sounds like either your clutch master cylinder, or slave cylin; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00172.html (8,706 bytes)
50. RE: Universal Fuel Pump... (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:16:32 -0400; BTW, that shaft that moves the diaphragm is still available, new, from Burlen Fuel Systems, through their authorized agents......in our case, Moss Motors. However, the late 1275 Midgets used the same; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00182.html (11,013 bytes)
51. RE: Universal Fuel Pump... (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 13:20:09 -0400; Well, I guess that if you are out there looking for something to be offended about, sooner or later you will find something that can be made to fit your need. The "chink-built" part of my post was d; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00191.html (10,966 bytes)
52. RE: Universal Fuel Pump... (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:21:26 -0400; I'm never looking for an excuse to rant, and it's always done with tongue in cheek, anyway (and, YES, I should have made that distinction in my initial post. Poor judgment on my part, my apologies f; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00206.html (10,387 bytes)
53. RE: Universal Fuel Pump... (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:37:34 -0400; I'm sure that's true, but, that was not my point. The only way to ensure the availability of top quality, OE spec parts is to make it economically feasible for the manufacturers to produce them. The; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00216.html (9,835 bytes)
54. FW: [356Talk] Need New Carb Fuel lines.. (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:44:02 -0400; Here's a post from the Porsche 356 Registry talk list, which I think we should always keep in mind. Bud Osbourne Here is a very nice saying that I love. Like to share it with you: "QUALITY IS NEVER A; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00217.html (6,590 bytes)
55. RE: No idle (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:54:17 -0400; Re: the point set screw not being tight. Those buggers are pretty small, and one could easily twist the head off, if one is not careful. In other words, it is as easy to over-tighten as it is to not; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00283.html (7,217 bytes)
56. RE: No idle (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:04:29 -0400; I think you'll find that the reality is that the impact with the tree root and the change in performance are unrelated. I can't imagine the severity of an impact of sufficient force to actually chan; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00339.html (9,039 bytes)
57. RE: New big Healey's and Sprites being produced (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:46:06 -0400; Oh, boy! TWO more obese, caricature cars, trying to pass themselves off as the real thing (see VW New Beetle, New Mini). No thanks. No matter how good they are, they can never be what they pretend to; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00438.html (7,926 bytes)
58. RE: Le Mans - Dyson (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:12:08 -0400; Dutch Mandel, Leon Mandel, Brock Yates, David E. Davis, Jean (?) Shepard,.....that whole bunch originally from C&D, or descended from C&D staffers (Dutch M), are a bunch of a$$holes. Please pardon my; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00609.html (7,987 bytes)
59. looking for Dave Carpenter (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:27:24 -0400; Please contact me off-list. Thanks. Bud Osbourne; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00753.html (6,304 bytes)
60. RE: Symton diagnosis (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:32:39 -0400; Sounds like a fuel starvation issue, since it "ran great for three miles". BTW, if it's a stock Spridget gearbox, 1st is best used only to get it moving from a standstill. It really isn't a "driving; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00791.html (9,300 bytes)

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