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161. Metric or standard? (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:37:23 -0500
I have had two 75's and a '78, and one thing has always puzzled me...are these cars metric or standard (nuts and bolts)? No matter what project I embark upon, it seems I need both sets. Is it just me
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00816.html (7,261 bytes)

162. Re: Metric or standard? (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:50:14 -0500
Woops...by "both sets," I meant both sets of tools, a standard set and a metric set. adrian -- -- J. Adrian Barnes adrian@icx.net http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget http://www.ravineware.com --
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00817.html (8,039 bytes)

163. Re: New Owner with Engine Questions (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:42:52 -0500
Congrats! You said "original carbS." Do you have the SUs on your 1500? The US versions have a single Zenith-Stromberg originally. The thing shouldn't be that sluggish or slow. When I was younger I ma
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00904.html (8,994 bytes)

164. Re: More Info: Original 1500 Engine (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 20:10:16 -0400
There is, somewhere, a Toyota conversion. I think it is popular in Australia and England more than in the states. adrian -- -- J. Adrian Barnes adrian@icx.net http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget http:
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00148.html (10,627 bytes)

165. Re: Bugeye Model Kits (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 18:03:30 -0400
K & R Replicas has square bodied kits, although I have never seen one other than in pictures. They even have a 1500 model! :-) http://www.KandR.mcmail.com/MIDGET1500.htm adrian -- -- J. Adrian Barnes
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00208.html (8,308 bytes)

166. "writing on the carb" (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:38:39 -0500
I was just cleaning the grease and dirt off my carb (ZS) and noticed that on the bottom plug, somebody had scrawled (maybe with an engraver) the words "side draft." Is this normal? I don't remember t
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00749.html (7,899 bytes)

167. More master cylinder stuff (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:06:07 -0500
I am taking the brake master cylinder (1500 midget) apart for a rebuild. Each consecutive part gets more and more annoying to remove. I am to the nylon guide bearing and seal. Haynes says to gently m
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00758.html (7,818 bytes)

168. Re: "writing on the carb" (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:12:54 -0500
Both the brake and clutch cylinders were bolted on strangely. Two bolts hold each one on, and one bolt went through each cylinder on the inside (with the nut on the outside) and the other went throug
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00759.html (9,135 bytes)

169. Re: More master cylinder stuff (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:36:46 -0500
Now THAT'S the kind of idea I like! heh heh adrian -- -- J. Adrian Barnes adrian@icx.net http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget http://www.ravineware.com --
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00763.html (8,368 bytes)

170. Thanks! Re: More master cylinder stuff (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:23:30 -0500
Thanks to everone who responded. I am going to go home tonight, and hopefully, a combination of drilling, screwing, and heating, (that sounded bad, didn't it?) I should be able to get that thing out.
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00799.html (9,367 bytes)

171. Re: What's a 1500 Midget? (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:35:28 -0500
Hi Jarrod! The 1500 Midgets were made from 1975 to end of production. The engine was taken from a Triumph Spitfire and modified slightly. Some say it's the worst of the Midgets, I say it's my favorit
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00807.html (8,829 bytes)

172. Master Cyl woes (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:41:19 -0500
Ok, I guess the folks that answered my last MC question must've been waiting on this one: How the heck do you get those little pins out of the pistons that hold the spring in place? What I am assumin
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00810.html (7,433 bytes)

173. Master Cylinder: Conclusion (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:55:10 -0500
Well, after looking at that nasty cylinder and seeing that there was some corrosion in the sleeve and dings on the piston, I am just going to buy a rebuilt one. Apple Hydraulics had one for $95. It's
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00843.html (7,054 bytes)

174. Midget FS (Saw in paper) (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 07:50:26 -0500
I was just browsing a local paper and saw this ad: 1976 MG Midget, new headers, Weber carb $2600 423-295-2769. Don't know anything about it, but it sounded interesting. This is around Knoxville, TN.
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00868.html (6,713 bytes)

175. This isn't about driving methods (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:42:26 -0500
Just wanted to say thanks for the info about Advance Auto (mostly from Frank and Kevin). I just bought two calipers and a master cylinder for $125. Using VB, what would that have been...$400? I am lo
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00964.html (7,735 bytes)

176. Re: This isn't about driving methods (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:15:14 -0500
It is a very slow-to-load site and didn't work at all this morning, but did this afternoon. adrian
/html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00967.html (8,001 bytes)

177. Yikes! (LGC Content) (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 08:18:57 -0400
On my way to work this morning, sitting at a light, I saw this new Z3 GT go by (with sunroof open). Has anybody else seen this thing? Is it me or is it just ugly? (Trying too hard to look like a B-GT
/html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00075.html (7,245 bytes)

178. '74 Midget Mk-III FS (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:23:30 -0400
I got this email, and and thought somebody out there might be interested. I don't know the person or anything else about the car. 1974 MG MK-lll, 59Kmi, new clutch and front end 45kmi. No accidents.
/html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00352.html (7,417 bytes)

179. Re: Can't we all just get along? (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:29:29 -0400
Figured I'd jump in here and solve this for everybody: the rubber bumper Midgets got 'em all beat! heh heh adrian, stirring up more trouble -- -- J. Adrian Barnes adrian@icx.net icq: 5121878 http://w
/html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00364.html (11,084 bytes)

180. Re: Can't we all just get along? (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:52:36 -0400
Hey! I resemble that remark. adrian, with an extra set of rubber bumpers, because you never know! -- -- J. Adrian Barnes adrian@icx.net http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget http://www.ravineware.com --
/html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00397.html (12,835 bytes)


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