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1. Re: FROG AYE rear end (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:21:01 -0400; I use the humongous socket on a long 1/2" breaker bar with about a 4 foot length of pipe. Sometimes 6 foot. Sometimes have to first roll the Spridget up against something, like a big tree, that won't; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00518.html (6,601 bytes)
2. Vas Ist das?? (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:58:12 -0400; I know I should know this, but my old, old, old mind just went blank. Rover? Hillman? Saw this car in Haworth (Yorkshire) this Spring's trip. Parked along side the old folks quarters. http://mysite.v; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00676.html (6,699 bytes)
3. Re: Vas Ist das?? Many Thanx!! (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:45:47 -0400; Thanks to all who replied. I thought it looked like a Riley, didn't I say so (yeah, right!). My wife can now label this in our album of this year's UK vacation. We did see lot's of aged lbc's, but na; /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00682.html (6,544 bytes)
4. Re: Speedo Cleaning (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:10:19 -0400; I read on line that you need only apply one or two drops of LIGHT oil to the bushing at the back end of the speedo drive shaft. More that that would gunk up the works and drip down the speedo face. c; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00140.html (6,679 bytes)
5. Re: clutch fluid DOT3 or DOT4 (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:42:29 -0400; Gotta say, years ago I read that I should be using DOT 4 in my 72 Midget. Have used it exclusively for the last ten or more years, and (knock on my wooden leg) have not had any seals go bad. I always; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00185.html (7,503 bytes)
6. Re: Fuel Pump (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:47:52 -0400; On my '72 I am running an over-the-counter NAPA pump with no regulator. Has worked well for years now. Body of the pump is square. Bolts on just behind rear axle. I might have the part number somewhe; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00295.html (6,440 bytes)
7. Re: daily drivers (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:32:04 -0400; My '72 with Rivergate kit is on the road all year except when the temps get above 95 and the traffic lights become death traps (for me, not the Midget). Of course, I have no long commute. It's the mo; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00083.html (8,427 bytes)
8. Re: Diagnostics (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:05:55 -0400; I'm a little curious about the soldered wire you "fixed" in the dizzy. There is a small wire that when grounded accidentally kills your ignition. Happened to me once, which is why I carry a spare diz; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00248.html (7,150 bytes)
9. Re: Grand Prix! (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:50:14 -0400; Got the complete Emma from Netflix for much less.; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00276.html (7,645 bytes)
10. Colant Leak (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:14:22 -0400; My '72 1275 seems to have developed an overheating problem due to a coolant leak, which seems to occur just after the thermostat opens (temp goes up, then up some more, then falls, then rises bunches; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00604.html (6,849 bytes)
11. Re: Colant Leak (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:14:56 -0400; Yup, that's what I was (!!) gonna do. And I think that might do it anyway. But having got all the hoses off, I'm tempted to replace them as some don't look quite the thing. (OBTW and FWIW - the therm; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00609.html (6,893 bytes)
12. Hose Dressing?? (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:09:40 -0400; Gonna put the cooling system back together today. Can y'all suggest anything I ought to use to lubricate or protect the inside of the hoses where they fit over the outlets and cross-over pipe?? Shoul; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00665.html (7,242 bytes)
13. Re: Hose Dressing?? (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:20:22 -0400; Confusing! I've got as many replies saying No T'stat as I have replies saying to us a T'stat. Wot's a feller to do?? BTW - what was in there was a 180, and ran great over the last 10 years or so. It; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00678.html (7,781 bytes)
14. Re: Hose Dressing?? (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:58:14 -0400; Thanks for all the info. Just replaced the studs with 2" caps with lock washers. Looks neat. Got a 160 T'stat just up the road at Flying Circus British Cars here in Durham. (They do have a set of all; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00686.html (7,468 bytes)
15. Coolant Leak (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:04:44 -0400; I have replaced the T'stat with a 160 and the studs with cap screws and a new gasket. Runs much cooler. Took it several miles and no overheating. BUTT -- popped the hood with engine running and there; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00719.html (6,857 bytes)
16. Re: Favorite Bumper Stickers (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:32:28 -0400; My Border Collie is Smarter than Your Honor Student!; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00723.html (7,083 bytes)
17. Re: Coolant Leak (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:30:19 -0400; No pressure test yet but ... Today we removed the fan belt and cranked 'er up. Before we ever got the heat up at all, we saw pretty substantial coolant drip from under the water pump. Izzat where the; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00766.html (6,884 bytes)
18. Re: Novel Approaches (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:42:37 -0400; Aw dude, you ain't seen nothing yet. Wait for the colonoscopy (sp??). That's a real blast and a half. Of course, you do get to watch TV the whole time -- and you're the star! This is wot we red necks; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00834.html (6,860 bytes)
19. wwwot: Tumbling Fireman (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:39:17 -0400; Yeah, yeah, I know ... way way off topic, but... have y'all seen or read about the UK fireman wot took a spin in a clothes dryer?? http://www.lewis360.com/2006/08/fireman_tumble_.html chuckc; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00880.html (6,474 bytes)
20. coolant leak - part 2 (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:28:05 -0400; Got new gaskets on the pump and the T'stat, new cap screws on the T'stat, new bypass hose. All clamps tight. Engine NOT running. Fill radiator with coolant. Coolant drips down just behind the fan-bel; /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00932.html (6,784 bytes)

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