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1. Tonneau Fasteners ! (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 11:50:36 -0400; Well it happened again! Doing about 75 in traffic on a gorgeous day. Caught a gust of wind (we have the winds off the edge of hurricane dennis) and the passenger-side corner of the tonneau unsnapped; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00025.html (7,323 bytes)
2. 1275 Oil Filters (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:51:00 -0400; Hey gang, Just tried to find my periodic oil filter replacement for my 72 Midget 1275. Can't find one anywhere. Most of the filter catalogs don't even list MGs anymore, and when they do, the listed f; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00035.html (7,848 bytes)
3. 1275 Oil Filters, cont. (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:45:34 -0400; OK, found a filter. Add a new filter to the list: CarQuest 85348 made, it sez here, by Wix. Thanks fer all the suggestions. chuck; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00121.html (6,560 bytes)
4. Re: Valve keepers (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:22:47 -0400; Just a flashlight for finding the collets when they jump off the valve stems and hide under the workbench. Then you gotta ask Frank to send you some replacements. Seriously, I suggest you put the hea; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00194.html (8,611 bytes)
5. Re: Floyd: dodged a bullet! (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:16:19 -0400; Floyd seems to be leaving North Carolina now, flying along at about 25 mph (must have a 5-speed conversion?). Yesterday we drove both Hondas into the garage, then shoehorned the Midget in between, lo; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00923.html (9,292 bytes)
6. Is 16 Volts too much? (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 08:53:56 -0400; Checked the alternator at about 1200 rpm. It pins the needle on the 0-15 scale (VOM), reads approx 16 vdc on the 0-150 scale. Is this too too much or is it withing acceptable limits? chuck; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00004.html (6,706 bytes)
7. alternator nut? (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 14:41:14 -0400; Just tried to pull the alternator pulley in preparation for replacing it. Clamped the case in a vise, stuck a bar in thru the fins to lock the shaft, then tried to loosen the nut (counter clockwise?); /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00010.html (6,982 bytes)
8. Re: Timing the 1275 ? (vac. advance with a sidedraft) (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:28:19 -0700; Just walked in to this discussion. Does all this mean that I should re-plumb the vacuum on my '72 1275 with SUs? My vacuum also runs off the manifold. Is tehre a way to take it off the carbs? chuck; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00075.html (12,318 bytes)
9. Vizard Book (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:04:43 -0700; Just got a note from Haynes Pubs. The Vizard update is now moved off to August. Wonder whether they'll ever print it. chuck; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00152.html (6,620 bytes)
10. Re: Timing the 1275 ? (vac. advance with a sidedraft) (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 14:39:46 -0700; In confused. Just went out and looked CAREFULLY at my SUs on my stock '72 1275. The vacuum comes off a nipple just about in the center of the intake manifold. There are NO unused nipples on either (o; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00231.html (13,290 bytes)
11. Re: front end work: LONG (score: 1): Author: chuck ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:17:29 -0400; When I had some of your symptoms I rebuilt the front end too. After installing new kingpins, and seeing the old pins and bushings didnot look all that bad, I checked the fulcrum pins that attach the; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg01311.html (7,728 bytes)
12. Kingpin Shims ?? (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:57:18 -0400; I still have my '72 front end apart, clean, waiting for parts, and spread out on newspaper. After the recent thread on front ends, I decided to check out my shims. There are no shims above the thick; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00005.html (6,864 bytes)
13. Front End Bushings? (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 18:19:27 -0400; Hey, who is buying up all the fron-end bushings and pins? First I tried George M. He's out for most of the summer. Then I tried Ed (JustBrits), but never got any response after 2 tries. Then off to m; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00208.html (7,574 bytes)
14. Wishbone Replacement? (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 08:41:18 -0400; Think I gotta problem here. I just received a Major Front-Suspension kit, had the bushes reamed into the swing axles, and started to reassemble. BTW: When I disassembled the wishbones, the funcrum pi; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00552.html (8,286 bytes)
15. Re: Best Head Shop? (score: 1): Author: charles ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:24:45 -0400; Have to agree. Because I live in the same area as does Robert, I really am curious. I don't want to get burned just because I was not warned. Several of us live in thes ame area and probably deal wit; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00745.html (9,111 bytes)
16. Alternator Q's (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 16:36:16 -0400; Please explain how alternator voltage regulators work. My Lucas has one wire (+ 1 wire for the idiot light). That wire goes both into the battery and into the wiring harness. Now I assume that while; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00876.html (6,988 bytes)
17. Mitsubishi Alternator ? (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:21:42 -0700; Can someone please point me to some info about the Mitsubishi alternator conversion? thanks, chuck; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00971.html (6,490 bytes)
18. Running Lousy ! (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:39:30 -0700; Well, my 72 midget passed inspection after I rebuilt the front end (had failed previously). Went down to claim the beauty; they charged me only for the sticker saying this was a re-inspection so my p; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg01084.html (7,487 bytes)
19. Cylinders 1 & 2 Sooty ! (score: 1): Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:54:21 -0700; Still running lousy. I cleaned and gapped the plugs, checked the point gap, set the dizzy to the fastest idle around 1200 rpm. 1. starts right up fine. 2. seems to idle pretty well around 900-1000. 3; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg01150.html (7,869 bytes)
20. Re: Cylinders 1 & 2 Sooty ! (score: 1): Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 19:37:55 -0400; The thin here is: The car has been running really well for months. I drove it in for re-inspection after rebuilding the front end. When I drove it in, it was running really, really, really REALLY!!!!; /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg01159.html (9,158 bytes)

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