- 41. Re: Mk IV rollbars (correction) (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 19:20:22 -0800
- OK. let's replace Ms. with mate, and "car " (the second one) with "top"
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00289.html (8,545 bytes)
- 42. Re: see-thru clutch line (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:26:48 -0800
- 1500's I have worked on (all three mine) have the barbed end (connecting to master cylinder and slave) and red translucent tubing (I think it is original) I replaced it with white PVC tubing, similar
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00311.html (8,969 bytes)
- 43. Re: see-thru clutch line (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:48:28 -0800
- What you got against hardware store tubing, Ulix? dave
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00328.html (9,357 bytes)
- 44. Re: See-thru clutch line (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:55:38 -0800
- Ulix's comments aside. As in many hydraulic endeavors in life, stiffer seems to be better. Soft would surely expand with pressure increase, robbing the process of its effectiveness. I chose the polyw
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00330.html (8,473 bytes)
- 45. Re: Dare we hope? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:46:45 -0800
- Who among you was impressed with the Jensen-Healey? (same idea 25 years earlier) Dave
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00375.html (10,013 bytes)
- 46. Re: WTB: Weber DGV air filter & gasket, but where? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 00:38:10 -0800
- The air filter that came on mine from Pierce looks like a K&N. Pierce is the biggest US dealer of Webers. TRY THEM. Their phone # and address is on the html attatchment. I think I finally got the in
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00089.html (8,084 bytes)
- 47. Air cleaner for your DGV (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 21:48:45 -0800
- I was looking at the Victoria British LTD. catalog on the john (NO! I wasn't counting bolts nor nuts either.) I did find Flat air cleaners (9-1105) just like mine for 27.95. They also have sexy K&N
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00173.html (7,778 bytes)
- 48. Re: Air cleaner for your DGV (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 17:56:24 -0800
- Mike, I like stoopid questions the best 'cause my answers are stoopid too. I attached the header to the engine first. It is a simple matter to put the carb on, much easier than putting on the Strombe
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00182.html (9,054 bytes)
- 49. Re: Air cleaner for your DGV (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 17:58:29 -0800
- Clarification: I trimmed the intake header because it seemed to have plenty of extra metal and the alloy was much softer and easier to trim than the steel exhaust header. Dave
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00183.html (7,583 bytes)
- 50. Re: Getting Nowhere Fast (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 18:17:47 -0800
- Two thoughts, both perhaps irrelevant. 1/ Did you check the voltages at idle or at the engine speeds at which the miss occurs? 2/ I recently put on a 40,000 volt MSD coil on my '78 with Lucas electr
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00185.html (7,854 bytes)
- 51. Re: brake line (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 18:58:34 -0800
- My '78 has banjos. Where did those bugeye discs come from anyhow? Dave
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00187.html (7,927 bytes)
- 52. "For what it's worth" department. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 10:56:00 -0800
- LA's recycler has a 60 Sprite advertised for $300.00. I called the guy: (909)678-4182. Name is Reed Nichols, says he repairs Brit cars in Lake Elsinore (not too far from Anaheim--maybe Bob E. knows o
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00200.html (7,500 bytes)
- 53. Re: '67 Sprite Car or Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 18:06:05 -0800
- Know what you mean. I bought a '77 that once gotten home was deemed "long terminal." Great engine donor,'tho'. Very glad to hear it. Not criticizing, just comizerating.Guess I saw the "before" pics.
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00203.html (8,302 bytes)
- 54. Re: "For what it's worth" department. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 20:44:54 -0800
- I could spend the nickle & call the guy back monday and ask if he has a fax.Did not have an eMail address listed. Maybe he has a fax. Sounded like he is in the business of repairing Britcars & keeps
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00205.html (8,796 bytes)
- 55. Re: '67 Sprite Car or Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 20:47:14 -0800
- No conflict Tyson. ALL cars look BIG when you are in a Midget. I am terrified of GEO's Dave
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00206.html (8,367 bytes)
- 56. Re: brake line (score: 1)
- Author: David Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 07:39:15 -0800
- Panel of Spridget scholars: How can I find out about the big brake conversion? There is an '80 mgb with disc brakes at pick-a-part, would I need those to start. Thank you in advance, Dave
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00219.html (8,720 bytes)
- 57. Re: another new boy in the block (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 14:37:31 -0800
- I'm with you on that! Sometimes, after a few hours on and under the Midget, I have to get my testosterone levels checked. My boys, 5 & 8 years are already making plans to restore a Spridget for thei
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00236.html (8,726 bytes)
- 58. Archive? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 14:45:43 -0800
- My eMail software recently was corrupted. Is there an archive for the Spridgets list? Dave Palmdale Attachment: vcard.vcf Description: Card for Dave Brown
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00238.html (6,838 bytes)
- 59. Just how big IS a Sprite? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:51:30 -0800
- Fellow Spridgeteers, The muppet bugeye adventure begins next weekend when I travel to pick up the disassembled (dismembered?) '59 Sprite I bought two weeks ago. I want to rent a trailer I can pull wi
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00249.html (8,374 bytes)
- 60. Re: Anybody have a Union Jack valve cover? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Brown <davebrown1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 19:36:20 -0800
- Does your recognition of the similarities of the shapes of valve covers and coffins have anything to do with the fate of past engines? God save the Queen. Dave Attachment: vcard.vcf Description: Car
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00253.html (9,580 bytes)
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