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21. Re: The Wintry Midget (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:01:01 -0800
You can leave the trunk open without draining the battery by disconnecting the purple and black wire from the switch located at the right side of the trunk. That circuit is switched by the ground, s
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00677.html (11,541 bytes)

22. Re: Midget doesn't seem to like to cold (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 22:10:36 -0800
I just had a 72 month battery die. Took it to get the pro-rated price on a replacement, as it was only 40 months old. Turns out that they base the pro-rated amount on the suggested retail price (whi
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00860.html (10,786 bytes)

23. Re: Midget doesn't seem to like to cold (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:40:19 -0800
Two responses with no one else having problems removing their battery. There are three different heater box setups. Early cars have a skinny, square heater box and a remote fan housing. It is easy to
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00872.html (10,457 bytes)

24. Re: All right, all bite (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:42:24 -0800
SWA-Square Wheel Arch RWA-Round Wheel Arch David Riker 74 Midget 78 Midget 63 Falcon http://personalweb.sunset.net/~davidr -- Original Message -- From: Charles D. Sorkin <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com> To:
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00873.html (8,013 bytes)

25. Re: sun visor holders (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:33:37 -0800
I remember having that problem quite some time ago, and went out and looked at the car to try to remember how I solved it. If memory serves me correctly, the #1 solution is actually to replace the sp
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01109.html (8,819 bytes)

26. Re: Alternator/Water Pump Update (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:56:56 -0700
For 4 years, my spridget "consumed" one lucas alternator per year. I gave up. Now have a GM alternator, many others have Mitsubishi alternators, probably for similar reasons. David Riker 74 Midget 78
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00077.html (9,612 bytes)

27. Re: Alternator/Water Pump Update (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:02:25 -0700
I did fail to mention I was running Hallogen headlamps and a 160 Watt Stereo. All were genuine Lucas rebuilds in the orange box. Nice thing was every one was replaced under warantee. David Riker 74 M
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00105.html (8,400 bytes)

28. Re: Overheating 1500 Midget (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 18:51:37 -0700
Coolant expanding into the overflow tank and being pulled back into the radiator is a natural occurance. Since the air coming out of the heater is cool, I am wondering if the lead to your electric te
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00238.html (9,360 bytes)

29. Re: rear tire rubbing (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 19:04:59 -0700
1. Did you change these parts all at once, or one at a time? 2. Did the car have steel wheels, and was converted to wire wheels? 3. Are the spokes loose on the wire wheels? If wire wheel axles are su
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00240.html (9,451 bytes)

30. Re: My sad story (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:01:03 -0700
Sounds like you better get to cusomizing. I can supply you with 1974 VIN plates to put on the 78 Midget I told you about, but you have to come up with your own 1275 and RWA quarter panels. Unfortunat
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00419.html (11,372 bytes)

31. Re: Gearbox switch (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 22:18:17 -0700
Just checked my handy dandy BL Workshop manual, which now that I'm on the list, I keep next to the computer just for trivia questions like these. Section Nb page 12. Seat belt warning lamp and buzze
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00538.html (9,030 bytes)

32. Re: My sad story: Color choices (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 22:29:36 -0700
I haven't seen any other deep burgandy Midgets with shaved trunk handles, so I think you are talking about my car. N. California. If so, thanks for the compliment. If not, I'd be curious to find out
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00539.html (9,657 bytes)

33. Re: "shaved"? (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 22:40:55 -0700
Removal of the door handle, all emblems and key lock cylinders, and the smoothing of the panel so that it looks like there was never a handle there. One might ask, "Why?"...Ahh well, I liked the clea
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00540.html (8,170 bytes)

34. Re: It's a sickness! (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 22:51:33 -0700
Either you guys lived together for a looong time before getting married, you like them real young, or this is a typo.
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00541.html (9,544 bytes)

35. Re: Rear Disk Brakes (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:21:59 -0700
At the Hayward British car meet this last summer I got to talking with a guy who had a much less expensive solution to our rear axle upgrade challenges. He took a bone yard RX-7 3rd member, and had i
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00721.html (10,222 bytes)

36. Re: Rear Disk Brakes (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:29:56 -0700
I'm not sure, but I here hot rod type talk about "narrowed nine inch ford rear ends" as if it is a common task, possibly performed by the same folk that shorten drive shafts? Unfortunately, the perso
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00799.html (10,341 bytes)

37. Re: spridget sticker prliminary (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:34:55 -0700
Hey, I resemble that remark! Where can I get a set of 12" wire knock offs? Actually you go the other way around, bigger rims, lower aspect tires. Anyone tried a set of 18" wheels on a RWA? Where woul
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00839.html (10,305 bytes)

38. Re: spridget sticker prliminary (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:51:42 -0700
I like the middle alternate one, but with the italicised address from the origional one. David Riker 74 Midget 78 Midget 63 Falcon -- Original Message -- From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerards
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00962.html (10,854 bytes)

39. Re: spridget sticker prliminary (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:55:48 -0700
Even at 3", I'm trying to figure out where to put it on my car. I just measured down from the top of the windscreen in front of the rear view mirror, and the largest I think would work is 2 3/8", and
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01001.html (11,519 bytes)

40. Re: Club Apathy (relatively long) (reply long too) (score: 1)
Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:27:46 -0700
Fellow Spridgeteers: I tried to carefully read through everyones 2 cents worth up to now before chiming in. I am a member of two very different car clubs that behave in very different ways. Back in t
/html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01360.html (13,668 bytes)

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