- 381. Re: looking for top 'snap' (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:47:07 -0600
- If you are talking the normal snaps (not Tenax or Lift-the-Dot), go to a boat place. I have found that the snaps you get at a fabric store fit beautifully, but do not have the tenacious grip of the o
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00098.html (6,902 bytes)
- 382. Re: 2 days to SOS '06, the Winter of Our Discontent part 1 (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:02:40 -0600
- Oh well, I guess that changes my plans for the weekend. Maybe next life.
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg00990.html (6,907 bytes)
- 383. Re: vac needed. (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:57:55 -0600
- True. And I have no idea what that "mechanic" was thinking. Any of us who cannot produce full motion on a vacuum advance cannister should start shopping around for gravesites.
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01028.html (6,830 bytes)
- 384. Re: Dinner (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:39:25 -0600
- Strangely enough, not a lick of bird passed my lips today. I got up a bit early so that I could join the annual parade of MG club members to the Rock. This year we were commemorating the Eleventy-fir
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01035.html (7,286 bytes)
- 385. Re: Will this manifold work on a spridget? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:43:52 -0600
- Ahh, the thing is that it will fit the Mini or the MG Metro, both of which are transverse engines. The angle will be wrong for your car. I believe that APT indicate that the Mini is a 30-degree manif
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01036.html (7,143 bytes)
- 386. No LBC -- VW Rant (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:07:38 -0600
- Not too much of a rant, just a bit disappointed in the quality of the brake With a lousy 40,000 miles on the clock, the rear pads are gone and the front pads have a lot of meat left, but one of the r
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01052.html (7,448 bytes)
- 387. Radiator alternatives (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:07:59 -0600
- Yes, I know about Frank's Geo Metro radiator for the Bugeye, but has anyone come up with a good modern radiator for the square-body Spridgets? My crossflow is adequate for most days, but it does not
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01085.html (6,900 bytes)
- 388. Re: Bugeye Group..... Ouch! - (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:13:06 -0600
- Synthetic blends are not your friend in the garage. I was using an angle grinder on a rollcage once and set my shirt on fire ;-) Easy to put out, but the melted fabric made for an interesting scar...
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01125.html (6,626 bytes)
- 389. Re: BZ Sprite Filet (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:20:05 -0600
- I think that Robert Sevice was more the effect that PPP was striving for. I suppose that statement means that he had a certain modicum of success ;-) Now Billy Zoom needs to set it to music and reco
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01186.html (8,494 bytes)
- 390. Re: 79 Midget FS (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:19:47 -0600
- Better yet, pull the engine out ;-)
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01211.html (6,663 bytes)
- 391. Re: 79 Midget FS (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:08:33 -0600
- Precisely! It would double the value and eliminate the cost all in one fell swoop. As it is, $1500 is a little steep for a 3.73:1 diff, a radiator shroud and an accelerator pedal.
- /html/spridgets/2006-11/msg01216.html (6,990 bytes)
- 392. Re: Next time you have to call someplace for tech support... (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:32:01 -0600
- Another case of "just what was he searching for?"
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00210.html (6,952 bytes)
- 393. Re: Help needed... weak mind, strong back (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:38:37 -0600
- Although I do indeed meet all of the pre-requisites, I must reluctantly take a pass due to a scheduling conflict. Darn! How about Sunday?
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00212.html (6,582 bytes)
- 394. Re: AM Radio Static (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:56:13 -0600
- Or a good filter capacitor across the supply lines.
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00223.html (6,949 bytes)
- 395. Re: bright 6 volt bulbs (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:02:38 -0600
- the answer is to put a 12-volt battery in. A ballast resistor ahead of the coil and replace the bulbs as they slowly give up the ghost. In the meantime you will have the brightest 6-volt bulbs aroun
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00385.html (7,005 bytes)
- 396. Re: bright 6 volt bulbs (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:47:33 -0600
- Ahh, but that's where you are wrong, Dan. You would be surprised at how long a 6-volt bulb will last in a 12-volt car. Plus, why in the world would you NOT replace it with a 12-volt bulb (yes, it wi
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00402.html (7,879 bytes)
- 397. Re: The "V" for what? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:54:27 -0600
- Would that possibly be because the first four notes resemble the morse code for V? Isn't Wikipedia interesting... David Lieb
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00413.html (7,550 bytes)
- 398. Re: The "V" for what? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:54:19 -0600
- Now now now, you should be aware that, by properly attributing my sources, I am certainly NOT cheating. I would also like to bring your attention to the fact that I carefully stated that the notes R
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00423.html (8,005 bytes)
- 399. Yorkshire Calendars (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:06:01 -0600
- Happy Holidays to one and all! I have received word that my Paypal payment has cleared and the Yorkshire Midget & Sprite calendars will be on their way across the Pond today. For those who have lost
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00523.html (7,339 bytes)
- 400. Re: Jack stands or ramps? Surprise me. (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:34:29 -0600
- I have a pair of ramps. I have never driven onto them. I kinda doubt that it would be possible, anyway. Fortunately, the ramp part comes off of the platform part, so the ramps sit in a corner and th
- /html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00531.html (8,252 bytes)
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