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221. idle/mixture (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:08:14 -0500; Dear Spridgeteers, I've recently noticed that my '65 Sprite was running rich (black, carboned spark plugs, black smoke on acceleration). Not having a ColorTune, I used a trick that is posted at the V; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00791.html (7,897 bytes)
222. Re: Electronic Ignition (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:07:26 -0500; I am using the Pertronix Ignitor with a Lucas Sport Coil. Installation was easy, but I drilled and tapped an additional screw hole to firmly position the pickup unit. I can't say that this setup has; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00885.html (9,688 bytes)
223. Re: Electronic Ignition (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:58:14 -0500; Interesting points. I'll gun them down one at a time (just kidding!) The point about ignition (detonation is a bad word here) at the optimal moment is mute because the pertronix has nothing to do wit; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00894.html (11,174 bytes)
224. RE: Electronic Ignition (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:05:04 -0500; Jeff Zurschmeide, I bow to your expertise, though I of course wouldn't know about points bounce above 6500 rpm as I don't run that high (yet!). So, indexing is to set the plug gap into the _middle_ o; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00895.html (9,716 bytes)
225. Re: Master-cylinder conversion. (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:00:19 -0500 (EST); So Frank, does this mean that I can bolt in a 68 and up brake MC into my '65 Sprite? Is this a better/safer system (being dual) than what's in there originally? TIA, Jeff Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Se; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00912.html (14,079 bytes)
226. Re: steering column (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 21:16:29 -0500 (EST); By fore and aft, what do you mean? Up and down (perpendicular to the steering column) would probably mean that your column bushes are old and dried and may have fallen out. Not that serious, but shou; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00918.html (8,193 bytes)
227. Re: re steering column - thank you (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:12:46 -0500 (EST); If you replace the bolt and nut, make sure they are exact replacements dimensionally and in grade. There is not much room at the intersection. Plus, there is a brake line that runs very close. Jeff; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00929.html (7,803 bytes)
228. Public drafting, was Re: a Very Sad thing (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:19:28 -0500; So are you saying that you draft on public roads? You say that it's "True dangerous." It may be your choice to do that, but what happens when you end up smacking the semi in front of you? At the ver; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00946.html (14,612 bytes)
229. Re: Public drafting, was Re: a Very Sad thing (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:13:04 -0500; Thanks for the clarification. I don't agree with darfting, but I apologize that my comments got personal. Jeff Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Senior Editor, Molecular Vision http://www.molvis.org/molvis; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00957.html (8,912 bytes)
230. wires (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:17:42 -0500; I may have some crossfire from my plug wires. I'm running a Lucas Sport Coil (40kV). What wires do you prefer? I know several listers buy packages for small block Chevys, but a manufacturer, style,; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00974.html (7,010 bytes)
231. Re: Steering Rack Leak (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:49:51 -0500; Mine has recently begun leaking there, too. It may be that you overfilled the rack. You're the only other person I've heard of having this problem (so far). Jeff Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Senior Edi; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01023.html (8,635 bytes)
232. Re: Temperature guage (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:22:47 -0500; The gauges from earlier cars give real temperatures (well, they have numbers on them, anyway). But, since most are probably off at this point, the numbers hold as much menaing as CNH. The real deal i; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01025.html (9,241 bytes)
233. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:06:17 -0500; This whole spacer question was hashed about on the mgs list also. I've replaced both sets of front bearings and both sides had the spacers but no shims. First, are there supposed to be shims, and sec; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01031.html (9,031 bytes)
234. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:37:40 -0500; When I torqued the big nut down after installing new bearings, the spacer was still mobile. If I go way over the torque value it might squeeze the spacer as it apprently should be squeezed, but I se; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01036.html (11,208 bytes)
235. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:10:50 -0500; You just described my problem to a T (I forgot to mention that I too have wire wheels). My play went away after two weeks. This is also the same car that mysteriously _stopped_ jumping out of first; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01038.html (8,707 bytes)
236. baby seat, was: Grandfatherhood (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:50:03 -0400 (EDT); One of the best quotes I've ever read about Sprites was Horler's estimation of the baby seat: "Safety? Hmm, the BMC optional child's seat meets no known safety standards..." (p.45, figure caption). J; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00192.html (8,920 bytes)
237. Re: Can't we all just get along? (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:05:27 -0500; The Sprite Mk2 was introduced a month before the Midget Mk1. Sprites are the real deal. OK, the two are the same car except for all that tacky chrome on the Midgets. I personally could never own a M; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00362.html (10,382 bytes)
238. fuel pump run-on (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:32:28 -0400 (EDT); Dear Spridgeteers, This afternoon, I turned the ignition key to ON and the fuel pump kept pumping, pulsing quite rapidly. I started the car and drove off, but smelled fuel, a first for this car. When; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00434.html (7,490 bytes)
239. Re-fuel pump run-on (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 07:43:49 -0400 (EDT); Dear Spridgeteers, As I wrote earlier, yesterday my fuel pump ran on continuously at start-up. I smelled fuel as I pulled away. It has not happened again (yet). The reply I got on this is below (than; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00453.html (7,666 bytes)
240. charge! (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 08:59:12 -0400 (EDT); My charging system may have packed it in, too. The battery seemed to not be holding a charge for the last month. I was putting it on a 6 amp trickle charger on the weekends until I could get out from; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00699.html (7,947 bytes)

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