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341. Re: Lucas Problem (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:04:10 -0500; Weird, but not unique in the world of Lucas. My tach bounces with the clicks from the fuel pump, even with the engine off (key on). Continues with engine on. Rather than being a mechanical problem (l; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00288.html (9,400 bytes)
342. speed bleeders torque (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 13:35:11 -0500; I just got my speed bleeders in the mail. The instructions specify torquing them at a value in inch-pounds. My torque wrench is calibrated in foot-pounds. Is the conversion simply a matter of dividin; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00369.html (7,323 bytes)
343. Re: Homebrew Eezibleed (long) (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 14:26:40 -0500; On a Sprite Mk III (Midget Mk II), in which the clutch and brake master cylinders share the same housing and a single filler, the cap from a one-pint bottle of Marverl Mystery Oil fits well. Use an; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00372.html (8,981 bytes)
344. Re: Fasteners (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:19:32 -0400; My '87 Horizon is why I bought a Sprite! ____________________________________________________________ Jeff Boatright Sprite MkIII >-Safety Fast!-> __@_\__ http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/s; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00438.html (8,983 bytes)
345. one-off Sprite (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 18:07:46 -0400; Dear Spridgeteers, A while back the idea of a MkI (bugeye) with MkII front body panels was bashed around. Someone wrote that such a vehicle would've been very close to what Healey wanted as the MkII,; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00504.html (7,683 bytes)
346. brake oddity (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 11:43:26 -0500; Hello Spridgeteers! Occassionally when applying the brakes smoothly to come to a stop when backing, I will hear a clunk and then the brakes grab hard, stopping the car immediately. Sometimes it is th; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00609.html (8,037 bytes)
347. Re: brake oddity (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:35:42 -0500; Matt, Thanks. I think the adjuster is screwy. A few clicks and it locks the brakes. Keep adjusting and suddenly the wheel is free again. I can do this over and over, always adjusting in the same dir; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00612.html (8,380 bytes)
348. Re: brake oddity (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:36:31 -0500; Matt, Ulix, Frank, and other Spridgeteers. Thanks for the comments on the brakes. I will be taking it all apart tomorrow and let you know how it goes if anything of interest pops up. I'll also be reb; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00629.html (8,269 bytes)
349. Re: 2 questions (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:46:30 -0500; It fits over a metal stub tube, the "inlet". It is held on by a large circular clip (like a huge hose clamp). It's easiest to see this by jacking up the car and removing the right front tire. Good l; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00637.html (7,623 bytes)
350. brake oddity again (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:43:31 -0500; Hello Spridgeteers! As I wrote yesterday, 'Occassionally when applying the brakes smoothly to come to a stop when backing, I will hear a clunk and then the brakes grab hard, stopping the car immediat; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00640.html (9,029 bytes)
351. Re: attaching the hardtop (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:56:19 -0400; I suspect that the PO of my car had the same problem since the rear brackets are missing from my top. He drove the car 9 years with only the windscreen clamps and the side bolts holding the top on.; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00722.html (10,170 bytes)
352. Re: paint stripper? (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 19:07:02 -0500; Follow precautions. This stuff is not the worst, but it's still caustic. It is amazingly painful if you get it on sensitive areas (for a fee my wife will tell you a great story about me, stripper, a; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00730.html (9,365 bytes)
353. hub removal (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 23:18:40 -0500; Hello Spridgeteers! My '65 Sprite has wire wheels. I'm trying to yank the right front brake disc off. I've removed the calipers and the set screws that pass through the hub of the disc. The disc is n; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00735.html (7,594 bytes)
354. Re: hub removal (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 09:02:00 -0400; I got confused because the PO installed the dust cap backwards. This is the first time I've tried this. The backwards dust cap, which makes a real nice cup, gives the appearnce of being sealed; not; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00754.html (9,161 bytes)
355. half shaft oil seal (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 00:06:39 -0500; Hello Spridgeteers! In redoing the brakes, I found that the right rear shoes and inside of the drum had oil on them, suggesting that the half shaft oil seal is leaking. I've pulled the shaft and hub,; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00773.html (7,741 bytes)
356. Re: half shaft oil seal (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 15:57:10 -0400; Shawn, For a wire wheel car, when you take the brake drum off, you're looking at the splined hub extension. Remove the one screw holding it on, pull the axle out, and you'll see the wheel side face; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00802.html (12,066 bytes)
357. Re: half shaft oil seal (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 18:46:36 -0400; As near as I can tell, your last sentence says it all: "I realize there's no problem once the wheel and lug nuts are on the car." I think that that is the design goal of the rear hub. The lug nuts s; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00803.html (10,352 bytes)
358. Re: Steering Rack Lube (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:58:45 -0400; The lube fitting is on the passeger side of the rack. How will you get grease over to the driver side? I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just pointing out the most likely downside. There is a _ver; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00848.html (8,896 bytes)
359. converting to neg earth, was Re: oil filter? (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:36:28 -0400; One thing about converting from + to - earth that I cannot find the answer to is the effect on SU fuel pumps. In theory those pumps have a polarity-sensitive diode (they sell one for - earth and one; /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00855.html (8,370 bytes)
360. Re: re/ezibleed (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:30:51 -0400; http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/tips.htm Worked well for me. Took 15 mins to build. Use a strong plastic or glass bottle for the resevoir. Put it in a cardboard box or somesuch just in case you s; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00007.html (8,006 bytes)

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