- 121. Re: The Midget Chronicle (may be long and boring) (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:50:39 -0400
- Then WHY do I have 6 or 7 of them? 4 on the road!!! -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00237.html (8,420 bytes)
- 122. Re: el cheepo rebuild (yeah, right!) (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:49:37 -0400
- Wait a minute! Sister Mary Elephant told me different. And Sister couldn't lie ;) Something about being made out of ribs. Must have been BABY back :) -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00238.html (8,010 bytes)
- 123. Re: Repro Radiator Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:55:57 -0400
- Oops. Original to the down flow. 5/16 is for the cross flow or 10/32s on the sheetmetal of a cross flow. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00239.html (8,697 bytes)
- 124. Re: Repro Radiator Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:17:56 -0400
- So things haven't changed much in the last 20 years? Moss free since 83
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00251.html (8,436 bytes)
- 125. Re-restoring (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:09:24 -0400
- Since I have been projectless for almost a whole week now, and I did finish detailing my Sprite. I thought I would go pick up PIECES which was stored for the winter in a rented chicken coop (home of
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00341.html (7,494 bytes)
- 126. Re: Vinyl Top Repair (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:20:48 -0400
- 3M brand weather strip adhesive. Put a little on, contact it together for a second, pull it apart to "flash" than stick it. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00342.html (6,628 bytes)
- 127. Re: My New Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:14:29 -0400
- On an A series, yes. It's not so much the carb, it's the 2 port intake manifold which makes the carb a dog. Same set up on a 1500 with a 4 port intake is fantastic. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00348.html (6,473 bytes)
- 128. Re: Long - The BusterCluster please read (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:50:09 -0400
- So Bob, Are you coming too? Drivin the frog? Wanna race out to the wrong coast with me? -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00398.html (8,614 bytes)
- 129. Re: Frank's new "tool" (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:47:25 -0400
- Keep buying chink made crap guys, and the joke will be on you. Dung forged metal just doesn't cut it. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00399.html (7,349 bytes)
- 130. Re: LBC on E-Bay, done right. (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:51:18 -0400
- Looks like a handicap shower grab bar to me. Hey, stainless steel. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00400.html (6,636 bytes)
- 131. Re: Horn contact. Hmmmmm (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:59:28 -0400
- If the steering wheel is painted all nice a pretty, the spring clip can't make a ground on the edge of the steering wheel hub. And/or same with the steering column. Newly painted columns need a clean
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00402.html (7,396 bytes)
- 132. Re: Long - The BusterCluster please read (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:08:58 -0400
- Chinks and quality are 2 words that are NEVER in the same sentence. Hell, you won't find those 2 words in the same book! I noticed he bought that hoist at "pepboys" But they got rid of Manny, Moe, an
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00404.html (9,232 bytes)
- 133. Re: Gen/Alt Swap over (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:30:51 -0400
- I use a Mitsubitchi alternator from the junk yard. Subarus have a nice small unit so does the Ford Festiva. But any alternator will work as long as the mounting ears are 180* apart. Some are 270* and
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00409.html (9,446 bytes)
- 134. Re: Ignition timing confusion... (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:34:08 -0400
- Dizzy drive in a tooth off? Normal ign timing if all is correct will have the vac advance pointing at about one o clock. If the drive is off, the vac advance will be pointing at 11:00, 2:00 or who kn
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00410.html (7,842 bytes)
- 135. Re: Long - The BusterCluster please read (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:55:50 -0400
- All righty! That's the spirit! I'll meet you on I-76 at the rest area. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00422.html (8,755 bytes)
- 136. Re: Long - The BusterCluster please read (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:18:16 -0400
- It's sorted out. I had to adjust the throttle plates per the book. I never knew if they were off by an RCH it would create a major flat spot. But the new aux venturis and mains seem to make it just p
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00461.html (8,684 bytes)
- 137. Re: Springs? (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:00:28 -0400
- Why do people want to lube springs? Greasy springs attract dirt, dirt wears out springs. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00472.html (7,119 bytes)
- 138. Re: Come on, someone must know this... (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:04:13 -0400
- Support the car on a board across the floor pan in front of the spring perches or 2 jack stands inboard at the tunnel/rear scuttle Use a floor jack under the pumpkin because you will need adjust it u
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00473.html (7,228 bytes)
- 139. Re: Springs? (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:10:36 -0400
- Come to Jersey where rust never sleeps. As I work on PIECES due to rust and it was inside this winter. My rust free Bugeye tub I bought 3 years ago and painted now has rust. It only sees rain once a
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00474.html (7,346 bytes)
- 140. Re: MG 1100 Princess (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:13:13 -0400
- Gerard I had one, Princess Vanden Plas 1100. I bought it for $75 off the back of a tow truck heading for the junk yard. Stuck a battery in it, tapped on the fuel pump and drove it to a couple of loca
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00475.html (6,846 bytes)
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