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21. Re: Midget for Sale (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:37:12 -0500
I am just finding that after 24 years I'd like something a little bigger, and am thinking MGB or TR6. You better try that *something bigger* BEFORE you sell your Midget. I always wanted a big Healey
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00140.html (8,951 bytes)

22. Re: Lug nut material? (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:35:17 -0500
I can find says "steel". A286? 4140? 321? 347? Etc.? I wouldn't use plastic, or wood, or even aluminum. Use the steel ;) But watch it. Steel from different countries is different. Do some grinding o
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00142.html (10,243 bytes)

23. Re: Alts & Tachs? (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:42:32 -0500
Hello Billy, after AH stopped using generator drives for for the tachs, the next setup was the "impulse" tach. it is NOT wired to the coil, but rather a loop or wire from the ignition circuit To cle
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00159.html (10,215 bytes)

24. Re: Fw: Re: Lug nut material? SAR (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:44:10 -0500
Reincarburation? Replacing the over sized, non-working Weber with the original SUs? Next I thought carbonation was the fizzy stuff they put in sodapop. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Your messages
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00161.html (9,435 bytes)

25. Re: Cherry Mk-IV Sprite (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:46:20 -0500
We can't rip this one apart guys. It's nice and original. Looks to even have original green paint oversprau on hoses like the factory did. But I did notice the air filter canisters are on upside down
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00210.html (10,115 bytes)

26. Re: Fwd: FW: New MG Midget? (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:54:52 -0500
Thought this might be of interest to the group. <http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=109378#3 "MG versions of Rover sedans assembled from kits made in China." Now Here's a car I will
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00211.html (9,754 bytes)

27. Re: pressing piston pins (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:24:43 -0500
Hello spridgets, Anyone here installed piston pins? Can I just put the pins in the freezer and the rods in a 250 degree oven and then carefully push them in? I think they need to be heated to 600* a
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00223.html (9,716 bytes)

28. Re: Block flaw? (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:15:14 -0500
When I removed the timing gear and chain I found a hole that passes completely through the block, from the smooth machined side behind the chain to the inside. It is not uniform. This hole is on all
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00263.html (8,936 bytes)

29. Junkyarding (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:31:08 -0500
My son invited me to go to an old junkyard down in New Gretna, NJ. Father/son bonding :) Anyway, he was after VW parts as he is restoring a 73 Rabbit. So I searched for alternator that would work, an
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00264.html (8,976 bytes)

30. Re: Wiring problem... (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:35:57 -0500
But what would the fuel pump, the wipers and the right turn signal all have in common, which probably is in the dash vicinity? Any ideas? Funky ignition switch would be my first guess. Backfeeding t
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00270.html (9,920 bytes)

31. Re: Wiring problem... (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:57:01 -0500
Unplugged wipers. Still blinked. Unplugged ignition. Still blinked! So that tells me it's at least upstream a bit from the steering column. Check the flasher. If it shorted out inside, it's hot. Or
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00271.html (9,166 bytes)

32. Re: fuel line (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:29:43 -0500
Does anyone know of any 1/4" high temp, low pressure tubing that is gasoline resistant and clampable? Anything but the crap they sell a pepboys, autozone, and the like. -- Frank Clarici Building the
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00305.html (8,841 bytes)

33. Machine shop chatter (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:38:12 -0500
I stopped by my favorite machine shop to check on a little head. I stopped in in the middle of a conversation with the machinist and a Chevy engine customer who was NOT a happy camper. Seems his Cheb
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00306.html (8,778 bytes)

34. Re: Machine shop chatter (no lbc) (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:31:03 -0500
a timely editorial: http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2006/02/EditorsCorner/ Gee, sounds like me for the past 25 years. No chinese junk on my BRITISH cars! -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Your mess
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00309.html (9,158 bytes)

35. Re: recommended 1275 build (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:13:39 -0500
Anybody want to offer any advice? Any real life examples? Too much cam is NO GOOD for the street. BTDT and went to a Kent 266 from a Vizard VP7. My kid's Mini is down getting it's too much cam repla
/html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00311.html (9,736 bytes)

36. Re: Machine shop chatter (no lbc) (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:23:09 -0500
Bull! LBCs are as addictive as LSD ;) David, go for it. You Know you NEED this car. I only went thru 50 or 60 so far. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
/html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00258.html (9,051 bytes)

37. How do you (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:21:34 -0500
Get a busted t/stat stud out? And don't say drill it out, ir if you do drill it out, what kind of drill bit should I search for? All my titanium painted bits are now smoked! And some of them even cam
/html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00306.html (7,763 bytes)

38. Re: Philly MG Swap Meet (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:07:11 -0500
I am -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
/html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00314.html (7,664 bytes)

39. I did it! (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:20:22 -0500
A couple people suggested the blue wrench, which I tried but I turned the stud (and head) cherry red with 2 mapp gass torches and then I was able to drill a couple of 1/8" holes in the stud, beat a s
/html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00319.html (6,786 bytes)

40. Re: Master Brake Cylinder Question (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:26:13 -0500
Monty I am sure you mean that little band of metal that broke when you twisted the piston trying to get it apart. Don't ask me how I know this ;) You can make that piece very easily, it is just a spa
/html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00332.html (7,550 bytes)

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