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381. Re: Parts Cleaner Liquid - info needed (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:05:55 -0400; Paint thinner. Works, doesn't smell too bad, and it's cheap. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00237.html (7,257 bytes)
382. Re: Tuning problem again (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:47:14 -0400; Check the coil, mine was causing a miss at 5500 Rs and up but in every gear. You may also have a bum dizzy bushing causing a wobble messing up the whole works. I can bring a spare to the rally and w; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00271.html (6,981 bytes)
383. My latest challenge (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:28:41 -0400; To build a 1275 engine using all USED parts except the piston rings and front seal. Why you might ask? Because I have buckets full of parts, I found a block in the garage when I cleaned it out to pai; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00311.html (7,439 bytes)
384. Re: bugeye front disc brake problem (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:20:22 -0400; Adjust the master cylinder pushrod. You may have mixed up clutch/brake pushrods if you took the master off/apart. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00316.html (6,637 bytes)
385. Re: Spridget 50th (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:45:11 -0400; I'll go where ever it is held. Wisconsin is as good a place as any, closer than PA for many. Booking a place should happen soon. A head count would be nice because if you book a place for 50 and 200; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00321.html (8,153 bytes)
386. Re: Kingpins (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:43:44 -0400; They are different from drum to disc brakes. No diff on wires to steel wheels. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00391.html (6,718 bytes)
387. Re: MG's to be built in Oklahoma (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:40:47 -0400; Assembled in the USA out of chinese parts. Sort of like a Saturn but they are made out of Korean parts. Oh yeah, I'll be the first one at the dealer ;) I wonder it the metal will be as thick as origi; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00415.html (7,842 bytes)
388. Re: Spridget 50th (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:36:05 -0400; I take that as a "It ain't gonna work" reply Buster. You WILL take the Sprite or we come repossess our work ;); /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00418.html (7,822 bytes)
389. Sprite engine in a Mini (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:47:47 -0400; Yes, it worked!! And it is now bone stock and standard. I ran it on the garage floor for 1 solid hour and it ran at normal temp. I blocked off the rad for a few minutes and ran it up to 210 and remov; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00491.html (7,423 bytes)
390. Re: Spridget 50th (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:53:26 -0400; Can somebody in mid America volunteer to look for a place? And Jim is dead right about no pleasing all the people all the time. Driving a Spridget to an event is 1/2 the fun. If nothing breaks on it,; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00492.html (8,140 bytes)
391. Re: brake caliper disassembly (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:27:28 -0400; Step 1...Put on dirty clothes ;) Hold the piston with a rag so it doesn't shoot across the shop. The seals sort of just pry out with a screwdriver under the metal retainer. Sometimes a sharp pick is; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00663.html (7,122 bytes)
392. Re: Tach Abnormalities (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:38:21 -0400; Bad ground. They get their ground from the pigtail on the mounting stem, run a real ground to the housing of the gauge. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00664.html (7,078 bytes)
393. Re: Midget engine swap (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:40:39 -0400; I saw one with a V6, it was a rocket in a straight line but way too heavy in the front end and handled like a rocket. Great for a 1/4 mile track, no good for anything else. -- Frank Clarici Toms Rive; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00666.html (6,978 bytes)
394. Re: '61 Road and Track (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:45:29 -0400; My Father and mother took us 3 kids from NJ to Florida in a TR3 back in 63 or 64. And I did have 7 people in a 67 Sprite, top up. We went bowling that night. It took 3 people to drive. I sat in the d; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00670.html (7,849 bytes)
395. Re: BusterCluster tools and registration (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:07:36 -0400; You haven't met Cliff the cat. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00711.html (9,027 bytes)
396. Re: Fuel tank sloshing (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:29:05 -0400; A handful of nuts and bolts and some water and hand slushing should get rid of any loose rust. Use metal instead of stones cause you might need a magnet to get the last nut or 2 out. That won't work; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00737.html (6,964 bytes)
397. Re: CLUTCH CLUES found !! Midget 74 (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:34:09 -0400; Look in the hole and see if there is any carbon left on the release bearing. Also see if the pressure plate is pushing in. If it is, most likely the disc is rusted to the flywheel. If it hasn't been; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00756.html (6,990 bytes)
398. Re: Part #710. Not politically correct. Some automotive (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:53:48 -0400; Not you Peter but this passed week, Jen (Frankie's wife) and I went to all the usual places in search of "Seat Belts" for his Mini. Not too hard a part? Lap belts no less. I have bought them at ching; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00757.html (9,541 bytes)
399. Re: Spridget 50th (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:22:28 -0400; Somewhere in Australia. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00779.html (7,438 bytes)
400. Re: Gas cap (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:55:21 -0400; Pep Boys, off the shelf near the radiator caps. $6 or $7. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00810.html (7,123 bytes)

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