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1. Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 21:10:51 -0400; I really need to vent for a moment here, I hope you all don't mind. I bought this '70 Midget about a month ago and I swear I haven't been able to put together two good days in a row with this car. Wh; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00473.html (8,726 bytes)
2. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: derf <derf247@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:17:03 -0600; Motor mounts?; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00474.html (6,879 bytes)
3. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: chuck <cciaffone@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 21:34:59 -0400; Bad motor mounts??; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00475.html (7,305 bytes)
4. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:40:01 -0500; I will make a third vote for the motor mounts. Try jacking up under the oil pan (with a suitable board to distribute the load) and see what moves where. I am assuming that the frame rails are not ben; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00476.html (7,613 bytes)
5. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: derf <derf247@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:22:33 -0600; Motor mounts, water pump, or if the shroud is not installed properly at the bottom. IIRC, it should go in front of the other part at the bottom. Some cars have two screws down there, some don't. Radi; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00477.html (7,354 bytes)
6. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: "David Riker" <davriker@digitalpath.net>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:29:56 -0700; Also, earlier cars with metal fans have a metal spacer between the waterpump pulley and the fan. This should not be used between the two belt pulley and the plastic fan on a later 1275. David Riker d; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00478.html (8,116 bytes)
7. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 22:31:31 -0400; Thanks everyone. I looked at the motor mounts last night when I installed the radiator to check that there weren't any missing nuts or bolts but I didn't try jacking up the engine. I'll check that an; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00479.html (7,371 bytes)
8. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 22:38:55 -0400; That is exactly what it feels like. The damage seems to happen when the rear wheels go over the bump, not the front. If that is the case what is the cure for a sticking drive shaft? This is (was) a p; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00480.html (8,140 bytes)
9. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: "63AHBJ7" <63AHBJ7@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 21:41:37 -0600; <<Motor mounts?>> Agreed. BUT, NOBODY has mentioned the Tranny mounts!! MOST likeliest to be rotten from (guess) oil!! Although the drive shaft not sliding "sounds" plausible, NEVER seen or heard of; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00482.html (7,161 bytes)
10. Re[2]: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Bill L <pythias@pacifier.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:44:20 -0700; Hello Robert, at this point you have WAY more patience than i have EVER had.. ... crap crap crap... no one would blame ya for going to the miata .. the question becomes what to do with this pox you n; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00483.html (8,123 bytes)
11. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: "David Riker" <davriker@digitalpath.net>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:03:14 -0700; Remove four bolts connecting rear driveshaft ujoint to differential and with a prybar try to push the driveshaft forward into the transmission. It should slide in and out smoothly, but without any sl; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00485.html (8,404 bytes)
12. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 23:47:16 -0400; Thanks David, I'll give that a try. Pretty soon all of the parts from the '69 will have been moved over to the '70. The funny thing is that the '69 was really dependable but it was a rust bucket. The; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00487.html (10,063 bytes)
13. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:12:37 -0400; Thanks Jim, I jacked up the engine this morning before leaving work and there was nothing obviously damaged or faulty with the engine mounts. I'm going to check the transmission mount to make sure it; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00497.html (9,295 bytes)
14. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: "Brent Wolf" <wolf.brent@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:31:36 -0400; I had a similar experience with my 71. Yes, it was the drive shaft pushing the transmission forward just enough to rock the engine forward. The lubricant between two sections of the drive shaft was; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00498.html (8,933 bytes)
15. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:12:30 -0500; Musta bin a MGBeast or a SpitFidget, there aren't two sections to a Spridget driveshaft AFAIK; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00499.html (9,133 bytes)
16. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:52:38 -0400; Here's a few pics from last night's Mother's Day festivities: http://www.white-weeks.com/?p=16 Robert; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00501.html (8,687 bytes)
17. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Daniel1312@aol.com; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:00:25 EDT; What pulley is that you have on the water pump? It appears to be a pulley for a double belt and you don't have a double belt. It looks to stick the fan about an inch or more nearer the radiator. Is t; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00502.html (9,105 bytes)
18. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:02:51 -0400 (EDT); Have anything planned for Father's Day? jay fishbein wallingford, ct http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00503.html (8,708 bytes)
19. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:13:53 -0400; Not yet, we'll have to wait and see what the little red MG has in store for us. My wife pointed out last night that it's no longer content with just taking itself and the '69 off the road, its evil p; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00504.html (8,677 bytes)
20. Re: Losing my mind or cursed car (score: 1): Author: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:25:51 -0400; I thoought I had sent this to the list in reply to Daniel but it looks like it didn't go through earlier: That should be standard. The pulleys extend back from the front of the water pump not vise/ve; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00505.html (8,934 bytes)

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