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1. Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry) (score: 1)
Author: "RL Chrysler" <lchrysl@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:42:26 -0400
Funny thing is, I've got the exact opposite problem. I'm currently helping a friend get his 1960 Sprite back together, and have completely redone the brakes. Newly relined shoes, new return springs,
/html/mgs/2000-04/msg01225.html (8,319 bytes)

2. Re: Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry) (score: 1)
Author: "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:25:32 -0400
Actually the only thoughts I had reassembling the rebuilt original brake system on my Bug were how chintzy & finicky the whole original design was - front and back. Boy, what they did to avoid double
/html/mgs/2000-04/msg01229.html (9,675 bytes)

3. Re: Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry) (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:24:19 -0700
Umm, have you bled the brakes yet? Or pumped the pedal? Just guessing RL Chrysler had this to say: -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the red one with the silver bo
/html/mgs/2000-04/msg01230.html (8,737 bytes)

4. Re: Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry) (score: 1)
Author: "RL Chrysler" <lchrysl@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:35:51 -0400
No fluid in system yet. I'm just adjusting things while still dry, i.e. supposed to adjust snail cam adjusters 'till shoes just rubbing then back off 'till just barely not touching. Then do up handbr
/html/mgs/2000-04/msg01281.html (8,860 bytes)

5. Re: Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry) (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:42:17 -0700
Well, I was thinking that the pistons might not be pushed out to their normal "parking" position. I always assumed the adjustment instructions were for a "loaded" brake system (after all, you don't d
/html/mgs/2000-04/msg01284.html (9,784 bytes)

6. Re: Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry) (score: 1)
Author: "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:12:49 -0400
The "parking" position on a Bugeye drum brake cylinder piston (single piston design) will be determined mechanically (inside or outside the cylinder I don't remember). The main retraction spring will
/html/mgs/2000-04/msg01287.html (8,411 bytes)


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