Jim,
I will be there with my son again this year. If you remember I got second
place in the Sprite category. It was a great show! A great mix of British cars
show up for this event at a spectacular venue. I have been working feverishly
today on my Bugeye that has been down due to a hole in the bypass hose between
the head and the water pump. I was prepared to remove the head and fit another
one but I happened to mention the problem to Bob Kitterer. His suggestion was
to
by some 1/2 inch heater hose and fold it in half with copious amounts of
silicone
fluid to pop it on with the head in situ. Well, I had already ordered a
replacement original type accordion hose from M***. It arrived today and popped
right on with little trouble. While I had the radiator out, I found the fan
belt
(cogged) loose and tightened it. I refilled the rad with 25% antifreeze, Water
Wetter and distilled water. It would not start! A direct jumper cable from the
negative terminal of the battery to the starter got nothing! I removed the
battery and took it down to AutoZone (group 24) where I bought it less than a
year ago to be tested. It checked out fine. All the way home I was dreading
yanking out the starter. Then I remembered what advice I had given others when
the starter won't spin, clean the battery terminals. I had not thought of it at
first because I had charged the battery to full over the last few nights with a
SureCharge float charger and the green LED on the charger was blinking which
meant a full charge. Apparently enough charge got through the bad connection to
charge the battery, but the inside of the helmet head battery connector was
black. I cleaned both the post and the helmet head connectors with a battery
cleaning brush and she fired right up. Again my heart sank, it ran like sh*t.
Oh yeah, I had removed the number four spark plug wire to get at the connector
on
the bottom of the starter switch to try bypassing it earlier and had not put the
plug wire back on. It runs fine, for now. Unless the transmission falls out or
the engine blows up, I'll be there.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Jim Rogers wrote:
> San Diego British Car Show in Bonsall, CA is this Sunday, October 6th.
>
> Who on List will be attending this year?
>
> I will be riding down in my friend Fritz's Bugeye since my Bugeye is not
> yet road worthy (or legal). Hope to see some of you there!
>
> Jim Rogers
> San Juan Capistrano, CA
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