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Subject: [Spridgets] LA(J)C
From: tequila.brad at gmail.com (Brad Fornal)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 07:10:15 -0600
References: <661637782-1294355081-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-22508510-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <AANLkTim=9z0ZNn9WYTgbAZUTueG+Y4A3DWN-1-eyzdai@mail.gmail.com> <804469238-1294402944-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1575841165-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
Take a look at the rear "sway bar". I had a friend who had one of those junk
boxes. The rear stablizer bar is made out of something like 16 gauge "U"
steel. The freaking thing broke on the highway at speed, and I thought the
car had started dancing to Don Ho tunes.
Something you may NOT want to replicate. How easy it would be to find one
now, I dont know. It wasn't that easy in 1990.

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Andrew Payne <andrewpayne at intrex.net> wrote:

> Lin, I don't know yet. It smokes and it soaked in oil. So I figure it will
> need many new gaskets. Past cleaning off the engine looking for leaks, I'm
> winging it.  The owner said it needs rings, next weekend or so I hope to
> start pulling apart.
> Drew
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:14:46
> To: <andrewpayne at intrex.net>
> Cc: Spridgets<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] LA(J)C
>
> Drew,
> What are you doing on the engine? Rings or something else?
> Lin
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Andrew Payne <andrewpayne at intrex.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Well the MG is stalled. Not as in running roughly, as in the engine has
> > been out for a year and a half, and I'm not really motivated. So today I
> > bought a new car. '88 Ford Festiva. It's kind of a cheap Mini.  It has a
> few
> > issues, dead alternator, burns and leaks oil well beyond British
> Leyland's
> > tolerances. Should be fun!
> > Drew
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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