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Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye diff

To: Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net>, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Bugeye diff
From: EDWARD WOODS via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 15:24:36 -0500 (EST)
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Thanks. Now I understand. I was confusing diff housing with axle housing. 

Ed

> On January 9, 2020 at 2:13 PM Rick Fisk via Spridgets 
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>     I believe the Moss info is a little misleading.  Later differentials will 
> fit the Bugeye axle with no problem.  What Moss is talking about is that the 
> later gearsets will not fit in the original Bugeye differential housing, not 
> the axle housing.  Just swap the entire pumpkin and you're good.  I just 
> installed a 3.7 diff in a Bugeye axle a few days ago.  :-)
> 
>     Sent from my keyboard
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>     On Jan 9, 2020, at 2:09 PM, CosmicMag1380 via Spridgets < 
> spridgets@autox.team.net mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net > wrote:
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>         > >         If my memory is any good, all years Sprite and Midget, 
> Morris Minor and Metropolitan pumpkins will interchange. The early spridgets 
> had 4:22 gears, middle years had 3:90, and the 78 and up had 3:70. The Morris 
> Minor had 5:38 (or 4:55, I don't quite recall) and the Metro had 4:22. 
> > 
> >         On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:03 PM EDWARD WOODS via Spridgets < 
> > spridgets@autox.team.net mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net > wrote:
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> >             > > >             What diff gears will swap into a Bugeye 
> > housing? None of the new gears that Moss have will. 
> > > 
> > >             Thanks,
> > > 
> > >             Ed Woods
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   Thanks. Now I understand. I was confusing diff housing with axle 
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   On January 9, 2020 at 2:13 PM Rick Fisk via Spridgets 
&lt;spridgets@autox.team.net&gt; wrote: 
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   <br> I believe the Moss info is a little misleading. &nbsp;Later 
differentials will fit the Bugeye axle with no problem. &nbsp;What Moss is 
talking about is that the later gearsets will not fit in the original Bugeye 
differential housing, not the axle housing. &nbsp;Just swap the entire pumpkin 
and you're good. &nbsp;I just installed a 3.7 diff in a Bugeye axle a few days 
ago. &nbsp;:-) 
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    <br>On Jan 9, 2020, at 2:09 PM, CosmicMag1380 via Spridgets &lt; 
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      If my memory is any good, all years Sprite and Midget, Morris Minor and 
Metropolitan pumpkins will interchange. The early spridgets had 4:22 gears, 
middle years had 3:90, and the 78 and up had 3:70. The Morris Minor had 5:38 
(or 4:55, I don't quite recall) and the Metro had 4:22.&nbsp;
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       On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:03 PM EDWARD WOODS via Spridgets &lt; 
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         What diff gears will swap into a Bugeye housing? None of the new gears 
that Moss have will.&nbsp;
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         Thanks,
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         Ed Woods
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      Kent 
      <br>1960 Bugeye 
      <br>1983 Garage full of spridget parts! 
      <br>2017 Home built shed full of excess spridget parts!!! 
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