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[Linda Grunthaner]

Bob,
This is great to hear as your little Sprite will be happy to get running
again. If you have to replace the battery think about an Interstate battery
as mine is from 2006 when I have the Sprite delivered from LosAngeles and I
do NOT use a battery tender and some winters I didn't disconnect the
battery for the winter and she starts every time. I have installed a quick
disconnect about 3 years ago and I now disconnect for winter then I throw a
slow charge on it over night. I recent ally heard that Sears was purchased
by some businessman who has dropped the quality of the Sears DieHard
batteries so I only get the Interstate after seeing this one work through
my abuse. I'm now looking into an Interstate battery for my motorcycle as I
rarely use it and the battery is always useless even if I bring it into the
house. Yes yes shame on me for not using my battery tender but I just feel
uncomfortable leaving any power on when I'm not around.

Keep us posted on your progress Bob,
Lin

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Thanks fro the response, Mark is looking into this and hopefully will find
> a cure shortly.  Would like to do some searching before bring up an old
> topic.
>
> But in the mean time Hello to all the “old” listers and welcome to all
> those that are more recent.
>
>  An update from here is that the year that the Sprite was to be in storage
> has turned into almost eight years.  As some of you know travel used up
> almost three of those years and a move to AZ  18 months ago has used up
> some more of that time.  However the Sprite is up on stands and work has
> started to get it back on the road.  The long storage time means that there
> is more to do than if it only had been one year.  So wheels are off and
> have started to redo the hydraulic system.  Shortly will drain the gas
> tank, diff, trany, engine and coolant.  Find out if the engine will turn
> over using hand power.  Check the carbs,  Just got a borescope in hopes of
> checking the inside of the fuel tank while it is still on the car.  Then
> there are the smaller things like fuel pump, water pump, that pesky little
> hose between the water pump and the head.  Figure out how to check out or
> get the wire wheels trued not to mention new tires and battery.  So it will
> be more that a few weeks.  But hope to have it out in a few months.
>
> Feels great to have time to participate in the list.
>
> Bob  Kitterer
>
> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
> 2013 Miata
>
> Pay it Forward
> Thanks Frank
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:05 AM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Welcome back, Bob.  I got the same message trying to click on the link.
> I've never had that problem before.  The archives from 2010 back to 1996
> are available here as well:
> http://www.ahexp.com/phorum/list.php?14,page=1  and I could access that
> today.
>
> Best,
> Rick Neville
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:03 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Alright, I know I have been “off the list” for a while so how do I get to
>> the archives?
>>
>> Selecting the link I get a FORBIDDEN message and that I am not "You
>> don't have permission to access /archive on this server..”
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Kitterer
>>
>> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
>> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
>> 2013 Miata
>>
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