[Spridgets] Throttle cable clean & lube suggestions?

Linda Grunthaner grunthaner at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 11:40:53 MDT 2016


Also is the color wiring diagram for a bugeye the same as my mk2 Sprite?
See here, it's easier to read the color, if they are not the same does
anyone have a color schematic diagram?
Lin

http://www.rjh-heritage.ch/index_htm_files/AH%20Sprite%20MK1%20Wiring%20Diagram.pdf



On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It's because I have my battery in a marine box to protect the metal. : (
> I got a reply from a member of the Facebook Group MK2 Sprites and MK 1
> Midgets regarding my image see attached.
> Steve Adams <https://www.facebook.com/steve.adams.12979431?fref=ufi> says:
> Looks like your fuse box is the other way round the white wires are
> ignition controlled and the brown ones permanent lives.
> Do you see that in my image?
> Lin
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Paul Van Wig <pvanwig at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> You should not have to remove the bonnet to change battery. Get a longer
>> stick to hold it higher if its getting in the way.
>>
>> Paul Van Wig
>> Lakewood/Big Bear, CA
>> 68 Minor Woody
>> 60 Bugeye
>> 59 Nash Metropolitan
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets <
>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> Yes Billy I'll get heavier gauge wire and use my brand new Interstate
>> battery from my truck too. I guess 10 years is long enough. I'm going to
>> try not to remove everything and waste time. I'' set the new battery on a
>> large plank of wood across the hood just to test it out as I have to remove
>> the hood to remove the battery and I just want answers now.
>> Lin
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Billy Zoom <billyzoom at billyzoom.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Get a new battery, then run a new wire from the fuse box to the pump
>>> using one gauge bigger than whatever the factory used, and then add a
>>> dedicated ground wire from somewhere near the battery ground to the pump.
>>>
>>>
>>
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