[Spridgets] Kent's Bugeye restoration

[Linda Grunthaner]

Hi Kent,
Sounds like the engine has some potential. You might want to add the thread
I started in:
https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.233472/.
This way we can continue to see the updates in order with a photo build.
Keep us posted either way. I haven't touched any of my fleet because I
needed to paint the house and garage this summer inbetween summer teaching.

But I did have just enough time to get back into surfing and with a new
longboard I'm doing better than ever in life. I'm going to be catching
waves after teaching this fall till my wetsuit gets too cold.

Enjoy your Bugeye, safety fast,
Linda

62 California Sprite, Pinky

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:05 AM Kent McLean via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Compression Test:
> I did a compression test. The starter pull knob wouldn't pull, so I pulled
> it at the solenoid. The engine turned over slower than I expected without
> plugs, but I got readings.  Dry: 1-4 - 45, 60, 40, 40. Ugh. Wet: 125, 125,
> 75, 75. I may have squirted too much oil in the first two, but no matter. I
> see a rebuild in my future. Or maybe an upgrade to a 1275cc. Now that I
> know the condition of the engine at 83,238 miles, it is time.
>
> On a related note, my 3 sons (in their 30s) paid me a visit yesterday.
> They wanted to see the Bugeye. The oldest, the smart one (or maybe the
> smart-aleck one), commented that if I sold the big Healey, the Bugeye, the
> Wrangler, and the motorcycles, I could afford to good Bugeye and be driving
> it this summer. There's truth to that, but the Wrangler is my snowplow, I
> _need_ at least one motorcycle, but for a brief moment I thought, Yeah, I
> could get a runner out of the rest of them. But where's the fun in that?
>
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