Hi Jim,
Congrats on getting the beast running! As for some of the things you
mentioned:
Where's Reverse?
You must be used to driving BMWs...<grin> On the Spridgets, reverse is
far to the right and down. It makes a lower case h off of the Upper
case H 1-4 make.
Loud first gear
Welcome to one of the trademark Spridget sounds!!!<grin> In these
little beasts, first gear is non-synchroed, hence the pitiful wail it
makes. Most everyone doesn't diligently double-clutch when going back
into first gear, which makes this gear usually jump out of place after a
few thousand miles.
PCV
Yep, you discovered that that little bugger is needed. Otherwise,
internal pressures buildup and squeeze oil out every conceivable spot.
Other misc. stuff
I believe the shifter plate does indeed only fit in one way.
Have fun with the SUs! Getting them in synch is a skill that is hard to
develop, but once you get it down, it becomes second hand, much like
riding a bike. I never got the hang of it, hence I have a Weber
downdraft...<grin>
Brakes are a strange one. Every Spridget I've been in has a different
brake pedal feel. As long as the brakes work before the pedal hits the
floor, I'm happy!
Have fun with it, and there are numerous folks on the list here to help!
Just bear with our meandering conversations, and you'll find nuggets of
help/truth in our cacophony!
Greg Gowins
'69 Sprite
Dublin, CA
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James Gruber
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 3:38 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Where's Reverse?
OK so this may be the dumb question of the night but
Bugsy went for his first ride this evening. I finally
got my clutch problems sorted out(there is a definite
difference in how the clutch works when you use the
correct rod/pin in the slave cylinder)and started up
Bugsy to take him for his first ride. Tried to locate
reverse all over the H Pattern but I'll be darned if I
can tell where reverse is located. I thought it was up
and to the left but shift lever won't go there.
IS there aspecial way the mounting plate for the shift
lever needs to be mounted. It appears that there is
only one way to install and have all of the holes line
up properly.
Finally pushed car out of garage by hand. First gear
really and I mean really noisy. Sounds like no fluid
in the tranny which wouldn't surprise me so based upon
the way the P.O. put Bugsy back together after an
engine swap.Lots of fluid / oil? all over the tranny
close to where clutch arm goes into side of
bellhousing. What is there to leak /tighten up to
solve leak problem. No clue where its coming from if
indeed it is leaking.
Frank C. when I originally querried the list about a
leaking rear seal I was advised to make sure PCV Valve
on this '66 1098 engine was connected properly. Engine
was truly leaking like a sieve. Connecting and adding
PCV valve seems to have almost totally cured the oil
leakin. Must be something about having a true vacumn
in the crankcase.
New brakes spongy. More bleeding is needed. Engine is
weak with little power period. Now that I've got Bugsy
moving on his own I can take him to get his SU's
synched up and tuned properly. Other than that great
fun zooming, no make that slowly creeping around the
neighborhood around in 38 degree weather. Thanks in
advance for answering my dumb quesiton of the day.
Jim Gruber
Bugsy (68 Sprite - future Bugeye in disguise)
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