- 21. Re: headlight questions (score: 1)
- Author: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:46:32 +0000
- Here's how they work as far as I know: the headlights are neutral, can stay up or down and are not preloaded. Now, when the engine starts and there is vacuum, to stay down the relay(s) have vacuum g
- /html/bricklin/2002-06/msg00114.html (8,549 bytes)
- 22. Re: windshield wipers (score: 1)
- Author: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 02:52:10 +0000
- It's mounted in rubber grommets so it does move when it is operating. I believe they most all do it. Kim _________________________________________________________________ /// unsubscribe/change addre
- /html/bricklin/2002-05/msg00047.html (7,260 bytes)
- 23. My Bricklin is surging! (score: 1)
- Author: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 20:06:23 +0000
- It started suddenly. Now, whenever I am crusing, the car really surges, as though it is running out of gas. There is no problem idling nor when it is under power, like going up a big hill, then it is
- /html/bricklin/2002-05/msg00060.html (7,114 bytes)
- 24. Re: Headlights won't pop up (score: 1)
- Author: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 19:28:02 +0000
- The default for the relays is to open if there is a vacuum leak in the system. You can check the switch easily enough. Just put a little hose on it and suck and operate the switch. It, obviously, sh
- /html/bricklin/2002-05/msg00065.html (7,719 bytes)
- 25. Fixed the Bricklin surge (score: 1)
- Author: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 02:42:51 +0000
- Thanks for all the replies. I hated to have to do it but I dove into the vacuum system -- lucky for me I have a routing diagram that helped somewhat. After rerouting some lines, checking for leaks on
- /html/bricklin/2002-05/msg00074.html (7,215 bytes)
- 26. RE: IGNITION SWITCH (score: 1)
- Author: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 16:50:03 +0000
- Just to be clear, there is no ignition switch in the steering column. The switch is attached to the outside of the column down at the driver's feet. A rod goes from the lock down to the switch. It ac
- /html/bricklin/2002-05/msg00120.html (8,760 bytes)
- 27. Re: roof seams (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:21:43 +0000
- I used RTV on mine -- it was kinda hard finding orange but it works fine. Kim _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your
- /html/bricklin/2002-04/msg00025.html (7,898 bytes)
- 28. Re: Window rolling up (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 05:31:23 +0000
- Hmmm, sounds like something is wrong there. The window should just go straight up. It has been a long time since I did mine but as I recall the issue is using a linear regulator to push a curved win
- /html/bricklin/2002-04/msg00029.html (7,892 bytes)
- 29. Re: switch (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 23:27:30 +0000
- I don't know what you mean by "plugs" but if you have an air door conversion all you need is a momentary switch normally open with one leg switched for up and the other switched for down. Pretty sim
- /html/bricklin/2002-03/msg00001.html (7,250 bytes)
- 30. Re: Ignition upgrade (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 22:59:08 +0000
- Pertronix, easy to install, works great, cheap at about 70. Kim _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
- /html/bricklin/2002-03/msg00014.html (7,413 bytes)
- 31. Re: Switches (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 21:33:03 +0000
- Just three. I imagine that they used them all when they had the hydraulic pump. Kim _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: htt
- /html/bricklin/2002-03/msg00020.html (7,205 bytes)
- 32. Re: Air system problem (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 01:11:21 +0000
- http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=36797 Sounds like the air regulator -- just swap it out. You can find them at local paint shops, etc. Kim ___________________________
- /html/bricklin/2002-03/msg00029.html (7,537 bytes)
- 33. Re: help (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:16:20 +0000
- Sounds like the emergency bypass to keep the headlights open -- it's plumbed with vacuum lines from or to the light switch. Kim _________________________________________________________________ Join
- /html/bricklin/2002-03/msg00045.html (6,941 bytes)
- 34. Re: Bricklin Parts (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:38:31 +0000
- Just download the parts cross-over list -- most if not all parts are easily available. Body parts are a different question and you would have to go to one of the dealers for those. But all else is e
- /html/bricklin/2002-03/msg00105.html (7,568 bytes)
- 35. Re: ...particularly quiet on this list lately... (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:15:45 +0000
- Fix the leaks in your system -- they shouldn't lose a charge of air unless there is a fairly substantial leak. So, since it is just a "backup" which model could I use? Many of the compressors have a
- /html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00019.html (8,598 bytes)
- 36. Re: Bricklin - pneumatic fittings (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:27:19 +0000
- Then you need to The inserts are called nipples (teehee, he said nipples, he said nipples). Otherwise known in polite circles as the "n" word (at least that is what I heard). So just go to the local
- /html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00033.html (8,683 bytes)
- 37. Re: Bricklin - pneumatic fittings (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 03:52:16 +0000
- John, In my past life as a mechanic at a plant that used bunches of air fittings and solenoids we used both the fittings that had the nipplesin them and used nuts that had nylon ferrels in them -- t
- /html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00043.html (8,725 bytes)
- 38. Re: Bricklin - pneumatic fittings (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 05:11:02 +0000
- There might be a slight advantage in the nylon ferrel if you have a person who torques the nut down so tight that the brass ferrel might actually cut the tubing. But with the separate nipples and br
- /html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00046.html (8,717 bytes)
- 39. Bricklin for sale in California? (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:01:08 +0000
- To the person who wants to get a b in California, where are you located cause I might have a lead. Kim _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try
- /html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00049.html (6,677 bytes)
- 40. Re: headlights (score: 1)
- Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:48:09 +0000
- I wrote an article on this is a Brickline from a couple of years ago. The headlights default open if there is a vacuum leak on the switching leg of the system -- that is the leg that goes to the swi
- /html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00053.html (7,159 bytes)
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