- 101. RE: Bowie Show (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 11:22:47 EDT
- -- I'll definitely be there. It's about 15 minutes from where I live. I was hoping to have my midget back together to go, but it will have to be the Alfa this year. Anyone interested in getting toge
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00414.html (7,046 bytes)
- 102. Bowie (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 11:21:47 EDT
- -- It will be the Alfa, although the midget should be alive again the following weekend. I now hav all four pistons in, the gearbox has the bellhousing on it and a fresh coat of glossy black paint.
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00456.html (7,747 bytes)
- 103. Valve timing on 1500 midget (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 11:57:01 EDT
- -- I put the head and rocker assembly back on my engine last night and I was trying to set the timing. I thought I knew where the sprocket was supposed to go on the cam, but I confused myself. I set
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00488.html (8,082 bytes)
- 104. Bowie (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 92 11:07:03 EDT
- -- Sounds good to me. Dean
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00507.html (7,044 bytes)
- 105. Removing crankshaft nut on 1500 midget engine (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Fri, 01 May 92 11:33:57 EDT
- -- Yesterday I found a 1 7/8 " socket to fit the crankshaft nut on my midget engine (a bargain at only $18.00). The engine is out of the car which probably makes it more difficult to remove. I tried
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00013.html (8,040 bytes)
- 106. Gaskets for midget 1500 gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Tue, 05 May 92 11:28:08 EDT
- -- Yesterday, I picked up most of the parts, from the local brit car parts place, needed to rebuild my gearbox (Right now it's a bunch of ears in a cardboard box, so I guess I have a different kind
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00071.html (7,315 bytes)
- 107. Partial engine rebuild on midget 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 07 May 92 11:16:24 EDT
- -- I have the engine of my 1500 midget mostly apart and I have a few questions for the wisdom of 'the list'. With this being my first engine rebuild I'm not sure what to look for in a few places. I
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00140.html (8,278 bytes)
- 108. Main and con. rod bearings for 1500 midget (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 07 May 92 11:21:45 EDT
- -- How do you tell the OEM of the bearings in an engine ? I know there are lots of shitty bearing manufacturers around and I wanted to put back the original type of bearings upon replacement. The lo
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00142.html (7,093 bytes)
- 109. Piston Rings for 1500 midget (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 07 May 92 12:08:35 EDT
- -- I checked witha different local place for piston rings and bearings and the guy I talked to (he owns a mint TR250, so he stocks good brit. car stuff for the store) recommended Hasting's rings. He
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00144.html (6,847 bytes)
- 110. Paint codes on 76 midget (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Wed, 20 May 92 16:31:58 EDT
- -- Where do I find the paint code for a 1976 Midget 1500 ? I went to the paint place and couldn't find a color even close to the light yellow I currently have. I'm still waiting on some parts to fin
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00418.html (6,871 bytes)
- 111. TR6 Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 21 May 92 10:20:33 EDT
- -- Ron Wood sez: Congratulations ! - I read through the owners manual, and it specified 91 octane for the fuel. This struck me as being rather high, but I don't really have anything to base this on.
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00445.html (8,014 bytes)
- 112. Re: Zymol (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 21 May 92 10:33:52 EDT
- -- If anyone on the east (right) coast wants to order Zymol, the place I buy all of my italian car parts carries it. They are located in Charlottesville, Va. and take credit card orders. The place i
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00446.html (7,355 bytes)
- 113. Paint codes again on 1500 midget (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 21 May 92 10:42:13 EDT
- -- I wasn't looking for the codes for the colors, I have those in two different books. I was looking for a plate somewhere on the car that tells me what the original color was/is. thanks, Dean
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00447.html (6,922 bytes)
- 114. Siata Motor cars (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Tue, 26 May 92 12:04:18 EDT
- -- Over the weekend I stopped at a old used car lot, i.e. a TR6, jag E-type 2+2, MGA, etc. There was a 1968 Siata there. It had side curtains and a square backed roof life. It was also rear engined.
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00498.html (7,280 bytes)
- 115. Vic. Brit. part number for 1500 spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Tue, 26 May 92 13:54:35 EDT
- -- Does anyone have a victoria british catalog handy for a spitfire 1500 ? What I need to know is the part number for the plastic speedometer wheel at the end of the mainshaft in the gearbox. It's p
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00501.html (7,530 bytes)
- 116. Re: Siata Motor cars (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Tue, 26 May 92 15:25:16 EDT
- -- Scott Fisher is correct that this car is the Spring model. I forgot until now that it had SPRING across the backend. I'll be taking a closer look at it tommorrow as it's on the way to Motorhead L
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00510.html (7,225 bytes)
- 117. TR6 Hood release cable breaking (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Wed, 27 May 92 10:01:34 EDT
- -- I really doubt this would work, that's a long way to the hood release latch. I do know from first hand experience that only the glove box needs to be removed to open it from the inside. Once the
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00527.html (7,600 bytes)
- 118. Siata update (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Wed, 27 May 92 14:19:39 EDT
- -- I just returned from looking at the Siata and picking up the rest of the layshaft needle roller bearings for my midget. Anyway, it only cost me $65 to look at it (I got towed from a parking lot,
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00542.html (7,436 bytes)
- 119. Clutch fork pivot pin on 1500 midget (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 28 May 92 11:48:01 EDT
- -- I received the replacement clutch fork pivot pin for my 1500 midget yesterday. The reason I needed a replacement is that the old one wasn't there when I took everything apart. From the looks of t
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00568.html (7,106 bytes)
- 120. TR6 frame repair and floorboards replacement (score: 1)
- Author: Dean_Zywicki%NIHDCRT.BITNET@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 92 10:56:23 EST
- -- Now that I've gotten thoroughly sick of seeing my new floorpans and frame pieces sitting in my living room, I've decided to take my TR6 to the frame shop today to have the rear crossmembers repla
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00035.html (8,222 bytes)
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