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21. TR-7 steering (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 26 Jun 90 12:11:19 CDT; Run the tires up to 50 psi and drive the car. If the steering response improves, it was a problem with the soft sidewalls. BTW, I am surprised that the TR-7 came with 13" wheels. How wide are they? p; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00185.html (6,523 bytes)
22. rotten cars (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 8:45:43 CDT; Larry Colen says "Just wait til you hear what I have to say about 1500 Larry, it can't be any worse than what I think about them. It is hard to believe, but the damn things sell for thousands of doll; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00209.html (7,089 bytes)
23. TR-6 help wanted (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 13:14:06 CDT; I am posting this for a friend without net access: Help Wanted. I am in need of some help concerning my restoration project. I have started to restore the body of my 1972 Triumph TR-6, and realize th; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00210.html (6,932 bytes)
24. transmission oil (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 7 May 90 15:50:14 CDT; During my recent transmission fiasco, Jack Nesset told me something that you may all know. Or not. He said that the syncros were shot in my transmission because it had detergent oil in it. The books; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00150.html (8,179 bytes)
25. To Bill Sohl (email bounced) (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 8 May 90 9:07:31 CDT; No, Tim Winker is not my brother. He is my old rally partner and the brother of my present autocross aquaintence in the Twin Cities. Tim works in Duluth on the SAAB Club, which is a for-profit opera; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00164.html (7,735 bytes)
26. Gearbox,Autocross (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 7 May 90 10:39:49 CDT; We did it! Picked up the gearbox at Jack Nesset's shop Thursday night. Left work at noon Friday, picked up clutch and throwout from Ron Hirabayashi. Changed clutch and throwout and and mated gear box; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00186.html (12,972 bytes)
27. Whitworth (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 14 May 90 9:57:44 CDT; OK, here is the official skinny on Whitworth. Source: Machinery's Handbook, 20th edition. Have you ever seen a machinist"s toolbox? There is a deep drawer in the center top. It has a silver-dollar-si; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00258.html (8,484 bytes)
28. Spridget first-gear lockup and syncro coating (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Fri, 11 May 90 9:31:38 CDT; OK Roger, here is the final scoop (I'm sure everybody is sick of this by now) on the Spridget tranny. There is a factory coating that is essential for proper syncro action. It is sort of like Teflon; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00278.html (9,973 bytes)
29. re: motoring quote (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 15 May 90 17:07:19 CDT; No, Scott those are technical lubrications. A lucubration in this context is probably a "studied or pretentious expression in speech or writing" (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary). Or are you sub; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00340.html (7,055 bytes)
30. Spitfire camber compensation (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Fri, 18 May 90 12:21:11 CDT; uiucuxc!ebay.sun.com!mutchler (Dan Mutchler) needs help finding out what to do about camber compensators or limit straps for the rear of his Spitfire. Lets email him some help, netters. I sure don't; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00413.html (6,779 bytes)
31. newgroup?[D[D[D[D[D[Dsgroup? (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 24 May 90 15:05:56 CDT; Speaking as a British, British car owner, living in Britain, I would welcome a newsgroup rather than a mailing list. I seem to drop of mailing lists at the slightest whim of a network problem, but I; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00461.html (7,744 bytes)
32. Whitworth (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 24 May 90 15:22:36 CDT; Just when you think you have it all figured out. The wrench I ordered from Moss is the wrong size. It is stamped "5/16 W" but has a .600" opening. Machinery's Handbook says that this is a 3/8 W wrenc; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00462.html (7,577 bytes)
33. Re: Whitworth (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 29 May 90 10:01:06 CDT; I think you'll find that the 1/4 W is what you're looking for. I don't recall what the exact opening dimension of mine is but it obviously came from Moss because the 1/4 W socket I got from the same; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00469.html (7,969 bytes)
34. Re: Whitworth again (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 30 May 90 9:12:13 CDT; Machinery's Handbook says that the coarse thread is called British Standard Whitworth and the fine thread is called British Standard Fine. The goofy thing is that the thread is even finer on this Ar; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00475.html (9,578 bytes)
35. Re: TR-4A roll bar in ES (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 31 May 90 8:20:55 CDT; Yes, adding a bar is legal. In my experience, the ADDCO bars are vastly inferior to bars available elsewhere. Winner's Circle supplies GREAT bars for Spridgets, but I don't think they do TR. Can any; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00482.html (7,788 bytes)
36. armstrong lever shocks (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 31 May 90 9:08:51 CDT; As I have pointed out on the list before, Spridgets do not have a full upper A-arm, one half from either side of the damper, but only a single arm on the front side of the damper. The back side is a; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00483.html (7,806 bytes)
37. SMOG (Spridget Club) (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 11 Apr 90 13:59:40 CDT; Is anyone out there a member of the Sprit Midget Owners' Group? I have had a hard time finding out what is what with this club. The guys at the Austin Healey Store gave me an address for the Texas Ch; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00085.html (7,084 bytes)
38. Spring Fever in Minnesota (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 16 Apr 90 16:21:46 CDT; On Saturday it got over 60. I took the Spridget to the Builders' Square for some sheet metal stuff for a home project (clothes-drier venting). Nice roadster weather. That night I bled out the silicon; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00131.html (7,437 bytes)
39. 1967 MGB Radio (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 17 Apr 90 8:59:06 CDT; I checked the radio over last night. It works great! I hooked it up with jumpers from the Spridget battery and a speaker from an Opel Manta (worst autocross car I ever drove). I unrolled a bit of my; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00132.html (7,795 bytes)
40. Bloody Hell, indeed! (score: 1): Author: sgi!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 23 Apr 90 16:14:02 CDT; Saturday the 21st was the warm-up day for 3M members, run concurrently with the driver's school for novices. The Spridget was running horrible, even though it ran well on Wednesday. Bob Bownes and Pe; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00240.html (11,031 bytes)

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