- 21. Sanity?? Whats that?? (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:11:10 EST
- better to do(like go and work on your car)???? So, I'm logging off, never to return. I enjoy working on my car, and the list WAS a good source of little known information, but I don't think it is any
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01013.html (7,931 bytes)
- 22. Re:Electric fans/Radiators (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 03:56:14 EST
- was said on the spridgets list: *Behind the radiator is the best spot if you can fit it. That way it does not block airflow at higher speeds where the fan is not doing much anyway. It is also more ef
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01322.html (8,500 bytes)
- 23. Re: Electric fans/Radiators (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:24:36 EST
- Mr. Ronsoave explained... <<(minor math ahead): In a duct, the pressure drop (corrected to standard air density and pressure) is equal to the resistance of the duct times the flow squared (sigma_delt
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01332.html (8,498 bytes)
- 24. Fans? Radiators? (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 20:21:50 EST
- some of the things said about this topic were: <<As far as a vacuum moving more air than a positive displacement system (minor math ahead): In a duct, the pressure drop (corrected to standard air den
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01371.html (7,645 bytes)
- 25. Distributors interchangeability (?) (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 00:40:55 EST
- Ive got a (relatively) easy question here. My good buddy has two MGB's (the PO of my three 75 Midgets) a 74.5 RBGT and a 76 RBB. He purchased a rebuilt lucas distributor from Beck Arnley for the 76 a
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00373.html (7,716 bytes)
- 26. What ARE the diffs in 1500 engine? (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:33:11 EST
- Hello all. After reading the thread about valve cover colors (blue being spitfire not midget) I decided to actually look at the engine number. FM...(spitfire) Well, at least my two spare blocks are F
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00122.html (7,469 bytes)
- 27. Re:connections(no lbc content) (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:10:17 EST
- I think we all did something crazy when we had time and not money.(now the money but not the time)My friend had a toyota with a really nice interior, good comfy seats. Somebody thought they were pret
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00444.html (7,276 bytes)
- 28. Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:41:16 EST
- Hi again. How many miles are on that 1500? Original head gasket with twenty one years on it. Wowsers. If you get another fiber gasket (what you described) you might spray it with silver spraypaint, o
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00778.html (10,115 bytes)
- 29. Fulcrum Pin Repair Kit- whats in it? (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 04:01:37 EST
- Hi everyone. I am curious what is in the "fulcrum pin repair kit" Moss part #264-195 is it a pin and new bushes that need to be welded or brazed into the A-arm or some other "nifty" kind of repair? A
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00869.html (7,052 bytes)
- 30. Re: More Info: Original 1500 Engine (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 11:40:08 EDT
- The head may have been replaced at some time, which wouldnt change the block number. If the head has four pipe plugs on top along the manifold side then it has been desmogged.Would spitifires prior
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00056.html (8,718 bytes)
- 31. Some people... (minor lbc content) (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 02:11:09 EDT
- Hi all. I wouldnt normally contribute a story like this, but it bugged me enough that I thought I would share this with you. I was sitting in my 75 Midget at the bank drive through when I heard a boy
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00530.html (7,904 bytes)
- 32. on reassembly of my kingpins... (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 04:05:59 EDT
- Hi everyone. This is my first foray into rebuilding my front suspension on my 75 Midget. Until now all I have done is remove the lower arm, swivel axle, and shock from my parts car, disassemble, clea
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00707.html (7,909 bytes)
- 33. Re:' 77 1500 head removal (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:51:47 EST
- Hi all! I have always had better luck pulling the head after unscrewing the studs from the block. I take all the nuts and washers off, and screw two nuts onto each stud, turn the nuts together and un
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00811.html (7,185 bytes)
- 34. Free to a good home.... (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:19:23 EST
- Hello everyone. must make. My parts car is no longer welcome at my Grandfathers house. It has no title, no tags, and no serious rust. I really wanted to keep the quarter panels and rockers for possib
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00819.html (7,443 bytes)
- 35. for all the money in that space shuttle...(no lbc content) (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:45:09 EST
- Hi everyone. Just a quick wink.... Ive driven some real jalopies and no matter how bad I dont remember EVER leaving a door laying around on takeoff.... ;^> Just joking around. I really hope everythin
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00996.html (6,990 bytes)
- 36. A question on wheel bearings (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:18:04 EST
- Hi everyone. I was taking the bearings out of my front hubs and noticed that some of them fall right apart, and others stay together. When I pulled one of the hubs, the inner bearing came out of the
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01018.html (7,761 bytes)
- 37. in Re of steering rack lubing(later cars) (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:42:46 EST
- Hello all. I just wanted to add something to the thread about lubing the racks. If this is already common knowledge forgive me, as I just realized this. The later racks ( Haynes says GAN5-114643 on a
- /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01077.html (6,467 bytes)
- 38. Re: bugeye 500 mile (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 11:36:59 EDT
- Another possibility is that the mechanical advance springs (or even one of them) have come loose or broken, allowing the timing to advance fully at a very low rpm. Put a timing light on it and watch
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00940.html (7,181 bytes)
- 39. windshield replacement (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:33:18 EDT
- Hi all! As I pulled into my driveway this afternoon I realized just how pitted and milky edged my windshield is. Has anyone purchased a windshield through VB or Moss or ? The idea of recieving a box
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg01160.html (6,897 bytes)
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