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21. Missing Midget VINS (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 14:07:07 -0500
VB catalog lists the ending VIN for '67 and the first VIN for '68 as "Not Available" for the Midget MK3. Anybody have any ideas what these are? Thanks... adrian -- ___________________________________
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00573.html (6,945 bytes)

22. Re: Crankshaft nut (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 11:04:46 -0500
I bought mine at a local auto-parts place. East Tennessee is known for its interest in muscle cars, especially out on this side of town :-) so strange tools are easy to come by! Anyway, I believe for
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00591.html (10,093 bytes)

23. Re: Install Engine With Head On or Off ?? (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 12:29:50 -0500
I, too, take the head off to reduce weight, and also separate from the transmission, leaving it in the car. I reinstall the engine without the head and put it on after the engine is in place and bolt
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00599.html (9,414 bytes)

24. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 09:06:25 -0500
boiling a fuel tank? somehow i missed this discussion. Is that how you clean bad gas gunk and stuff out of the tank or what? adrian -- ______________________________________ J. Adrian Barnes adrian@u
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00648.html (7,257 bytes)

25. Re: Safety issues (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 19:31:58 -0500
RUBBER BUMPERS! heh heh...sorry...I couldn't resist. I have heard of people reinforcing the doors with steel beams for some side impact protection, but don't know anything about it. Those doors are p
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00676.html (9,477 bytes)

26. Re: Dreamers? (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 07:34:09 -0500
I guess it depends on what you are looking for. If it is rust-free, and you need a rust-free car but welding is too expensive, then that is a cheap alternative. I paid $400 for a body with less than
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00683.html (8,505 bytes)

27. Re: Safety issues (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 07:39:16 -0500
Yeah, but you can kill two birds with one stone, and not only upgrade your safety, but your "style and sophistication"* at the same time! ;-) adrian * If anybody has ever watched Red Dwarf, the quote
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00685.html (9,020 bytes)

28. Quality time with the Midgets... (score: 1)
Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:31:08 -0500
Well, it looks like my house-buying is totally out of my hands and waiting for the VA's approval, so I will finally have time this weekend to spend some quality time reassembling the engine, and hope
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00702.html (7,314 bytes)

29. Midget Pistons Question (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:17:49 -0500
Apparently my mail server decided to lose all my mail from today...great! Hope I didn't miss too much! I spent the entire day trying to reassemble the 1500 engine. All I got done was getting the pist
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00789.html (9,118 bytes)

30. Re: Midget Pistons Question (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:44:51 -0500
Sorry...I didn't think about that. The tops are flat, no indentions on top (higher compression pistons). The arrows are on top of the piston reading ".020 -->" or something similar, with the arrow su
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00791.html (8,751 bytes)

31. Re: Midget Pistons Question (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:11:19 -0500
I have no idea...I got them from a fellow who races midgets, and he got them from VB...straight out of the catalog on page 68 (SM.24) so I assume that they don't cause anything weird to happen, like
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00794.html (8,837 bytes)

32. Re: Midget Pistons Question (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:36:15 -0500
the engine hasn't been started in well over three years, and is totally disassembled on the garage floor spread out on newspaper! ;-) that and the car consists of metal and a wiring harness and nothi
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00796.html (10,039 bytes)

33. Re: Still No Joy (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 22:02:51 -0500
This sounds too much like problems a friend of mine is having with her Honda. We replaced the waterpump (it was leaking), the clutch (throwout bearing was rattling), wires, distributor cap, timing be
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00811.html (9,283 bytes)

34. Re: Still No Joy (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 22:54:17 -0500
Is the vacuum system isolated to the manifold/carb? I have never seen a vacuum system totally replaced by a carb/manifold swap. Most all of them I have seen have hoses running all over the place. oh
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00813.html (10,772 bytes)

35. Re: Question for the list. (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 06:58:37 -0500
My "girlfriend" is the one who called around to find the rust-free, stripped down body I am using for the restoration. She managed to find a British Car shop in town I had never heard of. She does, h
/html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00822.html (9,260 bytes)

36. Re: FW: oil leaks (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:20:32 -0400
I rebuilt an engine and replaced all the seals..had leaks when i put it back together. Had a "real" mechanic fix some of them, but always and forever had the obligatory drip squirting out from under
/html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00031.html (8,815 bytes)

37. Re: FW: This is great! (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:24:27 -0400
Hey greg! I have a '75 Midget rust pile for parts and a '76 body. It will be a '75 when I am done because I don't have the VIN for the '76. Plus all the running gear will be from the '75. I have had
/html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00043.html (8,020 bytes)

38. Re: Who's on this new list? (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 11:36:27 -0400
Keep me posted about this...I had asked about doing this to my rubber bumper midget some time ago and it seemed nobody knew anything about it. Is there a kit somewhere or do I have to be a mechanica
/html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00053.html (9,415 bytes)

39. Midget Disks WAS: Who's on this new list? (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 12:16:16 -0400
The rear brakes are drums... adrian -- __________________________________ email: adrian@icx.net adrian@utk.edu "How about going back to sleep for a few minutes and forgetting all this nonsense" -Gre
/html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00059.html (8,336 bytes)

40. Re: Midget Disks WAS: Who's on this new list? (score: 1)
Author: Adrian <adrian@utk.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 14:04:10 -0400
Oh okay...I was hoping somebody was going to tackle the 4-disk conversion for me and tell me how it works! :-) I don't know too much about the earlier generations of the cars, but what better forum t
/html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00069.html (9,094 bytes)

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