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41. Re: Topping up Front Dampers (No GM/Ford Engine Content) (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:41:02 -0500
I run almost straight stp in my front shocks, 50/50 gear oil and STp in the rears. 1961 MG Midget vintage racer. You have to heat the STP to get it in. Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00175.html (7,942 bytes)

42. Re: Spec Sprite Proposal (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 09:27:04 -0500
For what it's worth, racing a 1/4 elliptic car without adding a panhard rod is asking for trouble. Even 165 series tires will rub the inner fenders bigtime when cornering hard on a track, since the 1
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00297.html (10,976 bytes)

43. Re: 948/Datsun 5-Speed (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:35:41 -0500
Would using the thick engine back plate from a later car work? The 948's have a thinner pressed steel plate, while the later cars have a cast iron plate. This would give you about 1/4" more clearance
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00401.html (8,827 bytes)

44. Re: Fasteners (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 09:29:25 -0500
Be careful with stainless fasteners in non-stainless holes, so to speak. Stainless can gall badly, and effectively seize in holes pretty easily, and it's so hard that it's almost impossible to drill
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00436.html (8,222 bytes)

45. Re: Re[2]: Fasteners (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:26:12 -0500
I buy boxes, usually 100 at a time, of the common sizes I use, in plated grade 8, and use them for everything that uses an external wrenching cap screw (hex head bolt to normal people) outside of the
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00447.html (11,835 bytes)

46. Re: Fasteners (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:31:46 -0500
To my knowledge, marine stainless is about the equivalent of grade 2 SAE, or ungraded. The only advantage stainless has is it doesn't corrode. Personally, I use brass nuts on studs for the exhaust ma
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00448.html (8,901 bytes)

47. RE: neversieze WAS RE: fasteners (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 07:45:32 -0500
Permatex, the same guys that make Loctite. Just look for anti-seize compound. Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00477.html (7,428 bytes)

48. Re: Bearings - how tight - reply to all (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 08:52:05 -0500
Good on you for having such a nice guy machinist, and for finding the problem. After several heartaches, I now have all engines I build (for the first time, when I'm unfamiliar with the engines histo
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00695.html (10,063 bytes)

49. Re: Bearings - how tight - reply to all (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:46:05 -0500
Experience: Another way of saying "been there, done that, paid the bills..." Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00717.html (8,087 bytes)

50. Re: Fw: Re Frontline products etc. (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:57:13 -0500
Y'all know about the Winners Circle homepage as well, don't you... Always like to check twice before cutting a cheque... WWW.Spridgets.com/ Brian
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00718.html (10,132 bytes)

51. Re: Sprite Mk2 Article (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 08:34:39 -0500
I have an early Mk1 Midget - GAN1L-218. Very complete, but needs total restoration. I sent to BHT for the build date, etc, and it was built in the month before production officially started! It's wai
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00790.html (9,170 bytes)

52. Re: Engine Rebuild Questions (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:07:50 -0500
Comments interspersed below...Brian It's not hard, and ask if you get lost. Main thing is to decide now that you'll probably assemble it three times before you're done, to check various things, so do
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00792.html (13,190 bytes)

53. Re: clutch slave cyl & gearbox bracket [pulling engine] (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:11:27 -0500
It's easier, IMHO, to remove the engine and gear box separately. Just undo the bolts that hold the tranny to the engine, and wiggle, and it'll come loose. Make sure to support the front of the tranny
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00793.html (9,123 bytes)

54. Re: Steering Rack Lube (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:13:31 -0500
The problem with grease is it's the wrong stuff, but you do use a grease gun to install the oil. Just pour oil into the butt end of a grease gun, and use it to inject the oil into the rack. Extremely
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00850.html (7,891 bytes)

55. Re: rocker removal? (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:24:23 -0500
Since you can see the entire inner rocker, less the bit at the rear, from inside the car, check them out that way. The best way to remove the outers is with a cutting torch, and a steady hand, follow
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00851.html (7,797 bytes)

56. Re: Front Hubs (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 08:23:38 -0500
I set up my suspension with 3/8" of spacer under the shock, and negative camber offset bushes in the upper trunnion ( at the end of the shock arm). I have poly bushes, non offset, in the lower a-arm.
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00873.html (8,547 bytes)

57. Re: converting to unleaded (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:06:36 -0500
I've been running my cars on unleaded for a number of years without having to do a formal conversion. Some have gone 30,000 km. A friend participated in study of the actual effect of unleaded in cars
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00875.html (7,918 bytes)

58. Re: Front Hubs (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:07:45 -0500
No I haven't, since I got the setup I wanted with the stuff I had. 2 Deg is too much for the tires I use, I get quite equal tire temps across the tread with about 1 deg. Neg. I use Dunlop 450L-13 204
/html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00878.html (8,331 bytes)

59. Re: Midget Pistons Question (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 09:37:13 -0500
Makes no difference at all - the pistons in one of my race engines are backwards, and have been for years. Aftermarket pistons often aren't marked at all! Brian
/html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00003.html (6,985 bytes)

60. Re: Question for the list. (score: 1)
Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 09:53:16 -0500
She not only pays for all of my cars, she often finds them, too. She owned the MGB for years before I met her, and last week she made me drive well out of our way to look at a Midget that she'd heard
/html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00004.html (7,448 bytes)

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