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21. Re: Chassis I.D. number (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 21:06:46 -0400; The G means the car was assembled at the Abingdon plant, and the fact that I know that means I am a truly obsessive personality . Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It i; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01136.html (8,659 bytes)
22. Re: Chassis I.D. number (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 08:23:33 -0400; Yes, all of them WERE made at Abingdon (except for the M cars noted), making the G suffix rather redundant for the Sprites and Midgets. But BMC had other facilities for other lines of their products,; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01155.html (12,819 bytes)
23. Re: Abingdon? (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 12:45:42 -0400; According to Anders Clausager, the first 20 pre-production Big Healeys (Healey 100) were made at Warwick, before production began at Longbridge in May 1953. All Fifty-five 100S models were made at Wa; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01158.html (9,186 bytes)
24. Re: Back from Italy (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 08:08:33 -0400; Welcome home, Jeff! I spent a week in Naples in March, and the most interesting driving experience I had was that the red traffic lights are just "suggestions". Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midge; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01190.html (7,669 bytes)
25. Re: rust removal off small parts (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 08:28:07 -0400; The standard metal prep solution (mostly phosphoric acid) that is available from local auto parts stores will also remove all the rust from small parts if they are left to soak. Steve Byers Havelock,; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01191.html (9,815 bytes)
26. Re: Removing needle-bearing pilot bush (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:29:16 -0400; The pilot bush I took out of my '73 1275 engine was solid, but the one V-B provided as a replacement was a caged needle bearing. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01290.html (8,075 bytes)
27. Re: What I need is a flowchart... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:26:53 -0400; Sounds like you have either a bad starter, or some dirty/corroded connections in the starter circuit. The click you hear when you turn the key is the starter relay operating to apply battery voltage; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01350.html (11,118 bytes)
28. Re: Elizabeth's GT (Get Together) (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 13:41:01 -0400; Thinking about it. It's not my Midget that would keep me from going. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool than to spea; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01524.html (9,168 bytes)
29. Re: Caliper Rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:04:07 -0400; 1. Remove the caliper. 2. Remove the brake pads/shims, etc. 3. Use air pressure to remove the pistons from the cylinders. Be very careful when you do this because they come out with some force. Keep; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01530.html (9,091 bytes)
30. Re: Elizabeth's GT (Get Together) (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:59:29 -0400; << Thinking about it. It's not my Midget that would keep me from going. >> Conflict with another British car function closer to home, or business commitments I couldn't get out of. Wife, maybe. While; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01561.html (8,963 bytes)
31. Cruising in the Midget (was: Re: Elizabeth's GT (Get Together) ) (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:52:04 -0400; his my usual meandering route, is 1700 miles. I have done this the last three years in a row in my Midget, going up for the vintage car races. Some part of this is on interstate highways, out of abs; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01617.html (10,865 bytes)
32. Re: Sprite compliments defeat Lucas... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:08:45 -0400; I was more interested in why the fuel pump was returning from tennis with the blonde. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01628.html (8,079 bytes)
33. Re: Part Or Fix (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:27:47 -0400; Hey, here's a word for y'all: down here in eastern North Carolina, that's called "mommicked", as in "them holes are mommicked up". Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01848.html (8,678 bytes)
34. Re: annual siezed clutch disk to flywheel (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:47:30 -0500; Mine is a year-round driver, too, but my thought is that it would help to start the engine and use the clutch to move the car (just slightly) occasionally. The problem is that moisture and the pressu; /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg01949.html (8,728 bytes)
35. Re: 1275 Oil Filters (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 20:21:51 -0400; Down here on the N.C. coast, the local Autozone carries the Deutsch brand of filters. Correct Deutsch oil filter for my '73 Midget 1275 is D366. The local Advance store carries the Purolator brand,; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00050.html (9,241 bytes)
36. Re: Car show judging, now OE tools (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:37:29 -0400; refit I usually jack the rear at the rear spring front attach plate, using a piece of wood between a trolley or scissors jack and the plate. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01327.html (8,774 bytes)
37. Re: Gauge makings (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:47:33 -0400; The actual temperatures of the sections of the gauge are not really important. It merely provides a general range of undesirable operation (the white sections), and normal (the black section). Howev; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01491.html (9,163 bytes)
38. Re: Rule Brittania (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:10:19 -0400; Actually, in the USA a Mars bar (chocolate, nougat, and almonds), a Milky Way (chocolate and nougat), and a Snickers (chocolate, nougat, and peanuts) are all brand names and are three different thing; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01597.html (8,149 bytes)
39. Re: Alternator Lights, Engine Bay Chirps and Leaks (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 20:41:15 -0400; The common denominator for all the symptoms is the fan belt. A slipping belt is the only "chirping" noise I've ever heard from an engine. Water pumps normally start leaking from the weep hole before; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01632.html (10,959 bytes)
40. Re: wiper motor wiring and cable (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 07:01:19 -0400; Having several later style wiper motors, none of which will park the wipers on my '73 Midget, I disassembled a few to investigate and did some continuity testing on the switching to try to figure ou; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01675.html (10,187 bytes)

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