- 81. Re: SU Carb -- Float Leaking (score: 1)
- Author: Curtis Carlson <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 16:10:09 -0700
- On My HS2's, there's a small aluminum deflector immediately under the fuel line to the rear carb...I think there's one on the front carb too, but I don't have my car at work today. Anyway, there's th
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00014.html (8,771 bytes)
- 82. Re: Frank's alternator conversion (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 16:17:54 -0500
- I used a Bosch alternator off of a Volvo engineblock sitting in my regular car's mechanic's shop. The nice thing about it was that I got the lower bracket along with the alt. and didn't have to get t
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00089.html (8,121 bytes)
- 83. Convertible windows (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:19:06 -0700
- Does anyone know if there is a way of removing minor scratches from the quarterlights and rear plastic windows of our convertible tops? I learned a little too late to keep a soft cotton towel in the
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00323.html (7,805 bytes)
- 84. Re: the Occupation Survey (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:28:02 -0600
- If anyone's interested, I'm a professional cartographer making maps for the World Wide Web and GPS based vehicle navigation systems. Curt -- Curtis Carlson '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty") __
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00676.html (8,350 bytes)
- 85. Re: Bad Clunk (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:29:39 -0600
- If your car has 1/4 elliptics, you might check the connections on the radius arms. That could cause the noise you've been hearing. Curt -- Curtis Carlson '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty") ____
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00677.html (8,750 bytes)
- 86. Re: Door check strap (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:18:51 -0600
- I replaced the ones on my Sprite soon after I got the car. I replaced mine for free, Yup, read Free (a'la Frank Clarici). I went to my local shoe repair shop, and asked for a scrap of leather about 6
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00775.html (8,331 bytes)
- 87. Re: Mk III dash question (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:42:11 -0600
- I have a '66 MkIII Sprite also. Last year, I removed the dash for repainting/recovering and to fix the holes that the DPO had put in. I discovered that the section you are talking about has been spo
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00954.html (7,950 bytes)
- 88. Re: any spare horns? (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:46:10 -0500
- I tried that with my old generator after a couple of beers and about 3 hours of frustration.....finally I decided to do Franks' alternator conversion. No more problems! -- Curtis Carlson '66 Austin H
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00183.html (8,592 bytes)
- 89. Re: water pump or dynamo? (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:16:20 -0500
- The easiest way to check that I know is to slacken the Vee belt and feel for slop or play in either the water pump or the dynamo. Of course, it's cheaper to replace the water pump, but easier to repl
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00220.html (7,935 bytes)
- 90. Re: Lake Superior Vintage Sports Car Rendezvous (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:24:12 -0500
- some guys are particular about their finish. Hey.....I resemble that remark, Phil. Congratulations on your Ralleye Win...but we all know that we wouldn't have won the "Pit Stop Challenge" if it hadn
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00400.html (8,464 bytes)
- 91. Generator indicator light (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:27:32 -0500
- Okay listers....here's a stumper for you. LUCAS strikes again: After replacing the water pump and hoses, and rebuilding the radiator on my friend Steve's 68 Sprite MkIV last week, We get it all toget
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00478.html (7,961 bytes)
- 92. Re: Generator indicator light (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:03:29 -0500
- Thanks Phil: I failed to mention that we did check the belt completely and it's turning fine with no squeal from the Gen. or from the belt. This sounds a little far-fetched, but is it possible that w
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00487.html (7,946 bytes)
- 93. Thank you. (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:30:25 -0500
- Hi Jeff: Thanks for your reply. I sorta suspected this but it really doesn't make sense. Unless having the battery disconnected from the car for some time had allowed the generator to "unpolarize". M
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00488.html (8,907 bytes)
- 94. Generator indicator light---success! (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:39:15 -0500
- Fellow Spridgeteers esp. David Ramsey & Jeff Boatright: Last nite we successfully re-polarized the generator on "Ruby", my friend Steve's '68 Sprite MkIV. That solved the indicator light thing. Wierd
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00522.html (7,620 bytes)
- 95. Quote (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:19:20 -0500
- "I guess what really summarizes why I turned out the way I did, my mother was climbing in Boulder Canyon [Colorado] and she fell while 8½ months pregnant with me in her stomach. It induced labor.
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00526.html (7,259 bytes)
- 96. Wanted: split gauge (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:13:26 -0500
- Fellow Spridgeteers! A while back, I read an article in British Car magazine about adding some supplemental gauges to our LBC's. I think it was called: "What Lucas doesn't tell you". It described how
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00717.html (7,597 bytes)
- 97. Re: split gauge (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:23:57 -0500
- Hi Mark: Thanks for the reply...the article is at home and I only have email/fax at work. I'd be happy to photocopy it and fax it to you at next Monday if that'd be alright. Regarding Alan Fisher. Yu
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00759.html (8,523 bytes)
- 98. Re: SU Carb -- Float Leaking (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:10:09 -0500
- Mine did this on my Sprite MKIII last year. Decided to do it in the middle of our funkhana and spurted gasoline directly onto the exhaust pipe! Yikes! No fire, but I was scared S**tless! Anyway, chec
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00813.html (10,090 bytes)
- 99. Re: Sprite newsletters (score: 1)
- Author: carlson@navtech.com (Curtis Carlson)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 15:06:47 -0500
- Okay all you Spridgeteers: I'm trying to complete my collection of Rick Moses' Sprite newsletters. Does anyone have the following issues which could be faxed or photocopied for me? I have a pretty go
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00825.html (8,174 bytes)
- 100. Re: SU Carb -- Float Leaking (score: 1)
- Author: Curtis Carlson <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:50:05 -0700
- Oops, Tom is right.....I meant tube.....by the way, your local hobby store is an excellent place to find those brass tubes, and they're soft enough that you won't damage the soft metal of the SU floa
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00860.html (11,835 bytes)
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