- 101. Re: CA Smog and the DMV (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 17:52:38 +0100
- The more things change, the more they stay the same! My dad and his buddies used to do this in the '40s and '50s with their hot rods! ctp
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00346.html (7,707 bytes)
- 102. Electric windows...sacrilege (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:03:47 +0100
- I would opt for the Jag emblem myself. Just to keep it in the family ;-) ctp PS - I almost bought a 'V12' emblem at a swap meet, but was out of money...I was going to put it (temporarily) on the back
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00347.html (7,406 bytes)
- 103. Re: build your own Eezibleed for less than $10 (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:13:10 +0100
- Is that the Tilton of Tilton Brake fame?...if it is, he makes great brakes! Either way I'm interested. ctp
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00348.html (8,123 bytes)
- 104. Re: Midget (MK III) Interior (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:11:12 +0100
- Masonite will break if bent like that panel. I would cut it at the bend point and look for a way to rejoin the pieces in a hinge-ish sort of arangement...careful use of wide mystic tape might be enou
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00349.html (8,716 bytes)
- 105. My promises...and a baby! (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:21:57 +0100
- Hi Listers, I have recently promised a few things to a few people on the lists (pictures, measurements, etc.). I need to tell you that it may be a week or two before I can get to them...between the w
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00350.html (7,331 bytes)
- 106. Fuel gauge trouble, part 2 (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 20:08:07 +0100
- So I checked my sender's resistance, it looks ok. But, with the key on I have no voltage going to the sender. All of the green wires which feed the switched systems seem to be in place, but I don't
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00359.html (7,250 bytes)
- 107. Re: originality, part 2, short (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 20:18:33 +0100
- Sure they will!...mount them sidways, mid way up on the side curtain. Those with long hair or large sideburns need to watch out that they don't get them caught in the mechanism when it's operating th
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00361.html (8,364 bytes)
- 108. Masonite 101...was-Re: Midget (MK III) Interior (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:28:34 +0100
- Regarding Masonite (TM) I can almost promise that it will break...Masonite is made in sort of random layers or 'leaves' if you will. The shiny side is called the 'tempered' side. Masonite is brittle
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00373.html (8,579 bytes)
- 109. Re: Homebrew Eezibleed (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:17:23 +0100
- On our oval track midget, we had an Airheart brake M/C and on it's lid was an AN fitting which fit the output line of our custom built preesure bleeder. It worked great, just hook it up, crack the bl
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00374.html (9,124 bytes)
- 110. Re: Homebrew Eezibleed (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:26:24 +0100
- Hmmm...my Midget MkII had separate M/Cs. The ubiquitous cluctch one, and a similarly shaped, but larger, single circuit one for the brakes. CTP
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00375.html (9,370 bytes)
- 111. Masonite, etc... (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:15:47 -0800
- I thought this might interest the group: Sintra is not the corrugated stuff. It is a soft but strong solid plastic sheet, available in various colors and thicknesses. It's relatively inexpensive, and
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00411.html (7,564 bytes)
- 112. Re: 948 vs 1275 and the DMV (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:26:41 -0800
- I have been told (by the CA rep for Westfield, among others) that in a production vehicle it goes by the car's year, and in special construction (i.e. a kit car) it goes by the engine's year...the ma
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00413.html (9,274 bytes)
- 113. Fuel guage works!...(No Masonite content) (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:42:41 -0800
- Well folks, I got the fuel guage to work. Don't anybody make the mistake I made. The PO had disconected that circuit and taped it down against the black taped loom with...you guessed it...BLACK TAPE!
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00414.html (7,184 bytes)
- 114. Re: fasteners (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:56:52 -0800
- My 2¢ on fasteners: When re-assembling my 69 Midget, I calculated the difference in price to do the car with grade 5 and 8 bolts versus using ungraded and grade 3...it came out to be less than I sp
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00453.html (10,203 bytes)
- 115. Re[2]: fasteners (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:39:22 -0800
- Hal (et al), Don't get me wrong. I NEVER thought economics was the point, but I have known many people who go and buy the cheap stuff because they feel it's 'good enuf'. I only use the 'coffee analog
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00457.html (12,365 bytes)
- 116. Re: Re[2]: fasteners (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 21:53:53 +0100
- Yeah, I took a closer look...some of my good washers are AN, the others are just good washers... CTP
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00473.html (13,755 bytes)
- 117. Galling 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 09:44:06 -0800
- Hi folks, Yes, galling IS the transfer of metal. Try this test--> Take two cubes of butter, one in each hand. Put them flat side against each other and rub. That is what's happening to the metal when
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00489.html (8,568 bytes)
- 118. Re: Special Interest Car Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:57:21 -0800
- Here, here! Not a mile from me is a repair shop, and they are a Moss distributor. I get my Moss stuff from them for 10% off and no shipping. I just drive over and pick it up when it comes in. They ar
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00540.html (8,326 bytes)
- 119. Re: Fwd: FS: 4 wire wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:41:55 +0100
- To me, they are stunningly, drop dead, gorgeous. To my evil twin...'the chicks dig'em' ;-> CTP
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00577.html (8,299 bytes)
- 120. Chicks digging something or other...minimal LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:28:20 +0100
- OK Nory, you're right...they don't. And my lovely wife will attest to the fact that this is the only time I ever use the word 'chick' other than in reference to baby chickens. The history --> I once
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00604.html (8,729 bytes)
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