- 1. [Spridgets] Electrical Problem (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:45:02 +0000
- Hey guys! Hope everyone is doing well and your Spridgets are running great! My '79 has a problem that I have tinkered with for months but have never cracked the nut. It is a problem also that keeps t
- /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00651.html (7,912 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Spridgets] Suspension woes (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:02:07 +0000
- Good information! Question, though: If the rack IS too tight, how do you determine where and which guage shim to place to align the rack? I am thinking some use with a feeler guage? --David C. If 4 o
- /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00706.html (10,378 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Spridgets] Rack Clearances (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:15:39 +0000
- Thanks Jim. Here's where I am in terms of front steering. I replaced the flimsy steering rack in my '79 with an early beefier rack from a 1275. Everything works just fine, except the steering feels "
- /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00721.html (9,753 bytes)
- 4. [Spridgets] Rack Service (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:24:10 +0000
- Speaking of replacing a rack, here is an interesting piece: http://www.mgexperience.net/article/steering-rack-service.html --David C. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean that
- /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00722.html (6,575 bytes)
- 5. [Spridgets] Radio (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:45:07 +0000
- Not much help with radio installation, but if you want a super radio station, if you like bluegrass music, go to: http://www.wdvx.com/webcast.html WDVX is a very small 200-watt station in Knoxville T
- /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00745.html (7,141 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Spridgets] Modern radio (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:21:11 +0000
- Uh. . .Good Will? 8^) --David C. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean that one enjoys it? _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/d
- /html/spridgets/2008-04/msg00771.html (7,623 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Spridgets] Anyone near Boone, NC? No LBC* (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 13:25:08 +0000
- Sic em, Ed! --David C. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean that one enjoys it? _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00002.html (9,064 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Spridgets] Pertronix and plug gaps (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 12:31:01 +0000
- FWIW I have been running a Crane XR700 electronic ignition without a ballast in my '79 Midget for many years without any attention whatsoever. Totally satisfied with the switch. --David C. If 4 out o
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00043.html (8,641 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Spridgets] Spring Hanger (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 12:38:58 +0000
- I think I agree with tinydog. I have always heard that if you get into having to replace the spring hangers the car is too far gone to restore, unless you are willing to pour lots of moolah into the
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00044.html (9,883 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Spridgets] HOW THE HELL... (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:11 +0000
- I think rubbers now come in Extra Large sizes so you don't have to do all that pulling apart with two people. . .! (I never buy them so I am going just on what I hear.) 8^) --David C. If 4 out of 5 p
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00120.html (8,519 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Spridgets] It's always something (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 13:08:29 +0000
- I have never done this, but I understand that some auto paint stores, like NAPA, have computerized scanners that will scan a paint chip or painted body part and come up with the specific formula for
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00194.html (10,368 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Spridgets] It's always something (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 14:36:24 +0000
- Hmmm--A hardware store question!! 8^) I suppose there are as many shades of black as there are shades of red, green, blue, or lamps. Not sure how specific the computerized scanners get--as I noted, I
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00200.html (9,474 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Spridgets] It's always something* (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:42:26 +0000
- Our local NAPA store has one--they do a big business in Auto paint. Wouldn't suggest not trying. 8^) --David C. "Those who matter don't judge me ... those who judge me don't matter." -- Anonymous ___
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00241.html (9,004 bytes)
- 14. [Spridgets] Tennessee Shyster--No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 01:40:07 +0000
- I went to pick up a car for my son's ex-significant other today. We gave her the car, a '97 Pontiac Grand Am into which I had just installed a 24 K engine, about 3 years ago. She lost her job, then h
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00261.html (8,821 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Spridgets] Tennessee Shyster--No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:32 +0000
- Yep David--I was telling my wife on the way home from that escapade that this is the very reason why I do all my own building, drywalling, electric, plumbing, general fixing and as much car repair as
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00281.html (8,698 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Spridgets] Tennessee Shyster--No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 17:57:29 +0000
- Good for you Kate! Dealerships are another bit of real estate I keep my cars out of. 8^) --David C. "Those who matter don't judge me ... those who judge me don't matter." -- Anonymous _______________
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00288.html (11,045 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Spridgets] Glass Polishing* (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:09:11 +0000
- I bought a kit from Eastwood that has a special buffer and a powdered compound that you mix with water to polish small scratches out. It works pretty well. I bought the "fine" kit which is supposed t
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00355.html (8,247 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Spridgets] Painted my MG (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:51:37 +0000
- AND that you didn't make the same mistake as a horror story I heard several years ago--a guy painted his car in the basement, red, I think, only to find that the mist had been picked up by the air co
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00386.html (9,290 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Spridgets] another deep pink Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:55:22 +0000
- Unrestored? Deep Pink? I wasn't aware they came in Deep Pink in '62. Oh well, live and learn. 8^) --David C. "Those who matter don't judge me ... those who judge me don't matter." -- Anonymous ______
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00387.html (9,154 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Spridgets] Tach connections* (score: 1)
- Author: dlancer7676@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 21:33:51 +0000
- Hey--Speaking of wiring diagrams being lame and our aging eyesight failing, several years ago I took the wiring diagram to a copier that would blow images up and made super-size images of separate pa
- /html/spridgets/2008-05/msg00431.html (8,993 bytes)
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