- 1. Re[2]: Midget behaving badly again... what to do? (score: 1)
- Author: fooshst <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 11:00:55 -0500
- Hello Wiedemeyer, I wouldn't think the speedo would register at all when the car is falling from sufficient altitude to gain 150 mph..... ;) Best regards, fooshst mailto:fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00008.html (9,923 bytes)
- 2. Re: Heater hoses no longer LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 20:11:12 -0500
- My excupholder's Sunbird blew a hose that required removing the timing belt to replace. I love GM. At least Triumphs have character! -- 1987 RX-7 TII: 1/4 mile and mpg numbers about the same. MCMLXIX
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00186.html (8,910 bytes)
- 3. Re: My Rear End is Howling, no joking!! (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 16:30:53 -0500
- Sheesh, I thought I knew what "tight" meant, but wow! So, um, how much sawdust? Full as in all the way, or about 1/4? Just a sprinkle (while holding a dead chicken?) to cure your woes? -- 1987 RX-7 T
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00254.html (10,917 bytes)
- 4. points (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 17:17:13 -0500
- Greetings list. I just replaced the points on my Sprite, and can't get the car to fire. It ran (poorly, due to no gap in the points) and now won't. Argh. Can someone give me an accurate list of the c
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00256.html (7,390 bytes)
- 5. Re: Heater hoses no longer LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 17:30:12 -0500
- Which? "Timing belt".....? -- 1987 RX-7 TII: Japanese version of British electrics. 1990 GS 500-E: Japanese version of British corrosion control. MCMLXIX Sprite: The World Standard. Eddie Irvine: 199
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00257.html (7,983 bytes)
- 6. Re: points (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 20:36:22 -0500
- THANKS! And I noticed you didn't use too many big words :) It's too hot here in Florida to do anything while the sun's out, so working on it is a challenge, especially on my ability to think. I sure
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00262.html (10,676 bytes)
- 7. Re: Free AH3000... worth about as much (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:13:54 -0500
- Threaten it with a running car. If a freebie made it nervous, just think what a runner will do to it! -- 1987 RX-7 TII: 1/4 mile and mpg numbers about the same. MCMLXIX Sprite: "Motor Toad" Regressiv
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00324.html (8,121 bytes)
- 8. wiring and thanks! (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:48:16 -0500
- First off, a million thanks for the dizzy help! I got the little beast back on the road this afternoon, and she's better than ever! Now I have to back the idle down from 1500 rpm. I swear I put it ba
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00327.html (8,048 bytes)
- 9. Re: other car lists (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:59:42 -0500
- I think LBC's draw a more..... tolerant crowd. Yeah, that's the word. People who know what's important and what can be brushed aside. I think more philosophically in-depth and more in tune with their
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00493.html (9,722 bytes)
- 10. Re: 1500 Engine Oil (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:13:39 -0500
- To go along with the other replies, the biggest danger I've heard of is switching between types, as seals absorb one and then when the other is used, the seals don't get fed and tend to leak profusel
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00494.html (8,684 bytes)
- 11. brake press switch (score: 1)
- Author: sfooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 23:06:41 -0500
- Greetings, list. I've got a problem with the brake differential pressure switch on my MCMLXIX Mk. IV Sprite. The device hasn't worked in the 3 years I've had the car, and it now leaks out the electri
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00174.html (7,357 bytes)
- 12. Re: More on beer (very little lbc; no spridget content ) (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 12:10:59 -0500
- We give out an anual prize for the fastest Brit car at our autox; 5 Specled Hens and a quart of 20W-50 Castrol. "English six pack."
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00196.html (8,404 bytes)
- 13. Re: info wanted on Midget from 1973 (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 19:32:51 -0500
- I love the luxury and convenience of my '69 with roll up windows and padded dash, but I'd KILL for some rear tire clearance. I've looked at replacing or cutting the fenders sometime in the future. As
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00214.html (10,085 bytes)
- 14. Re: Advice sought, minor LBC (score: 1)
- Author: sfooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 19:12:09 -0500
- I have no suggestions better than those posted already (please teach her to use any weapons issued, also :), but I would like to applaude you for entrusting you r daughter with an olde English motor
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00315.html (10,449 bytes)
- 15. Re: Cooling garages/Doors/Horns (score: 1)
- Author: sfooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 19:32:58 -0500
- Not having a garage, I'm not very sympathetic :), but my friend has a large centrifugal fan in his garage (where I do a lot of work on my RX-7). Very much worth the cost of one, as it has a huge amou
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00317.html (9,008 bytes)
- 16. Re: Fuel Gauge (score: 1)
- Author: sfooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 19:38:59 -0500
- Could it possibly have been mixed up with a "positive earth" (sounds so optimistic, doesn't it?) unit?
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00318.html (11,302 bytes)
- 17. Re: Minilite & Tires again followup..... Help Tires are rubbing !!! (score: 1)
- Author: sfooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 18:24:02 -0500
- I have the same size (or maybe 60-series...?) tires on my wahr wheels with similar results. Scrapes on hard (aren't they all, though?) left turns with or without passenger. I spent about 45 minutes w
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00393.html (9,417 bytes)
- 18. Re: thermostat issues (score: 1)
- Author: sfooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 18:37:55 -0500
- One other small thing that might help, I've found a product called PB Blaster that makes WD-40 look like gear oil. It is better than any other Liquid Wrench type product I've ever used and seems to d
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00395.html (8,960 bytes)
- 19. Re: A year on the list - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:09:57 -0500
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1E33774CD9C938F2090276D9 Let me second that motion. Even though I'm new to this list, I've been on several RX-7 lists and the behavior and camaraderie o
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00396.html (9,559 bytes)
- 20. Re: brake balancing (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Fooshee <fooshst@stumail.gc.cc.fl.us>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:23:34 -0500
- I'm not sure about this on the '74, but I can't imagine they got much more technologically advanced than '69. The brake "idle" point, or where it sits relative to the drum when the brakes are not app
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00508.html (8,986 bytes)
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