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181. Re: Re: Re[2]: 3.9 rear so what to use?? (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:58:36 -0700; The 1275 with the 3.9 is a very good combo. First, the characteristic whine from the ribcase 1st and rev gears is GONE! Second, freway cruising is easy as pie and gives great mileage. Third, the Dat; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00557.html (7,925 bytes)
182. Dixon all Brit show (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:17:56 -0700; The annual all Brit show sponsored by the local club was this last Sunday. Poor little blue-collar Austin Powerless (my 1958 A35)was in the Winner's Circle this year and had little chance against all; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00752.html (8,371 bytes)
183. Re: Dixon all Brit show (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:31:28 -0700; Personally, I haven't a clue. I find that a mechanics rag or paper towel is just fine for a garage paint job. The "checkbook boys" seemed to like one of the disposable "Swiffer" thingies. People with; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg00799.html (7,304 bytes)
184. manifold gasket sealing (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 13:46:03 -0700; I was in a machineshop today that does lots of V-8s, and he pointed out to me that he doesn't use any exhaust manifold gasket at all. He mills the exhaust manifold and head faces flat and bolts them; /html/spridgets/2007-05/msg01054.html (7,430 bytes)
185. [Spridgets] tires (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:46:31 -0700; Guys, I was dong a search for tires and found a Craiglist ad from a guy in the LA area that has about 100 new 165/70/13 tires. I e-mailed him and got the following reply: "I have Kumho, Hankook, GT C; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00069.html (7,185 bytes)
186. Re: [Spridgets] tires (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:25:40 -0700; Sorry Billy, but for anyone not from LA, Orange County IS in the LA area. I was born in Torrance and raised in Gardena, schooled in Riverside, and started my career at UCLA. But once I moved to North; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00074.html (7,589 bytes)
187. [Spridgets] more on tires (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:32:14 -0700; I'm sorry guys, I forgot the improtant part....................................he wants $15 each that should interest the we-tight crowd. If I hadn't just cleaned out the side yard by finding a sucke; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00085.html (7,007 bytes)
188. [Spridgets] 5-sp clutch problem (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:15:16 -0700; If the master cylinder piston does not return all the way home to rest position, the little hole that lets more fluid in ahead of the piston will not be uncovered and the system will try to push the; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00132.html (6,919 bytes)
189. Re: [Spridgets] Hello - it's been a while (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:31:24 -0700; Hi Brian, Long time gone. Good to have you back. I remember your leaf green BE from the open house at Mini Mania when they were still in Milpitas. Pretty pretty paint. Glen __________________________; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00144.html (7,738 bytes)
190. Re: [Spridgets] OSH has Pozidrive bits (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:05:19 -0700; Or you could skip the whole overblown bar bet debate thing and just use the same large Phillips screw driver that has sucessfully removed and replaced them a few hundred times. Glen _________________; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00519.html (7,453 bytes)
191. Re: [Spridgets] OSH has Pozidrive bits (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:26:50 -0700; If it works, it works. I owned a VW Vannogon for 10 years and did all my own work on it. Every time you open a VW service manual you are instructed on what special VW tool will be required to do what; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00523.html (8,463 bytes)
192. Re: [Spridgets] Emblem question (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:24:29 -0700; The crest as it appears on the Austin Healey Sprite is the same as the one that appeared on Austins long before Healey. I would assume that it is the Austin crest. The diamonds stand for "constancy",; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00742.html (7,727 bytes)
193. Re: [Spridgets] Emblem question (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:17:54 -0700; If, as Treavor says, the other symbol on the Austin crest is a sheaf of wheat, then it represents "The harvest of one's hopes has been secured". So I guess the summary is that the Austin family "Secu; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00743.html (7,738 bytes)
194. Re: [Spridgets] Thanks (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:54:40 -0700; I'll post a pic or two this evening. It works great and is very unobtrusive. I've seen the Spitfire latches on a bugeye and it just seems so wrong somehow. With the Dzus fasteners, its leaves only ve; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00852.html (7,349 bytes)
195. [Spridgets] forward tilt Dzuz photos (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:03:41 -0700; OK, I finally got both the camera and a working internet connection into the same room, so here are the photos of how I hold down the forward tilt bonnet with Dzuz fasteners. It hurts to post these w; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg00896.html (7,066 bytes)
196. [Spridgets] Ipod stereo for bugsy (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:37:15 -0700; Does anyone have a recommendation for a thoroughly modern, Ipod compatible head unit? I'm planning to install a stereo in Bugsy for the first time and want to have my Ipod so I don't run out of tunes; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg01222.html (8,121 bytes)
197. Re: [Spridgets] Ipod stereo for bugsy (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:44:09 -0700; I went to the audio store at lunch and got a JVC 200W system with a direct plug for the pod. The headphone answer is clearly the best for the quality of sound in a bugeye, but its definitely illegal.; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg01233.html (9,328 bytes)
198. Re: [Spridgets] exhaust wrap (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:43:10 -0700; I've used header wrap on the turbo exit pipe for years and haven't seen accelerated corrosion. I think the difference in experience across the country may be due to the climate conditions. When the h; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg01370.html (9,301 bytes)
199. [Spridgets] roll bars (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:26:50 -0700; I posted this to the British Car Forum for a giggle, but I'm getting no responses. So lets try the ultimate font of Spridget knowledge: I'm in the process of installing a roll bar in Bugsy. I'm bolti; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg01468.html (7,853 bytes)
200. [Spridgets] stupid "LBC" story (score: 1): Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:18:32 -0700; I was at Kragen this week and the kid behind the counter saw my Spridgets@autox tee-shirt. He looked out to the parking lot and asked about the A35. He then offered that his brother-in-law was also i; /html/spridgets/2007-06/msg01524.html (7,542 bytes)

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