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241. Re: [Spridgets] 948 Engine rebuild questions .. (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:58 -0700
Balancing is nice on a higher performance motor. Using a harmonic balancer from a 1275 works nicely as does the double row timing chain and front cover(nice lip seal on the crank vs. leaky felt) Glen
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00020.html (6,580 bytes)

242. Re: [Spridgets] wheel bearings (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:15:42 -0700
As I understand it, the spacer and inner bearing shells, when tightened against the stub axle, will increase the effective diameter of the axle, thus making it less likely to bend and/or break. Inste
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00076.html (9,711 bytes)

243. [Spridgets] oil pressure relief nut (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:08:13 -0700 (PDT)
If you installed the adjustable oil pressure kit with the looong threaded bolt and locknut, you will find it needs to be backed all the way out till you don't feel any spring pressure and then advanc
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00229.html (8,238 bytes)

244. Re: [Spridgets] oil pres relief nut (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:01:06 -0700
That would explain why the 1"open end wrench works so well on that cap. Glen _______________________________________________ Edit your replies http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.team.net/mailma
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00269.html (6,650 bytes)

245. Re: [Spridgets] FW: wheel bearings Follow-up (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:57:02 -0700
The outside surface of the ones in my car look as you describe, but the two faces that meet the bearing races are carefully machined to a flat serface. Their intention seems clear. When torqued toget
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00280.html (7,753 bytes)

246. Re: [Spridgets] UnPractical Classics :-) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:48:48 -0700
I think Jay, oops, I mean jay, spoke for me as well. It was an unforgettable experience I will always treasure. Glen Byrns _______________________________________________ Edit your replies http://www
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00290.html (7,670 bytes)

247. [Spridgets] more EFI progress (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:56:18 -0700
I posted this yesterday but I think the UC mailserver took a dump. I now have all the bits save for hoses and clamps. I hit the Fairfield Pick-and-Pull Sunday and got two injector connectors and a st
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00291.html (8,146 bytes)

248. [Spridgets] more EFI progress (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:55:32 -0700
I now have all the bits save for hoses and clamps. I hit the Fairfield Pick-and-Pull Sunday and got two injector connectors and a steel fuel rail that can be cut and welded into the needed shape for
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00308.html (8,248 bytes)

249. [Spridgets] double post (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:56:07 -0700
Sorry about the double post on the EFI. Looks like the e-mail eaten by the campus server early this week has finally been puked out. Glen _______________________________________________ Edit your rep
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00310.html (7,586 bytes)

250. Re: [Spridgets] Oil Filter (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:05:53 -0700
_______________________________________________ Edit your replies http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00459.html (7,024 bytes)

251. Re: [Spridgets] Brass Balls (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:15:10 -0700 (PDT)
The six fingers are part of a thin steel "washer" that is pressed into place. The whole thing can be popped out and reset over the ball. _______________________________________________ Edit your repl
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00465.html (6,898 bytes)

252. Re: [Spridgets] 1967 AUSTIN GYPSY 2.2 DIESEL CLASSIC (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:40:06 -0700
Sounds like a good idea until you look at the Gypsy. That little bugger is a cube with some nicks out of it. It would take up as much space on its side as it does on its wheels. Glen ________________
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00521.html (8,853 bytes)

253. [Spridgets] Turbo EFI comes alive !! (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
It was breadboarded, with the fuel coming out of a gallon can into a pump sitting on the garage floor, but it ran! I finished the manifold this afternoon and finally dealed tha last leak in the fuel
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00552.html (7,225 bytes)

254. Re: [Spridgets] Turbo EFI comes alive !! (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:27:19 -0700
Easy question, its ahead of the turbo, not behind it. The rubber washer on top of the gulp valve is to tighten the top wire clamp which is homemade since the original little piece of wire went south.
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00556.html (7,538 bytes)

255. Re: [Spridgets] Early next month I'll go hunting for the metal scrap (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:18:20 -0700
Before I did all that hard work, I'd consider shoving a small magnet into the end of a piece of small diameter flexible tubing and poking it throuygh the dizzy hole and fishing around the pan for at
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00581.html (7,773 bytes)

256. [Spridgets] California sliding away....NOT! (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:48:31 -0700
I dated a girl in the days of yore that couldn't continue the relationship becasue she was moving to Arizona to avoid "sliding into the sea with the next big one". A real believer in the "end days" c
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00695.html (7,856 bytes)

257. [Spridgets] EFI breakthrough (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:33:54 -0700
This weekend was the breakthrough. I got all the fuel plumbing squared away, return line, pressure regulator, pump wiring etc. and couldn't get it to start. No fuel pressure. Backwards wiring on the
/html/spridgets/2007-10/msg00911.html (8,835 bytes)

258. Re: [Spridgets] carb needles (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:47:53 -0700
Hi Rick, I filed my first needle this summer in desperation. It worked very well. I used a small whetstone and took a few strokes across the portion of the needle I imagined would be "in-play" at the
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00004.html (7,905 bytes)

259. Re: [Spridgets] oil seals (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:58:20 -0700
Paul Asgeirsson has a kit with instructions that will help you restore the extremely tight clearance between the crank and the scroll seal. It works well. I did it on the turbo bugeye years ago and i
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00006.html (7,332 bytes)

260. Re: [Spridgets] carb needles (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:35:31 -0700
If I actually make it all the way there, I'll be happy to give a demo and tell a tale or two. I'm looking forward to this weekend and a long road tuning session. Good weather forcast, football team o
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00007.html (7,336 bytes)

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