- 1. Re: E-bay (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:23:21 -0500
- I agree with you. I'd like to believe that free enterprise still works. And I also wonder what these same individuals might do if they were conspired against, say, when trying to sell a house? There'
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00415.html (11,954 bytes)
- 2. Re: Air Tools & Compressor Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:37:08 -0500
- I've done a lot of business with Harbor Freight Tools over many years. Their air tools are not of the quality of major brand equipment like Ingersol Rand, but they are serviceable and durable, get th
- /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg01276.html (9,061 bytes)
- 3. Re: Sagging rear end (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:10:15 -0500
- Good luck. When I chased this issue on my wife's 1969 Sprite, I never solved it, in spite of new springs and shocks on all corners. I measured everything trying to figure it out. Never did. I suggest
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00657.html (8,079 bytes)
- 4. Re: brake bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:46:18 -0500
- I agree with you, Bob. With a little care, it works very well. One tip, that requires prior planning, is to but some teflon tape on the threads of the bleder. It minimizes the false indications, but
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00846.html (8,997 bytes)
- 5. Re: brake bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:03:12 -0500
- I have never even attempted to bleed the clutch slave that way. I get under the car, take the slave off the car, and bleed it where I can see it and get my hands on it.
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00851.html (7,708 bytes)
- 6. Re: brake bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:12:58 -0500
- I have one of these that I got on sale but haven't tried it yet. A problem I have with vacuum bleeding is that I run the reservoir dry before I'm done, probably because I want to be sure that those f
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00859.html (7,832 bytes)
- 7. Re: Miata's (NO LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:30:48 -0500
- Yes it is; just not on the British car page. http://www.miatamania.com/ Nice car.
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00986.html (8,139 bytes)
- 8. Re: Roll Bar for sale (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:26:14 -0500
- I shipped a roll bar for an MGB last year via FedEx. The charge is based on the size of an imaginary box that it would take to package the roll bar, and the weight. I did nothing but to wrap it in pl
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00994.html (7,793 bytes)
- 9. Front suspension shims (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:48:01 -0500
- Can someone identify for me a source for the shims that go under the trunnions on a Spridget front end?
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg01204.html (6,441 bytes)
- 10. Re: heater fan direction (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:38:59 -0400
- There are early fuel pumps that have just the contact points, no electronics. On later cars, a diode was added to help prevent point arcing. the direction of the diode is determined by positive or ne
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00103.html (6,777 bytes)
- 11. Re: starter and ground (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:18:52 -0400
- Mine worked. I replaced the original starter on my 1966 Sprite with a gear reduction unit from an Isuzu truck. No issues whatsoever, except I had to make an indent in the passenger footbox to fit it.
- /html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00143.html (6,975 bytes)
- 12. Re: body refinisher from the 70's (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:50:43 -0400
- I don't recall that product, but recently, I have been using a variety of Meguires products on my cars, from rubbing compounds to glazes. There is a Speed Glaze that can be done by hand (but better/
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01097.html (8,585 bytes)
- 13. Re: body refinisher from the 70's (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:11:19 -0400
- In my experience, the Speed Glaze or Machine Glaze will remove minor oxidation, but what I notice is that if the surface is too dull to start with, the shine after the speed glaze is a little hazy.
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00030.html (9,619 bytes)
- 14. Re: More on a stumper miss (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:22:43 -0400
- If you lost a metal piece or a magnet that normally sits on that disk, you would have an "every speed" miss because that plug would never know to fire. It would be like missing the lobe on a cam.
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00262.html (7,394 bytes)
- 15. Re: No LBC, Checking a relay (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:23:49 -0400
- Wow, Lester, what a pessimist! I had a similar issue on my Dodge Neon and bypassed the relay to make it run. In my case, it did, but the fix wasn't simple. Turns out a pressure switch near the compre
- /html/spridgets/2006-06/msg00564.html (8,780 bytes)
- 16. Re: Static timing and electronic ign (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:38:11 -0400
- I just drew a picture of a distributor and a rotor. If you align them both at TDC, with the window just reaching the photo eye (or the points just opening) then any amount of advance, from 7 degrees
- /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg00935.html (9,742 bytes)
- 17. Re: Painting a car in an attached garage (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:31:30 -0400
- I'm in Connecticut, and I have found great difficulty in locating anyone willing to rent booth time. More than that, I find that the same people not interested in renting their booths also don't want
- /html/spridgets/2006-07/msg01005.html (8,158 bytes)
- 18. Re: Clutch pedal (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:26:15 -0400
- While all the alternative methods are fine, I have simply welded these things and drilled a new hole because it's easy and fast, and I have a welder and torches and stuff. You could probably find som
- /html/spridgets/2006-08/msg00606.html (7,525 bytes)
- 19. Re: oh my... (score: 1)
- Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:45:44 -0400
- It's got a necker knob!
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00476.html (7,529 bytes)
- 20. Re: Gas Pedal Stop (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:02:17 -0400
- Hmmm, that looks an awful lot like the feet on the bottom of my washing machine. If these ever start going for big bucks, I'm going to clean up. I'll find some other way to level the washer.
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00707.html (7,373 bytes)
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