- 41. Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:57:09 -0700
- Does anyone have any plans for the parts that you'd need to make a Bugeye hood hinge in the front? Is this a good thing to do anyway? Thanks, Daryl
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00415.html (7,865 bytes)
- 42. Re: Bugeye dual master cylinder removal (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 20:57:23 -0700
- You have it about right. The pushrods and pistons may pop out, but you first need to remove a cover plate which attaches to the cylinder body with two small bolts. This cover plate is the one which
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00541.html (10,158 bytes)
- 43. Re: rover shopping help (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 18:32:44 -0700
- It sounds like you are going to have to put a lot of money into the car to fix it - frame, brakes, clutch, exhaust and surprises - so maybe the difference between buying for $700 and $1000 doesn't m
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00596.html (9,612 bytes)
- 44. Countdown (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 21:46:28 -0700
- Well folks, the 1960 Bugeye is getting closer and closer to ignition time. Things I've done (not in this order): Scraped several layers of cat or rat excrement from all areas Got the DMV to give me o
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00641.html (8,623 bytes)
- 45. Re: American Graffiti. (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:15:22 -0700
- Lucas was a wiry individual, with a shock of black hair. He met Zola Noyd. Their relationship started slowly, but quickly ignited. But Lucas was inherently unreliable. Never did his job right. Things
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00657.html (8,606 bytes)
- 46. Re: 1974 Midget Alignment (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:12:58 -0700
- After you get the toe-in/out right, whether by left-and-right tie-rod adjustment or just one of them (not preferred), you can of course pull the steering wheel off, and put it back "centered" so tha
- /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00688.html (10,054 bytes)
- 47. Moss Backorders (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 18:29:02 -0700
- 70 messages today, mostly on Moss quality. I have a different beef - misleading service, as in broken backorder promises. Like they said "3 to 4 weeks" and it turns into something much longer. My res
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00111.html (7,953 bytes)
- 48. Stop Chinese Bashing (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 18:45:14 -0700
- Just when we started focusing on quality, people got back into Chinese (or Taiwanese) bashing. The Chinese have the technology and the work ethic to produce these parts to a high quality standard. He
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00113.html (6,983 bytes)
- 49. Re: More Brakes - Blue Sticky Substance? (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 08:33:16 -0700
- The blue sticky substance is not for gasket purposes. Your brake pads came with some of this in a plastic tube, and it goes between the metal back of the pad and the piston that drives the pad. It a
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00418.html (10,322 bytes)
- 50. Seattle area enthusiasts (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 08:35:49 -0700
- Could someone in the Seattle area, particularly the eastside, advise me about availability of LBC parts, particularly used (as in junkyards)? Daryl
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00419.html (6,667 bytes)
- 51. Re: More Brakes - Blue Sticky Substance? (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 09:20:02 -0700
- The brake master cylinder pushrod is not the barrier to the fluid in the master cylinder. The barrier to the fluid is a piston inside the master cylinder, along with some rubber seals around the pis
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00421.html (10,554 bytes)
- 52. Steering Wheel Nut (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 17:54:28 -0700
- I acquired my Bugeye in pieces with the steering wheel nut off. Now I am having trouble getting the steering wheel nut to "take" on the steering column thread. Have tried 2 different nuts with the sa
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00199.html (7,708 bytes)
- 53. Re: Steering Wheel Nut (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:27:59 -0700
- Thanks, Jim, Jeff and Alan, The steering wheel thread problem was solved with a thread file. Never knew of such a thing until you told me. Ground down the thread on the shaft for 10 minutes, and now
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00275.html (7,086 bytes)
- 54. Re: anti-roll bar (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:45:18 -0700
- Whether reinforced or not, the A-arms are very thick in the area you drill. Daryl -- to had think)
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00277.html (9,144 bytes)
- 55. CARB HOOK-UPS (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:46:26 -0700
- 1. I am installing a 1275 cc in a Bugeye, which does not need emission controls. The carburetors have an outlet on their "outer" sides which my manual shows get connected to a charcoal canister and f
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00369.html (7,603 bytes)
- 56. Strange Encounter (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:06:36 -0700
- Just a story, will leave others to comment. There I am down at Pick-your-Part auto junkyard in Stanton, California. I go there regularly, and about every 10 visits will find a Spridget, usually heavi
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00392.html (7,797 bytes)
- 57. Midget in SoCalif junkyard (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:14:12 -0700
- To Tom, and others who have suggested I might pull parts for them from the 1973ish Midget in the Southern California junkyard I described in my "Strange Encounter" story . . . Unfortunately I have to
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00462.html (11,307 bytes)
- 58. Re: Midget in SoCalif junkyard (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:30:09 -0700
- There's also a windshield with good glass, all manifolds, heat shield, 2 SU carburettors, intake filters, smog pump and other things I have forgotten. BUT nothing is guaranteed. Other people may get
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00464.html (12,720 bytes)
- 59. Tach Hook-ups (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 18:13:15 -0700
- For a negative earthed tachometer off a 1967 Midget, could someone explain where the following go to? 1. A bayonet fitting connects to??? 2. A blade terminal next to the bayonet fitting connects to??
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00097.html (7,198 bytes)
- 60. Few Free Body Parts (There's a Catch) (score: 1)
- Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:11:27 -0700
- For emergency reasons, I need to get rid of a parts car this weekend. It has been HEAVILY picked over to supply parts to my restoration project, but a few body pieces are left (sorry, nothing more).
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00334.html (7,116 bytes)
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