- 21. Re: More MC questions (problems) (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 23:20:45 -0500
- You must not have got my earlier e-mail on this..... The books lie. Roundly, completely, and with complete sincerity. About a number of things. In particular, they lie about this white nylon ring th
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00238.html (7,974 bytes)
- 22. Re: Valve keepers (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 23:35:18 -0500
- Ron, et al.: The better way to do it is use a spring compressor. Saves time and pounded fingers. However, I have popped many a valve loose with a socket and a hammer (some still on the car). A cheap
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00239.html (8,422 bytes)
- 23. Safety Wiring (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 06:38:46 -0500
- He's not joking. Safety wiring is normally used in applications were a failed fastener will have extreme consequences (such as the aircraft will fall out of the sky....). I've done it to a small-blo
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00408.html (8,254 bytes)
- 24. Fuel Guage Needed (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 07:00:56 -0500
- Anyone have a used Smith's fuel gauge, negative ground, that they'd like to part with? A buddy needs one for a project. Please e-mail me off-list if you can help. Thanks! Rich -- Council Bluffs, Iowa
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00479.html (6,856 bytes)
- 25. Alternator lite.... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:17:29 -0500
- Another potentially foolish question, but not one intended to revive any anochronstic threads (someone hates that word) ala' Zappa, cats, or driveshafts (anyone notice how someone else got blamed for
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00514.html (7,716 bytes)
- 26. Hurricanes, and Twisters, and Beers, Oh My! (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:34:49 -0500
- Don't want to sound like I'm thumbing my nose at y'all (I am, just don't want to sound like it), but today was 68 F, clear, sunny, slight breeze of maybe 5 MPH. Went for a brief drive in Miss Molly.
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00994.html (7,475 bytes)
- 27. 74 Midget Q's (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 10:06:55 -0500
- For various reasons, I am assisting a gentleman with assembling the 74 Midget he purchased. This was an aborted project; not concours, but the work as a whole was well-done, and most of the parts see
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01101.html (7,590 bytes)
- 28. Re: Wishbone Problem (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 09:54:41 -0500
- I just went through a similar situation on my '79 Midget. Your assessment is the norm; the reason the threads go bad is a lack of greasing, particularly on the one side which lacks the zerk. A recom
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01102.html (9,532 bytes)
- 29. Re: A request for you list 'old timers' (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:47:30 -0500
- A search for "motion shaft" and "impaled" and "woman" returned the following. I disavow all other knowledge..... Rich I pumping am
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01256.html (11,106 bytes)
- 30. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 07:26:50 -0500
- taste..................................(nah, I I thought Lite was less filling? <G> Rich
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00146.html (8,821 bytes)
- 31. good/bad news (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:00:39 -0500
- OK, first the good news for me: After a late application, I've been accepted to law school and start -- Monday. Bad news for you is that there will soon be 'nother lawyer <grin>. Bad news for me is t
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00520.html (7,395 bytes)
- 32. Re: Turning it over... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:18:49 -0500
- A fine tradition in the military.... "Hey, Private, go get me a box/can/package/roll of _____." Fill in the blank with: Grid Squares Sand Tape Sierra Tango 1 Ground Guides Flight Line Prop Fluid Ric
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00935.html (8,243 bytes)
- 33. For Sale (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 08:30:41 -0500
- A couple of things: First, thanks to everyone who sent congratulations and offered support on my acceptance to law school; it is much appreciated. Next, Miss Maggie is still for sale, 74.5 RB MGB, ru
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg01026.html (7,274 bytes)
- 34. Not another one! (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 06:38:21 -0500
- Another Zappa thread? What next -- cats discussing whether to remove a driveshaft when towing a wire-wheeled car backward after quaffing some Old Speckled Hen? Rich (on a quest to annoy the Montana B
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg01554.html (7,093 bytes)
- 35. Fulcrum Pin Substitute Tool (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 23:23:12 -0500
- Sorry for the lateness of the reply -- the jack handle was just a generic lug wrench / tire iron that has been lying around ye olde garage since forever. I think it came from a '70's mid-size GM. Th
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00072.html (8,459 bytes)
- 36. Tire Sizes for Rostyles (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 23:56:29 -0500
- I must have been wrestling with the Z-Monster when this thread went by, and I should have been paying attention. I need to get a new set of tires (the problem that resulted in the recent front end r
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00076.html (7,838 bytes)
- 37. Column movement / alignment.... (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 06:50:19 -0500
- While I was under the dash in Miss Molly last evening putting some gasket sealer around the brake pedal box opening, I turned the steering wheel a bit. This resulted in the discomfitting vision of se
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00083.html (8,676 bytes)
- 38. More "We Tight" (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 23:05:25 -0500
- Spent the day finishing up the brakes, and getting tires mounted. Tomorrow I will finish up the odds and ends on Miss Molly and get to go for a drive! Finally got tired of looking at the hole where
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00141.html (7,345 bytes)
- 39. Re: Rubber Bump Stop Patent #55 (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 23:53:49 -0500
- I dunno, Mike -- rumor has it that you've been known to claim that your next wife will be normal..... Rich Council Bluffs, Iowa '74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie" '78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin' Matilda" (LBC
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00189.html (8,273 bytes)
- 40. Re: Front End Bushings? (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 04:51:07 -0500
- Could've been me .... Not out-of-the-way, but still pretty darned good. Try Peter Caldwell at World Wide; he's at: www.mailbag.com/nosimport nosimport@mailbag.com I got a set of fulcrum pins and a s
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00229.html (8,311 bytes)
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