Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 1960 Bugeye

From: Kent McLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 14:37:24 -0400

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I used a leaf blower to blow the detritus out of the car. My first task =
was to see if the engine is frozen or if it can turn over (by hand). I =
took the spark plugs out (breaking one with my non-rubber-cushioned =
socket) and poured some ATF into the cylinders and sprayed some PB =
Blaster into the spark plug holes. Fastforward 3 days; rocking the car =
in gear shows some movement of the crankshaft pulley, so I'm thinking =
the engine isn't frozen. Next step is to get a battery hooked up, spritz =
some gas into the carbs and see if it'll fire.=20

Spark plugs: I went on-line to see who had what. Most of them doubled in =
price with shipping. But I found one locally - at Home Depot, in their =
lawn mower parts! Champion-made Eco-Clean RN9YC. We'll see if it works.

Lastly, banging one's head on the bonnet gets old quick, so I took the =
bonnet off and set it aside. I'm blessed with a barn with a loft. =
Storing the bonnet meant getting if from the car bay and up into the =
loft. My Warn Pullzall winch to the rescue. It helped get the Bugeye =
onto the trailer. It did good getting it up into the loft. Expensive, =
but it beats a come-along or block-and-tackle. They make a battery =
powered one for more money.

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Q. Being new to starting my own build, should I continue with this email =
thread, or start a new one with each new posting?

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From: Larry Macy via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:09:53 -0400

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Kent,

I say. keep one thread. But I am not the boss.

Larry

> On Jun 8, 2021, at 2:37 PM, Kent McLean via Spridgets =
<[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Q. Being new to starting my own build, should I continue with this =
email thread, or start a new one with each new posting?

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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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=E2=80=9CRemember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet,=E2=80=
=9D he said. =E2=80=9CTry to make sense of what you see and about what =
makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may =
seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters =
that you don=E2=80=99t just give up.=E2=80=9D=20
~Stephen Hawking

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at your feet,=E2=80=9D he said.&nbsp;=E2=80=9CTry to make sense of what =
you see&nbsp;and about what makes the universe&nbsp;exist. Be curious. =
And however&nbsp;difficult life may seem, there is always&nbsp;something =
you can do, and succeed&nbsp;at. It matters that you don=E2=80=99t just =
give&nbsp;up.=E2=80=9D&nbsp;<br class=3D"">~Stephen Hawking<br =
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