Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Kent's Bugeye restoration

From: Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 18:48:41 -0400

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Hi Kent,
Sounds like the engine has some potential. You might want to add the thread
I started in:
https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.233472/.
This way we can continue to see the updates in order with a photo build.
Keep us posted either way. I haven't touched any of my fleet because I
needed to paint the house and garage this summer inbetween summer teaching.

But I did have just enough time to get back into surfing and with a new
longboard I'm doing better than ever in life. I'm going to be catching
waves after teaching this fall till my wetsuit gets too cold.

Enjoy your Bugeye, safety fast,
Linda

62 California Sprite, Pinky

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:05 AM Kent McLean via Spridgets <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Compression Test:
> I did a compression test. The starter pull knob wouldn't pull, so I pulled
> it at the solenoid. The engine turned over slower than I expected without
> plugs, but I got readings.  Dry: 1-4 - 45, 60, 40, 40. Ugh. Wet: 125, 125,
> 75, 75. I may have squirted too much oil in the first two, but no matter. I
> see a rebuild in my future. Or maybe an upgrade to a 1275cc. Now that I
> know the condition of the engine at 83,238 miles, it is time.
>
> On a related note, my 3 sons (in their 30s) paid me a visit yesterday.
> They wanted to see the Bugeye. The oldest, the smart one (or maybe the
> smart-aleck one), commented that if I sold the big Healey, the Bugeye, the
> Wrangler, and the motorcycles, I could afford to good Bugeye and be driving
> it this summer. There's truth to that, but the Wrangler is my snowplow, I
> _need_ at least one motorcycle, but for a brief moment I thought, Yeah, I
> could get a runner out of the rest of them. But where's the fun in that?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Kent,<div>Sounds like the engine has some potential. Yo=
u might want to add the thread I started in:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.ah=
exp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.233472/">https://=
www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.233472/</a>=
. This way we can continue to see the updates in order with a photo build.<=
/div><div>Keep us posted either way. I haven&#39;t touched=C2=A0any of my f=
leet because I needed to paint the house and garage this summer inbetween=
=C2=A0summer=C2=A0teaching.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>But I did have j=
ust enough time to get back into surfing and with a new longboard=C2=A0I&#3=
9;m doing better than ever in life. I&#39;m going to be catching waves afte=
r teaching this fall till my wetsuit gets too cold.</div><div><br></div><di=
v>Enjoy your Bugeye, safety fast,</div><div>Linda</div><div><br></div><div>=
62 California Sprite, Pinky</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:05 AM Kent McLe=
an via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets@=
autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:sol=
id;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Compression Test:<b=
r>
I did a compression test. The starter pull knob wouldn&#39;t pull, so I pul=
led it at the solenoid. The engine turned over slower than I expected witho=
ut plugs, but I got readings.=C2=A0 Dry: 1-4 - 45, 60, 40, 40. Ugh. Wet: 12=
5, 125, 75, 75. I may have squirted too much oil in the first two, but no m=
atter. I see a rebuild in my future. Or maybe an upgrade to a 1275cc. Now t=
hat I know the condition of the engine at 83,238 miles, it is time.<br>
<br>
On a related note, my 3 sons (in their 30s) paid me a visit yesterday. They=
 wanted to see the Bugeye. The oldest, the smart one (or maybe the smart-al=
eck one), commented that if I sold the big Healey, the Bugeye, the Wrangler=
, and the motorcycles, I could afford to good Bugeye and be driving it this=
 summer. There&#39;s truth to that, but the Wrangler is my snowplow, I _nee=
d_ at least one motorcycle, but for a brief moment I thought, Yeah, I could=
 get a runner out of the rest of them. But where&#39;s the fun in that?<br>
<br>
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From: Kent McLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:57:28 -0400

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Linda wrote:
> Hi Kent,
> Sounds like the engine has some potential. You might want to add the =
thread I started in: =
https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.23=
3472/ =
<https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-build.2=
33472/>. This way we can continue to see the updates in order with a =
photo build.
> Keep us posted either way. I haven't touched any of my fleet because I =
needed to paint the house and garage this summer inbetween summer =
teaching.=20

Ha. I promised to paint the house before I started on the Bugeye. We had =
35" of rain in July. Needless to say, that job stalled, the Bugeye =
stalled. I gotta light a fire under my butt before October makes it too =
cold to paint. Wasn't it Shakespeare's Richard III that said, "A round =
tuit, A round tuit, My kingdom for a round tuit." or something to that =
effect.

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"auto" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" =
style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: =
after-white-space;" class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">Linda wrote:<div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><meta charset=3D"UTF-8" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: =
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: =
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; =
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" =
class=3D"">Hi Kent,</span><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">Sounds like the engine has some =
potential. You might want to add the thread I started in:&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-bugeye-=
build.233472/" =
class=3D"">https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-sprite-forum.6/my-new-1960-buge=
ye-build.233472/</a>. This way we can continue to see the updates in =
order with a photo build.</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">Keep us posted either way. I haven't =
touched&nbsp;any of my fleet because I needed to paint the house and =
garage this summer =
inbetween&nbsp;summer&nbsp;teaching.&nbsp;</div></div></blockquote></div><=
br class=3D""><div class=3D"">Ha. I promised to paint the house before I =
started on the Bugeye. We had 35" of rain in July. Needless to say, that =
job stalled, the Bugeye stalled. I gotta light a fire under my butt =
before October makes it too cold to paint. Wasn't it Shakespeare's =
Richard III that said, "A round tuit, A round tuit, My kingdom for a =
round tuit." or something to that effect.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div></div></div></div></body></html>=

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