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121. Re: cape fear British Car Fest (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 19:21:06 -0400; It was a beautiful place for a car show, in the park next to the WWII battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA, across the Cape Fear River from downtown Wilmington, and the weather couldn't have been better. It; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00483.html (8,856 bytes)
122. Re: soft top fasteners (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:33:15 -0400; I'll describe the difference in the two fasteners as they apply to my '73 Midget. I assume they would be the same as what's on the Bugeye. The Lift-the-Dot fastener has a stud fixed to the car, and t; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00485.html (8,447 bytes)
123. Re: MG Register (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:35:12 -0400; For the last year, I have been running my own private registry of RWA Midget VIN numbers, mostly collected from the e-mail list and from personal observation at car shows. I have been doing the same; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00625.html (10,123 bytes)
124. Re: tops (bonnets) (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:52:22 -0400; I put a new Robbins top on my car two years ago that I bought through Moss. It's a very good quality heavy vinyl, and I'm happy with it. BTW: I have a brand new top with the fasteners installed for a; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00638.html (8,922 bytes)
125. Re: Ride Height ? (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:35:38 -0400; '73 Midget with new rear bumpers (bumperettes?) but original springs: ground to lowest part of left overrider = 11- 5/8" ground to lowest part of right overrider = 12" ground to bottom center of N.C.; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00692.html (9,810 bytes)
126. Re: Size (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:52:26 -0400; A '73 holds 7.5 U.S. gallons. I imagine a '74 is the same. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool than to speak, and rem; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00714.html (9,031 bytes)
127. Re: New Clutch Master Cyl and Slave (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 10:25:17 -0500; If this is Special Interest Car Parts in Rhode Island, then the acronym probably is SICP instead of SCIP. It might make a difference in their e-mail address. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget G; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00744.html (10,380 bytes)
128. Mystery part (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 12:19:59 -0500; Can anyone with a parts manual tell me what this part is -- 2A 5551? This part number is on a tag stuck to the part that just says "Made in UK" and "British Motor Heritage Approved part".I think it; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00747.html (6,969 bytes)
129. Re: heater (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:35:06 -0500; The white powder is probably corrosion products from the battery. It gets under the heater box and down into the ducts inside the car. There are supposed to be seals under the heater box, but they m; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00752.html (8,737 bytes)
130. Re: More master cylinder stuff (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:09:32 -0500; Not much encouraging word here. I have opened up a bunch of master cylinders, and I have never been able to work one out per the manual. I usually end up chiseling the nylon bearing out with an icep; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00777.html (9,017 bytes)
131. Re: Flamed Bugeye (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:45:54 -0500; Come and get it! Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain --; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00860.html (7,411 bytes)
132. Re: Temperature guage (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:25:38 -0500; You can try spraying penetrating oil around the joint line between the housing and head, then tapping around the edge of the housing. Keep spraying and tapping, and eventually the bond will break. S; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00992.html (9,293 bytes)
133. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:48:08 -0500; The ball bearings used in the Spridget hubs are "thrust" type bearings. If you look at a cross section of the races, you would see that there is a lip on one side only that resists loads put on the b; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01063.html (10,404 bytes)
134. Re: '74 Midget Reverse Lamp Switch continued (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 21:58:02 -0400; The reverse lamp switch on my '73 Midget, and on the spare gearbox I have from a '72 is the one on the passenger's side pointing forward, with a green and green/brown wire pigtail coming out of it. N; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00026.html (10,169 bytes)
135. Re: Sanding or Stripping? (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:23:06 -0400; You can use stripper to remove paint, but be careful that you don't get it into seams and areas where it can be trapped. I have never used the sand blast method because (1) I don't have a sandblaste; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00051.html (8,839 bytes)
136. Re: Exhaust Systems - Advice needed (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:29:05 -0400; Modern exhaust systems that are not stainless usually have an aluminized coating to prevent rust. That's probably what you have on the Honda and Subaru. I replaced the exhaust system in my Midget in; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00768.html (10,575 bytes)
137. Re: Left hand threads (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:55:53 -0400; The rear axle nut on the left side is a left hand thread. The one on my Midget did not have any marking stamped on it, and the book didn't say anything about it being LH thread. Ergo, I torqued hell; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00872.html (9,106 bytes)
138. Re: Great Day , Part 2 (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:39:40 -0400; My Midget was parked in front of Russ's at Bowie. People walked right by my car and his (and the poor soul with the blue RB Midget who spent the whole show polishing his tire treads) to drool over t; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00874.html (8,836 bytes)
139. Another 1700 Mile Trip (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 21:32:30 -0400; To be exact, 1723 miles from Havelock, NC to Watkins Glen, NY and back by Midget. The car performed exceptionally well, with no problems whatsoever. I didn't even have to add any oil to the engine. I; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00980.html (12,071 bytes)
140. Re: Sway bar mounting bolts (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:36:54 -0400; One aircraft structural engineer chiming in here. When a car, or aircraft, or bridge is being designed, one criterion for selection of fasteners is the maximum (limit) load that they are ever expecte; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00991.html (11,157 bytes)

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