- 181. Access to Slave Cylinder on datsun Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: chuckc@ibm.net
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 98 12:18:26 -0500
- Hey all you 5-Speeders, After you install the Datsun 5-speed in the chassis, suppose you want to remove the clutch slave cylinder (perhaps you want to pull the engine/gearbox again, but do not want t
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00072.html (7,271 bytes)
- 182. Re: Access to Slave Cylinder on datsun Gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 21:13:56 -0500
- There's not even a little hole. chuck -- == chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00083.html (7,685 bytes)
- 183. 72 Running Badly (score: 1)
- Author: chuckc@ibm.net
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 98 07:51:22 -0500
- Suggestions please, Just put my -72 1275 engine back in after doing a little work on the gearbox. Ran fine before I popped the engine. Now, seems to be running on just 2 cylinders (1 and 4). 1. Runs
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00207.html (7,347 bytes)
- 184. Re: Running Badly -- No More! (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 20:17:36 -0500
- Hey You Guyz, Thanks for all the tips. Probably I had 2 and 3 wires reversed, ... but I thought I wuz really careful. Anyway, tonite I reset the valves, reinstalled the distributer cap after tighteni
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00221.html (7,182 bytes)
- 185. Stumble on Startup (score: 1)
- Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:42:16 -0500
- Hey Y'all, Got the engine/Datsun tranny back in with the new seal. No Leaks! Got the custom speedo cable in. Works great! Got the balanced driveshaft in. No vibration! 75 MPH is a breeze now. BUT ...
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00299.html (7,327 bytes)
- 186. Could be the Oil (score: 1)
- Author: chuck <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 13:32:05 -0500
- thanks fer the oil-in-the-dampers reminders (ALLLLL of them). I just checked. True, the oil is reallly ... reallllly low. But there is still some suction. Question: It's still winter here in ole' NC
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00303.html (6,753 bytes)
- 187. Re: A couple of things (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:19:26 -0500
- I got a replacement float for my '72 from the local Brit Restoration garage, Flying Circus in Durham NC. I believe they said it was a pretty common float and Jag used the same one. Cost only a coupl
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00376.html (7,293 bytes)
- 188. Clutch Problems -- again! (score: 1)
- Author: chuck ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 07:50:03 -0500
- Hey Y'all, Over night, it seems, my clutch has started to bind. At least that's what it feels like. Wednesday, the car ran great and the clutch felt fine. Thursday, the first day my wife has driven t
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00498.html (7,667 bytes)
- 189. Re: Clutch Problems -- again! (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 20:04:23 -0500
- Well, the Midg is running just great now. I think it's what we used to call a "Transient Glitch." Too it out, top down (60 degrees warm!) and it shifted Jes Fine. Must be my old lady's gettin' a migh
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00537.html (7,208 bytes)
- 190. 72 Midget w/ 5 Speed: Results (score: 1)
- Author: chuck ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 14:36:53 -0500
- Hi Y'all, Well, I've had a while to play with the 5-speed now, and I have enough miles on my engine rebuild to let it out some. I think the results are incredible. First, the replacement seal fixed t
- /html/spridgets/1998-02/msg00652.html (8,660 bytes)
- 191. Re: Details, Details (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 11:07:21 -0500
- On my 1275, the oil sending unit screws in the block kinda behind the distributor. It's a thin tube with a fitting that screws into the block between the oil pressure relief valve and the pipe that r
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00001.html (7,448 bytes)
- 192. Differential Ratio? (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 11:09:43 -0500
- Hi Y'all. Happy New Year, and such like. I'm about to order the converted speedo cable for my Datsun gearbox conversion, and I need to know the differential ratio. Where can I find the standard for a
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00002.html (7,031 bytes)
- 193. Re: PDLJMPR (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 21:59:00 -0500
- I looked on all the IRC servers I have and could not find any Midget/Spridget/PDLJMPR channel. Do you know which server it's on? chuck -- == chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00016.html (7,402 bytes)
- 194. Re: Exhausting Cheap Solution! (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 21:22:02 -0500
- When it came time to replacethe muffler on my '72, I looked at various solutions from the stock to the custom. Big Bucks! And they all were made up of two cans with a 90-degree connector. The second
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00148.html (8,044 bytes)
- 195. PDLJMPR Chat Host (score: 1)
- Author: chuckc@ibm.net
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 98 08:06:47 -0500
- I just installed MIRC here at work, but I forgot the address of the kansas server. Could someone please send it to me? thanks, chuck
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00295.html (6,616 bytes)
- 196. Re: 5-Speed Clearances (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:27:15 -0500
- On my '72 conversion, I dented the duct to clear the ridge of the bell housing for installation. Probably 1/2 to 3/4" deep in the center, making a dent about 4" inches wide, tapering shallower at the
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00333.html (7,682 bytes)
- 197. Slight Vibration (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:16:09 -0500
- Hi again, I'm noticing a slight (at least by my standards) vibration now that I've installed the 5-speed. Seems to be when in gear and moving, but I'll verify that next time out. I first noticed a sl
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00334.html (7,392 bytes)
- 198. Re: Slight Vibration (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 17:06:17 -0500
- Nope. But maybe I ought to? I'll check the Yellows to find a driveshaft shop, I guess. I wuz kinds hoping to eliminate some simpler causes first. thanks, chuck -- == chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00343.html (7,428 bytes)
- 199. Re: Homebrew Eezibleed (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 13:07:00 -0500
- I have not been following this thread, but if you are talking about a cap for the clutch master cylinder so you don't cannabalize the original, when I did mine, I found that the threaded plastic cap
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00368.html (8,446 bytes)
- 200. Re: speedo cable (score: 1)
- Author: chuckc@ibm.net
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 98 12:31:34 -0500
- On my '72, Yup, you can get under the car and unscrew the speedo cable from the transmission case, then disconnect from the speedo under the dash. If you want to replace the housing as well, just unc
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00528.html (7,218 bytes)
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