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81. This Address Still Working ? (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:23:01 -0500
Is the spridgets@Autox.Team.Net address still working too? This'll test it. chuck
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00633.html (6,461 bytes)

82. Carpet Kits (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:09:16 -0500
I used the VB kit. It went in ok, and the quality is fair. BTW, some years back in the center of the VB catalog, they published a REALLY USEFUL set of illustrated instructions on how to install an in
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00789.html (7,234 bytes)

83. Front Wheel Bearings - again! (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:27:13 -0500
So how tight should they be. With the spacers in the front hubs, I torque to the spec, and there is a noticable drag on the wheel spin. Back off just one flat, and it spins smooth as silk -- with a t
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00888.html (7,308 bytes)

84. Re: Front Wheel Bearings - again! (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:34:03 -0500
OK, re-adjusted and a quick TOP DOWN test ride and all is well. Backed off 1/2 flat (those holes had been obscured by virtue of being filled with old grease) and the hubs run smooth and steady. No mo
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00895.html (9,919 bytes)

85. Re: carpets, gear oil, datsun 5 speed, etc (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:43:24 -0500
If, as your subject line implies, you've also installed the Datsun 5-spd conversion, you probably want to yank it and replace the rear oil seal in the tranny. In fact, I installed 2 (belt and suspend
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00975.html (7,614 bytes)

86. Rivergate Instructions (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:50:40 -0500
After I did the Rivergate gig, I got the instructions in Word format from Bill and made some minor "improvements," some of which Bill included in his instructions. I have both his and my versions on
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01036.html (7,277 bytes)

87. Rivergate Instructions (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:37:30 -0500
OK, OK, Moi et ma grande bouche. I'll bring in the doc file in the next day or so and e-mail the copies from here at Cisco where I have a fast T1 to the 'net. I'll zip them too, if I think of it. Is
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01039.html (7,217 bytes)

88. Re: Italian sprites (was Test From New ISP) (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:53:22 -0500
WOW! Now that's a car! Where can I get one. chuck (I'm an Italian midget too) ciaffone
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01130.html (9,504 bytes)

89. Re: Sprite Heater valve (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 07:48:00 -0500
How did you get the old heater valve apart to replace the packing with the o ring? On my 1275, I can't seem to get the valve apart. It does not leak with the valve open because the valve stem is snug
/html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01398.html (9,836 bytes)

90. Re: bugeye (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 07:51:17 -0500
Hi Carol, Yep, I drove mine this morning too -- top down and all. Got some strange stares, some from Miata drivers with their tops UP. I just picked up a used sway bar from a junker at Flying Circus.
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00003.html (7,778 bytes)

91. MG-B's Found In Raleigh NC Newsgroup Triangle.forsale (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 07:58:46 -0500
Found on triangle.forsale newsgroup. usual disclaimers. I've got two MGBs I bought think of restoring one ... ran out of money and time ... MUST sell them. Asking $999 Or-Best-Offer. Call me at (919)
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00130.html (6,977 bytes)

92. Sway Bar installed (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 10:58:05 -0500
Hi all, Installed a used sway bar from a junked midget on my '72. Even able to use original end links. Did get new bushings, though. Seems to work real well to "stiffen" the front end. Noticeably (sp
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00174.html (7,019 bytes)

93. Still Got Dem Noises ! (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:35:13 -0500
So I have been trying to find this $%^&# noise for weeks. Cross between a low grown, a hum, and a murmur - sounds like tire noise? Or a diff or wheel bearings. Only over about 25-30 mph (so I can't w
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00214.html (7,380 bytes)

94. Re: Still Got Dem Noises ! (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 20:11:39 -0500
Wheel bearings have the most votes. Guess I just start replacing them, 1 end at a time, until they go away. Thanks all, chuck -- == chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00235.html (7,419 bytes)

95. Re: The Avengermobile (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:52:28 -0500
Emma Peel drove a sleek, black Lotus. Steed drove an imposing Roller, I believe. chuckc@ibm.net
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00255.html (7,864 bytes)

96. Rear axle/hub nut size? (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 13:58:19 -0500
Anybody know the socket size for the rear axle nut (the BIG one) on a 72 Midget. I want to replace the rear wheel bearings, and I hate the thought of drifting it off with hammer and chisel. chuck (c
/html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00875.html (6,772 bytes)

97. Re: English fire engines - almost lbc s? (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 21:09:18 -0500
An' you'll niver git the thing thru Swaledale, neither. chuck -- == chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00272.html (7,193 bytes)

98. Install Rear Lowering kit (score: 1)
Author: chuckc <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:18:51 -0500
Hi Ho! Anybody got a tried and true procedure for installing lowering blocks and long u-bolts in the rear of a 1275 spridget? I assume (!) I gotta first jack up the body to undo the nuts on the old u
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00581.html (7,169 bytes)

99. Lowered the '72 (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:30:05 -0500
The deed is done. She sits 1 1/4" lower in the rear. Looks better too. Tomorrow I'll see if she handles any differently. Used the VickyBrit lowering kit on a '72 Midget 1275. Instead of having a forw
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00672.html (7,079 bytes)

100. Re: Lowered the '72 (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:17:38 -0500
Yep. The spacers are VickyBrit 1 1/4". They seem to have lowered the car 1 1/2" at the bumper. I can no longer slide my trolley jack to the diff from the rear. Gas tank now gets in the way. I'm runn
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00683.html (7,540 bytes)

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