- 281. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 07:19:18 -0500
- I have seen this conversation before. Some people sing silicone's praises (myself among them), others relate horror stories. I don't get it. What's the difference? Any chance we can correlate the fin
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00637.html (10,218 bytes)
- 282. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 13:21:04 -0500
- Interesting. My car certainly is no "trailer dolly" (22,000+ miles in the past 3 years), and I've been running silicone brake fluid for the past 2 years with no problems. No unusual fade, no soft ped
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00642.html (15,929 bytes)
- 283. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 07:15:19 -0500
- If I remember correctly it indicates a higher boiling point than DOT4, but not quite as high as DOT5. On Tuesday, December 30, 1997 7:50 PM, Christopher Palmer [SMTP:ctp@gbn.org] wrote:
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00656.html (8,471 bytes)
- 284. RE: Copyright concerns (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:34:23 -0500
- Gee, it sounds like Rover is taking trade-practices classes in Redmond, Washington. What's next, homebuilders who want to include attached garages are required to pay for and preinstall MGFs? (Gee, t
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00094.html (7,271 bytes)
- 285. RE: zerk fittings (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 08:02:07 -0500
- Yes! I have the extra fittings on mine, and it seems to make it easier to get the fulcrum pin properly lubed. Doing it only through the original fitting requires that those cork seals between the kin
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00501.html (7,581 bytes)
- 286. RE: Emissions stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:31:57 -0500
- I haven't gone the full Weber route, but based on what I have done (header exhaust system) and some logical extrapolation, here's my $0.02: (By the way, I got most of the bang for a lot fewer $ by go
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00709.html (9,546 bytes)
- 287. Re: Removing Pollution Equipment (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 13:30:01
- <SNIP> Hokay, I'm no expert on the 1500 either, but here's what's been done on mine over the past 3 years, and the results: Original Carb Cleaned & Overhauled Smog Pump Gone (courtesy of PO) Could ge
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00116.html (11,159 bytes)
- 288. RE: cata con (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 07:43:01 -0400
- I don't recall precisely, but they're not cheap ($250-$275, something like that). I did the work myself: pull the carb out of the way, six bolts, a light thump with a mallet and the old one's out. F
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00166.html (7,565 bytes)
- 289. What's in a name? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 08:15:25 -0400
- Easy, there. Let's not start a "flame war" over this. I understand the frustration rubber-bumper-owners feel with the reaction some people have to the rubber bumper cars (I own and love one myself),
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00167.html (8,221 bytes)
- 290. RE: Keep the piece (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 08:24:46 -0400
- AMEN! So that was YOU! Shoot, and I just thought I was passing a huge mirror! ;^) Amen to that, too. And for me add in "and married to a woman who loves to bundle up with the hood down and go watch
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00168.html (7,631 bytes)
- 291. RE: Sudden brightening of lights, then back to normal. (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 08:40:14 -0400
- Guesses: Battery was at just the right state of discharge that the regulator couldn't decide? Bad ground got vibrated around until it got good for a few seconds? Lucas decided you really needed to s
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00169.html (7,991 bytes)
- 292. RE: What's in a name? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 07:22:00 -0400
- And, I suppose that if such a car were left sitting out in a field long enough that it had plants growing on it, it would be a "sprid-ja-Chia-pet". (Sorry, couldn't resist) :-) Does "American lump"
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00221.html (8,093 bytes)
- 293. RE: Master Cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:36:42 -0400
- Though I haven't done a conversion (yet), and assuming that I'm following this thread correctly, basic principles of hydraulics say you should be OK going from the 7/8 bore master cylinder to the 3/4
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00227.html (9,553 bytes)
- 294. RE: Master Cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:05:30 -0400
- I would imagine that the change was made because that was the bore size that Lockheed had available!
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00249.html (8,133 bytes)
- 295. RE: Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:18:07 -0400
- Sure!!! You can at least hang out with me & Adrian! Chris Kotting '77 Midget
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00251.html (7,632 bytes)
- 296. RE: Need Washer Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:20:00 -0400
- I just used a generic one. Works fine, but you've gotta fuss with the plumbing a bit. Chris Kotting ckotting@iwaynet.net
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00252.html (7,125 bytes)
- 297. RE: Rallye MG vs. Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:20:26 -0400
- didn't. <SNIP!> Sounds like the weekend we had at the British Car Days at Indianapolis a few weeks ago. The rally was superb, and we had a great time, even though this was my wife's first rally. We d
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00297.html (7,621 bytes)
- 298. RE: computers and midget repari (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:42:45 -0400
- I don't think that's such a good idea. You'd probably have to stack some manuals on top of the monitor to get the same height as the jack stand on the other side, which would tend to block the air ve
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00301.html (8,294 bytes)
- 299. RE: Brake Line Kits (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 13:32:46
- I'm assuming that they're referring to Special Interest Car Parts: Special Interest Car Parts 1340 Hartford Avenue Johnston, RI, 02919 1-800-556-7496 (US/Canada) 1-800-851-5600 (International) I thin
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00475.html (8,058 bytes)
- 300. Re: Front End Apart (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 13:58:23
- Kingpin bushings Rubber trunnion pushings Rubber lower a-arm bushings Chris Kotting ckotting@iwaynet.net Chris Kotting ckotting@iwaynet.net
- /html/spridgets/1997-10/msg00476.html (7,454 bytes)
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