- 141. Re: Rubber Floors for Bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:19:12 -0800
- Someone tell me also. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00946.html (7,601 bytes)
- 142. Re: Old English White (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:18:16 -0800
- I don't know about Krylon but, the Ford eggshell white that Ford uses on their trucks is an exact match. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg01024.html (7,969 bytes)
- 143. Re: Brake bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:55:41 -0800
- I was in the 388th in Korat, Thailand 1973 to 1975. I was working in POL (fuel storage for the rest of you) at the time. Small world. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg01141.html (10,120 bytes)
- 144. Torquing the Head (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:55:40 -0800
- This might be a simple question to some, but what is the proper technique to torque and re-torque the head on my rebuilt 948? What increments do you torque it down with the first time? And when you r
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg01154.html (7,358 bytes)
- 145. Re: Torquing the Head (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:14:28 -0800
- Do you mean that after 500 miles the nuts will be loose enough to have to tighten them back down to 45 pounds(I think)? Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg01157.html (9,254 bytes)
- 146. LBC's For Sale (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:31:44 -0800
- These are not Spridgets, but you may know someone who is interested: my friend who sold me my 60 Sprite basketcase picked up a couple of cars that were part of a Jaguar deal. He had to buy these to g
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg01284.html (7,338 bytes)
- 147. RE: Torquing the head (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:52:10 -0800
- Thanks to al listers that answered my question on torquing technique of the head. As usual, I got multiple responses to my query and everyone had a slightly different little thing to add to it. So, i
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg01480.html (7,063 bytes)
- 148. Re: Gas tank question (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 10:30:49 -0800
- What you are repairing now is correct. You should have an arrow shaped fitting brazed or sweat soldered to the end of your fuel line and a threaded collar to push it into the threaded hole in the ga
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00025.html (8,426 bytes)
- 149. Re: Gas tank question (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:01:31 -0800
- The reason that the arrow shaped fitting is "all messed up" is because I don't think your going to be able to find another one. The last DPO messed it up removing the tank and tried to save it. Moss
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00030.html (10,427 bytes)
- 150. Re: Chemical Stripping; was Midget fender bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 16:36:36 -0800
- I had my 60 Bugeye dipped this past year. I had heard the horror stories about the seems and joints rusting out right through the paint in a few years. I even had visual proof of it on a famous Buge
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00204.html (11,887 bytes)
- 151. Re: shock absorber colors (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 19:17:10 -0800
- The significance of the yellow or blue paint was to tell the men on the assembly line which one to grab for which side. It was easier to grab a yellow colored shock for the right side (correct?) tha
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00431.html (8,295 bytes)
- 152. Sign off for Final Exam (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:51:11 -0800
- Will have to sign off the list for the next 2 weeks tonight. Going to Overland Park, Kansas to take my final exam for Railroad Engineer. A multiple choice exam and four Simulator rides to qualify. A
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00565.html (7,675 bytes)
- 153. Re: Sign off for Final Exam (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:35:46 -0800
- Don't laugh, I can probably get you a job on the railroad, but consider this: you work 7 days a week with no holidays on most railroad jobs. Your days last anywhere from 9 to 14 hours. You put in a
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00570.html (9,807 bytes)
- 154. Passing the Engineer Certification test (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:33:05 -0800
- Thanks to all who wished me well before I left for Kansas a couple of weeks ago. The moral support was definately needed. I did pass my exams and simulator tests and am back home now ready to talk S
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01397.html (7,105 bytes)
- 155. Re: Classic tube (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 09:39:47 -0800
- I bought a set of steel lines for my Bugeye over the phone with assurances that they had done sets for Bugeyes before. They even asked me what year my car was. What I got was a generic set of tubes t
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01454.html (9,514 bytes)
- 156. Re: subscribers (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 16:33:20 -0800
- That's not an exclusive club your in. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00102.html (9,814 bytes)
- 157. Re: Location (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 14:18:44 -0800
- Name: Mike MacLean City: San Bernardino State/Province: California Country: USA Area Code: (909) 824-8632 Web Site: None Checkout: Yes Car: 60 Sprite in last stages of complete restoration. Mike MacL
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00332.html (8,481 bytes)
- 158. Re: Gift Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 15:32:22 -0800
- You can have my $10 too, what a great idea! Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00463.html (8,130 bytes)
- 159. Re: Gift Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:07:23 -0800
- Boy, have you nailed my restoration ordeal. Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00694.html (10,470 bytes)
- 160. Re: I give up (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:07:38 -0800
- When Original Sprite and Midget said "above the master cylinder, Horler was referring to a right hand drive car. Look on the other side above the blanking plate (where the master cylinder would be i
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01012.html (8,532 bytes)
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