- 21. wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:10:43 CDT
- I, too, am interested in some minilite style wheels. Which are the best for the money? Which look the best after the centercaps have been lost? Are they all made in Japan? Offhand remarks appreciated
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01783.html (7,056 bytes)
- 22. Re: Cost of fixing Water Temp Gauge (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:12:56 CDT
- has Smith's gauges new. Just got my free Smith's catalog from them. They offer several dual gauges. Don't have the catalog here with me so I don't know the price. I can get a Speedo for $110, though
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00162.html (7,372 bytes)
- 23. Re: Cost of fixing Water Temp Gauge (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:57:44 CDT
- Thanks for the heads-up, Larry!
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00166.html (7,132 bytes)
- 24. re: other car lists (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:01:10 CDT
- So, the question continues: Are folks decent because they drive LBCs or do only decent folks drive LBCs? Shawn Tobin '69 Midget 5spd daily driver
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00444.html (8,489 bytes)
- 25. Re: Difficulty removing the rear hub (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:52:48 CDT
- Just did mine last weekend: Went to Sears and bought the big 7 ton gear puller and used a big socket backwards in the middle of the hub. Used a nut in the socket as a bearing for the puller center. T
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00708.html (7,620 bytes)
- 26. Re: A Great (IMHO) Idea (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:18:04 CDT
- Yes, yes. A window sticker with the arrow and octagon!
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00720.html (7,856 bytes)
- 27. Wire Wheel Woes (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:30:04 CDT
- I'm not whining but; Today I was told by my friendly Discount Tire Store salesman that it was against the law for me to get a tube put in my tire which I thought wire wheels necessitated. He refused
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00799.html (7,936 bytes)
- 28. Successful SU mods (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:48:51 CDT
- Well, I haven't written about this but I wanted to encourage anyone to try these mods on their SUs: 1969 AUD328 carbs with springvalves in the throttle plates 1) disassemble carb and use complete reb
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00802.html (8,086 bytes)
- 29. Howling Diff CURED--Satisfied Customer (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:10:09 CDT
- Well, I've had this Midget for about three and a half years and the first time I noticed my Diff was howling was when I drove it home on the freeway at 54 miles per hour with the top up at night in 1
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00806.html (7,770 bytes)
- 30. Diff prices (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:59:00 CDT
- Well, I didn't want to quote a price but I can see there's an interest: Jon Stamps (770-832-7471) (770-836-0325fax) said you should call him and he would get a price for your particular need. He said
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00857.html (7,664 bytes)
- 31. Diff prices (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:59:46 CDT
- Well, I didn't want to quote a price but I can see there's an interest: Jon Stamps (770-832-7471) (770-836-0325fax) said you should call him and he would get a price for your particular need. He said
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00858.html (7,670 bytes)
- 32. Re: Could someone ID a head? (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:16:39 CDT
- Were you my roommate in college?
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00903.html (7,258 bytes)
- 33. Re: Part Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:45:49 CDT
- For all you knee-jerking spoinkers out there, I bought a Really Nice Diff that I'm happy with. I did not buy some noisy piece of refuse from someone's scrap pile. Go buy a New diff and see how much y
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00963.html (8,420 bytes)
- 34. head id on ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:55:59 CDT
- Relax, it's for a Big Healey. Jags have been OHC since the EARLY fifties.
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00980.html (6,426 bytes)
- 35. head (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:00:31 CDT
- On second thought, Maybe we should consult the Triumph list.
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00981.html (6,361 bytes)
- 36. Re: Wiper mtr placement (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:42:38 CDT
- That would make too much sense. Besides, the factory wouldn't do it that way.
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00989.html (10,720 bytes)
- 37. Re: The truth about thermostats? (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:23:09 CDT
- Yes, you should at least have an old housing with the valve ripped out of it to meter the flow of fluid. Otherwise it won't stay in the radiator log enough to cool down or stay in the block long enou
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg01072.html (8,249 bytes)
- 38. Re: The truth about thermostats? (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:03:24 CDT
- Just what I've been told by racer joe. Maybe you could do some experimenting on your own. I'm not going to.
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg01079.html (9,398 bytes)
- 39. Re: The truth about thermostats? (score: 1)
- Author: "shawn tobin" <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 07:42:00 CDT
- Thanks for clearing all that up. Shawn Tobin Midget MK III 5spd Jaguar Series 3 VDP Dallas Texas USA Complete idiot
- /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg01115.html (8,240 bytes)
- 40. Re: loctite strikes--warning (score: 1)
- Author: shawn tobin <suhs2@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:37:10 CDT
- The product I used is a thread restorer designed to be a cheap alternative to helicoils. The bolt is used to form the threads in an epoxied hole where the threads are bunged. Unfortunately the releas
- /html/spridgets/1999-07/msg00014.html (7,084 bytes)
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