- 261. Re: hood and drums (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:11:10 -0500
- Yes, once the wheel is torqued down, they do nothing. However, remember the tolerances we are dealing with here. Do you have any slop between your lugs and the holes in your drum? I do. How do I get
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00271.html (9,113 bytes)
- 262. Re: hood and drums (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:00:09 -0500
- No, I am NOT saying that. Let me try again . . . Once the lugnuts have been tightened down, THEY hold the drum in place. However, what is going to center the drum UNTIL the wheel is installed? How a
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00276.html (8,929 bytes)
- 263. Re: Bullet connector (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:18:12 -0500
- I have found that if I grab the wire on both sides of the connector, one of the two will pull out and the other can be pushed out with a #1 Phillips (or Pozi-drive if you are a purist). David Lieb
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00306.html (6,784 bytes)
- 264. Re: To Ballast or Not to Ballast... (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:01:23 -0500
- NO NO NO. ALL AUTOMOTIVE COILS ON 12-VOLT CARS REQUIRE A BALLAST. Some are internally ballasted (3 to 5 ohms across the low-voltage terminals of the coil) and some are externally ballasted (approx 1
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00324.html (10,045 bytes)
- 265. Re: To Ballast or Not to Ballast... (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:28:33 -0500
- And just price a new set of plug wires for my 2002 VW GTi VR6 sometime... I could replace the entire igintion system of a Spridget cheaper than that. Try running without a condenser and see what the
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00328.html (8,895 bytes)
- 266. Re: DROPPED BOLT (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:42:09 -0500
- The important thing is relative velocity, therefore the original(?) post referred to the bolt intercepting the trajectory of another object perpendicularly. After all, look at the velocity at which t
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00366.html (6,739 bytes)
- 267. Re: Pertronix Distributor (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:36:14 -0500
- Eric, That is a tall order. It was addressed by Carl Heidemann in the sidebar of an article on distributors in an issue of Classic MotorSports within the last year, but I think that I gave away that
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00369.html (7,993 bytes)
- 268. Re: Front Suspension Rebuilds (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:43:38 -0500
- Are you looking for shocks, or for rebuilt kingpins, etc?
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00372.html (6,991 bytes)
- 269. Re: Pertronix Distributor (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:02:33 -0500
- Another nice thing about the 123/Mini is that when your alternator gets mad at you during an autocross event 150 miles away and you have to push-start your car to go home, your charge level can drop
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00418.html (7,353 bytes)
- 270. Re: Miss at Revs (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:38:50 -0500
- But, if it is primary, it would not be affecting only one spark plug (unless there is a flat spot of incredible wear on the points cam... right!) Of course, if it is secondary (plug wire, plug, dist
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00433.html (7,547 bytes)
- 271. Re: Exhaust Downpipe problem (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:27:03 -0500
- usually drill thru and use bolts. (new stainless with lock washers) I would suggest locknuts, too. The donut tends to seat in a bit the first few times it is run and even with lock washers I have ha
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00456.html (7,171 bytes)
- 272. Re: oh my... (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:03:11 -0500
- It's stuff like that that gives Arkansas a bad name!
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00458.html (7,492 bytes)
- 273. Re: [macsclubhouse] BBC NEWS (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:50:32 -0500
- Thanks Robert! Hate to see anything happen to the Hamster... Really makes the show and all. I will be sending positive vibes that way, or I would if I could figure out where that is. David Lieb
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00527.html (6,963 bytes)
- 274. Re: NLBC-- Chrome (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:37:41 -0500
- You have GOT to be kidding!?! Someone else has heard of Evans City??? My mother was born and raised there and I have spent a couple years there during furloughs. Lovely country with some great Sprid
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00531.html (7,289 bytes)
- 275. Re: shock absorber secrets (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:37:36 -0500
- Yeah, if Peter isn't careful, he might actually turn a profit on some of these shock absorbers and then Jane will expect him to install an actual furnace in the house and there will go his indoor cu
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00571.html (8,232 bytes)
- 276. Re: Running on (Help) (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:42:11 -0500
- As dnaniderf suggested, pulling a plug lets you see a little piece of the inside of the combustion chamber. Lean can also do this, so double-check the mixture hot. Some vintages of MGB like my 1973
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00573.html (7,601 bytes)
- 277. Re: shock absorber secrets (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:43:33 -0500
- Buster, It probably was left attached to one of the kegs when Glen left. Anon
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00596.html (8,105 bytes)
- 278. Re: Faulkner's Law. Real LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:13:25 -0500
- Guaranteed immortality, but as infamy rather than fame, I am afraid. We will all cheerfully villify you henceforth as our projects approach a limit of infinity.
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00623.html (7,608 bytes)
- 279. Re: Faulkner's Law. Real LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:36:50 -0500
- Nope, you got that one wrong... "The work expands to EXCEED the time available."
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00626.html (7,200 bytes)
- 280. Hemmings 2007 Calendars (score: 1)
- Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:55:34 -0500
- Is that a Saab on the April page? http://tinyurl.com/r2es8 David Lieb 1972 RWA Midget
- /html/spridgets/2006-09/msg00627.html (6,516 bytes)
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