- 221. Re: Morris vs British Leyland (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 07:16:46 GMT
- And with wind-up windows you lose your door pockets which ,to quote the original sales brochure," provide storage for all your motoring impedimentia" Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00843.html (10,254 bytes)
- 222. Re:O2 sensor,was CFR engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 16:25:43 GMT
- how would you 'read' the sensor? It sounds like a good idea but I'm curious to know how you would 'interface' it I'm never satisfied that my mixtures are right Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00882.html (8,941 bytes)
- 223. Re: octane boost (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 16:32:15 GMT
- As a benzene derivative, carcinogenesis is inherent. If seen 10oz cans of toluene labelled 'OCTANE BOOSTER' in shops. Its toxicity was not mentioned, other than the standard cautions, but as a chemis
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00883.html (8,148 bytes)
- 224. 1100 tuning (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 17:01:17 GMT
- Okay petrolheads, I'm trying to get the best out of what I've got: A 10CCDAH high comp 1100 (.040 OB so 1136cc) with a 998 cooper head. I've got a 3 into 1 extractor with fairly short primaries, abou
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00889.html (7,939 bytes)
- 225. speaking of aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 17:09:50 GMT
- Does anyone have the "sebring" front on their spridget, not that it was a piece of wind tunnel genius or anything, just wondering. A fair few sprites you see over here (aust) have them. I don't like
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00890.html (6,929 bytes)
- 226. Re: Light Headed (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 06:58:40 GMT
- Any idea what stage this project got to? There may well be the dies sitting somewhere gathering dust when they could be at a foudry creating new heads for old engines. I often wonder what happened to
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00944.html (11,199 bytes)
- 227. success..I think... (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 13:48:15 GMT
- Performed my tune up last night as winter in Melbourne really began to make its prescence felt. When I first hooked up the timing light, I found the spark was at about 20' ATDC, way retarded! Twisted
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00946.html (7,655 bytes)
- 228. Re: Car for sale (Non LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:37:39 GMT
- Getting your priorities right, eh James?!
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01005.html (8,038 bytes)
- 229. Re: which speedo and tach? (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:44:13 GMT
- Speedo and tach in a sprite if non-original could be from any number of donor vehicles. For instance.. my brothers MkIII has the speedo & tach of a hillman....imp I think...speedo is nowhere near acc
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01016.html (10,663 bytes)
- 230. Re: AMP vs Volt meter (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:40:17 GMT
- Hi Mikkel, welcome to the list. I would expect that a '70 model has an alternator but I know that with a generator at idle, it's ruuning too slow to produce any significant power thus the red ignitio
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01153.html (10,486 bytes)
- 231. Re: AMP vs Volt meter (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 03:04:24 GMT
- That 'special name' is "AMMETER".....in English English anyway. Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01201.html (8,414 bytes)
- 232. Re: Studs 'n' hubs (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 14:08:17 GMT
- I've done this before but not on a sprite...(a Valiant). I used an air wrench thingy and the lug nuts to pull them through. They went home quite nicely. Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01257.html (7,619 bytes)
- 233. oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 14:39:41 GMT
- Greetings list. I have been a devout PENRITE user (HPR50) since I forked out $2100 to rebuild a 318-V8 a few years back and have always used it in my sprite. The only concern I have with it is its 's
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01258.html (8,063 bytes)
- 234. a few things (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 11:56:28 GMT
- Thanks for the response on oils..I'll fill with mobil 1 as soon as I get a new filter...they can be a bit of a pain to find around here. I've been absent a couple of days as yesterday a virus destroy
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01298.html (6,980 bytes)
- 235. Re: Re-Arching Rear Springs (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 02:39:01 GMT
- If I may enquire, who is the spring maker? After all the reports of stiffness and poor ride height, I'm not real keen to shell out ~$400 for unsatisfactory springs. Also I put mobil 1 in my 1100 yes
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01389.html (9,702 bytes)
- 236. Re: Oil Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:30:48 GMT
- Shawn (and others) How do I determine which size bearings to get..can I size the journals with good vernier/calipers? do I buy the same size as the ones I'm replacing or go one up? It seems that this
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01402.html (9,650 bytes)
- 237. steel vs alfoil (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 02:33:59 GMT
- Last year I hit a brand new ford falcon taxi in my 73 HQ holden (thats an OZ chev). He was turning right and changed his mind and went left too late for me to stop. I T-boned him. His modern car with
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01541.html (10,109 bytes)
- 238. Re: My Daughter, My Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:35:29 GMT
- Couldn't find the girls but lost interest entirely when I saw your engine bay! You are indeed to be congrarulated...that is beautiful. Andy
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01559.html (10,026 bytes)
- 239. Re: Safety in Spridgets (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:46:12 GMT
- Thats where the kickass air horns come into their own....
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01560.html (6,918 bytes)
- 240. distributor caps (score: 1)
- Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 06:51:20 GMT
- hi folks, can anyone tell me if there is a dizzy cap available for the LUCAS 25d4 that dosen't have the screw in type connections for the leads? I went to install 8mm silicone leads on one of my spar
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01620.html (6,979 bytes)
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