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Bob I think I must be missing something here. How does our high gas prices prove your point? I don't understand how you can make any kind of conparison/value judgement on the price of Pepto Bismol and gas - what are you comparing and on what basis? How can you compare these two things when one you use in vast quantities and the other you hardly ever use? Are you saying that gas in comparison to Pepto Bismol is relatively cheap? or Pepto Bismol in comparison to gas is relatively expensive? If your car ran on Pepto Bismol, would... MORE
Can't beat the price on Costco gas and tires. Gas usually runs at least 20 cents lower per gallon. Great deal on batteries too. The rotisserie Chicken ain't bad either. Don "Don May" 19937... MORE
No not really, its not like you're ever gonna get through gallons of Pepto Bismol is it? I mean, hands up who actually takes Pepto Bismol and how many times have you taken it? You guys are lucky, your gas is cheap, our's isn't! currently about 75 pence a litre - thats about a buck a litre - yes litre - not gallon - think about that ! Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 19930... MORE
Just remember that the Bugeye probably gets better mileage than whatever we usually drive as our daily driver, so driving the BE might be a patriotic thing to do. Gas will get more expensive after the Bush/Bush/Saddam war. After Saddam fires his oil wells, Cheney's old buds at Halliburton will get rich cleaning up the mess. Is it all a plot? "Jeffrey Holmes" 19929... MORE
Nigel!! With all due respect my friend... yes it does put everything in pespective, Nigel and your statement with respect to your much higher prices for gasoline "over there" in whatever quantity you wish to choose proves the point. Relatively speaking, our gas prices are pretty cheap. We have nothing to complain about in this respect. This then, is the point. BTW: Pepto-Bismol is excellent for cases of heart-burn and yes, I have used it twice in my life accordingly and can attest to it's "soothing coating action", despite my distaste for it's pink color! :):) Cap'n. Bob (Ret'd)... MORE
Jim C. ..... You are correct then, in both cases!! :) No, gasoline is not evil per se. The human beings involved in it's production and marketing (read: artificial pricing) are another story!! :) Of course we all need gas and are all in the same boat subject to the foregoing. Evian I can do without! Speaking as an LBC "gearhead"... we "need" it AND we "want" it. I completely perceive in all cases and understand the "value" of time spent in the LBC...could not agree more, especially in the case of "obligatory" driving....in that as long as you... MORE
Jim C. writes.."Gas however, is a necessary evil......" Was talkin pricing, costs/value, not "needs" vs "wants"! However, point well taken, nontheless! :) Cap'n. Bob (Ret'd) '60 Frog PilotRob@... 19925... MORE
Seems I am one large bag of questions lately but . . . no questions no learning. Question #1. When I let up on the gas as the engine decelerates it is miss-firing. .. popping . . . is that an indication that the timing is too advanced or retarded ? Fuel octane? Or other ? ? ? Question #2. A front brake disk has a lot of resistance against the pads during only part of the wheel rotation. Any causes other than disk warp I should check? Question #3. On the 74 there is a tubular bar about... MORE
I have read emails from people that have installed the oil temp. Gauge and it looks like it's one of those that will sit at 160-165 Degrees all the time (the thermostat is 170 degrees??), and not show anything like the voltage gauge. I would suggest a vacuum gauge, which will at least show how fast you are blowing the overpriced gas. You know haw much work and what a pain it is with a tube to show the temperature, and then to not have it show you anything different than the regular temperature gauge shows..... A wooden dash?... MORE
Good morning Bob, Chrome plating is porous, yes it lets water through to the metal below. If the base metal was not properly prepared then the rust will come through. Also If the chrome plate is very thin then the surface rust on the steel shows up very soon. If its thicker then the surface rust can spread under the chrome and you don't notice it so much so soon. Depends on where they got the bits from. I remember talking to a guy about when I was doing up the MGB GT the original bumpers weighed a hell... MORE
Nigel... Let me tell you something, I wish to hell it was possible to run a Judson on today's unleaded premiums. I worked my tail off for 2 years to get this to work as did a buddy of mine who lives in Holland. Have been a member of the Judson List for more than a few years now. Based upon the promise of Delrin vanes from the USA Judson rebuilder, I even had my new Rivergate engine "tailored" for this blower. That's how much I was into this application. I figured with self- lubricating vanes, 2 stroke synthetic... MORE
Or could the wires on the back of the fuel guage be reversed? That will also burn out the fine wire in the top of the sending unit but usually as soon as you turn on the key vice several days. Biff "Biff Jones" 19659... MORE
Hi, Nigel... This Judson is the American counterpart to the British Shorrocks back in the days when 100+RON leaded gasolines were readily available at the corner pump at reasonable prices. Neither of these "low pressure" supercharger applications were designed for anything but "temporary" boost operation. They are "torque" rather than "HP" applications...."stoplight drags" rather than "track", "temporary" operation rather than "constant" operation. Both were designed as bolt on intallations involving no more than a change to colder spark plugs, the idea being to temporarily superimpose a 6 psi boost curve upon the stock ignition advance curve for a temporary... MORE
Tks for all the advice, the serious ones and the joking ones...... - No hole at float. - Tank full - No miss ground The matter is that after some days, the coil resistor inside the floating unit gets shorted.......so then tank down, and unit to gauge repair shop, reassembly, and the matter is..............(Story starts again) I take out tank 6 times, Im getting bored about....... So then get your brains to work a little more.....help needed. Tks again Northern friends!!!!!! Jorge Far enough!!!!!! Enjoying summer here!!!!! "Jorge Dimitrakis" 19638... MORE
Hi all Any one know how many wires should attach to the fuel tank gauge sender unit? I can only see one (brown and green) - although I'm installing a new loom and am not sure (i don't have the old one as a model) Thanks Chris '58 frogeye "howes" 19583... MORE
Jorge, Could your float have a small hole in it? or for some reason you are loosing the ground between the sending unit (floating unit) and the vehicle frame. If the tank is insulated to the body, there must be a ground path. Try a test wire ground between the tank and the vehicle frame - Does the gauge work? if it does, your tank is not grounded. You should be able to do this without removing the tank. If it still doesn't work, next time you remove the tank, before you remove the sending unit, attach a test... MORE
Sorry, need to ask due to my poor english, sender unit is the floating unit inside gas tank?? Im asking cos had take the tank about 5 times, repair the unit, reasembly, then works for about a week or so, and then gauge at empty again......... any idea ??? Jorge 73 Midget no fuel gauge working Chris, One wire, a green/black wire from the rear harness. Sending unit is grounded to the tank/body. Biff Jones '59 Bugeye 'Kermit' '61 Sprite 'Ole Gray' in "The Healey Book" '71 Midget 'Freebie' under restoration "Jorge Dimitrakis" 19588... MORE
Chris, One wire, a green/black wire from the rear harness. Sending unit is grounded to the tank/body. Biff Jones '59 Bugeye 'Kermit' '61 Sprite 'Ole Gray' in "The Healey Book" '71 Midget 'Freebie' under restoration http://sprites2.homestead.com/ Sprite Spree '03 http://www.justbrits.com/spreefront.html "Biff Jones" 19586... MORE
eeg... Now this is interesting. Looks like you might have an already modified manifold ripe for a pair of 1.5 SU's! Come to think of it, I have never separated a pair of 1.25's from their intake manifold....so I don't have a clue, really. Answers from those that "know" should be interesting. Going from a smaller to larger bore normally presents no problem in flow in cases where the flow is being "drawn" rather than "pushed" (as in exhaust gas "reversion"). Looking forward (along with you eeg) to answers! :) Cap'n. Bob (Ret'd) '60 Frog PilotRob@... 19533... MORE
There is an expression . . . How do we know Iraq has weapons of mass destruction? . . . because we have the receipts to prove it. At this moment a large percentage of the gas sold in California comes from crude oil from Iraq. I do not know the figures for the rest of the states. The US has also sold nuclear technology to Iraq in the past, and the list goes on. Most of the money for and key players in the 9/11 attack were from Saudi Arabia . . . why are we not bombing... MORE
I just got back from a night ride. Halfway into it, the 1275 in the 65 goes to smoking badly. Not all the time, sporatically when I am at speed, and when I am coming out of a corner on acceleration. I dont have the original PCV valve on it, but one of those later ones about the size of an inline fuel filter. I have it fitted between the can on the timing cover and the vacuum port on the intake. I have it fitted so that the intake will draw through the PCV out of the can.... MORE
Too many variables here, Alan, though I appreciate your input. The compression ratio and intake valve sizes of the Metro, along with the fact it's cam profile is a far cry from the standard 1275 and is even a step up from the Cooper S makes this comparison too murkey for me. The Metro is more a production street ralleye vehicle in disguise.......while actually it's the carbureted hotrod of the production 1275 set, really...and what part of that would be the 1.75 carb? And you can bet this single 1.75 was chosen more for smoothness, ease of maintenance and... MORE
Well Bob. . . ; ) If we're talking stock, unmodified in any way, bog standard 1275 A Series engine, with a factory standard exhaust to be honest IMHO there's little to gained from switching from the factory fitted twin 1 1/4 SU's, to a larger carb, over and above the fact that a single carb is easier to tune and a very slight increase in power/hp in the very top rev range, which as you rightly say has little/no bearing on regular street driving. However, if we're talking tuned 1275 A series, bored out/ported/bigger inlet/exhaust valves/stage 2 or... MORE
Bob It flows more air? More air + more gas = more fuel atomisation = more power, at higher rev ranges. Rather simplistic - but thats the theory :) Nigel "amukdigiphoto " 19262... MORE
Kim... Car came with the "Wheelrite" kit, same kit sold by FASPEC. It also came with the generic FASPEC black, unmarked shocks, which are way too stiff. So re-equipped all four paws with Gas-Adjust GR2's which are the softer of the Gas-Adjust gas shocks. Much better all around. Better than the "normal" lever set-up...for normal street driving, yes. The "variable" action rather than the lever's "same" or "single" rate of action gives a less disturbed ride, IMHO. These shocks also handle my wider 5.5 wheels and 70 series 175's without a problem. You might want to keep good levers... MORE
