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Weel a Sprite I wouldn't have had an alternator originally so that's a POs wiring. Basically you need 3 wires: a thin one to drive the ignition warning light a medium one that's monitors the battery voltage (and also I think provides the current for the field coils and a big fat one to return charging current to the battery. Check out a manual for which goes to which on the alternator. I could tell you but my Sprite is 250 miles away. Incidentally, to slightly hijack your thread, can someone explain why the sense and charge wire are... MORE
Don't know what the confussion is. Just a case of semantics. It's a '65 Sprite with a fiberglass bugeye/frogeye bonnet. From the engine bay shot and interior shot it looks like a well thought out conversion. Everything looks neat and tidy, no half-a**ed work. The price on the other hand and wether it will actually do 160 mph are questionable. Should be a very spirited driver! Biff Jones '59 Bugeye 'Kermit' '61 Sprite 'Ole Gray' in "The Healey Book" '71 Midget 'Freebie' under restoration http://sprites2.homestead.com/ "Biff Jones" 18259... MORE
I am installing a rebuilt Lucas alternator (17ACR) in my Bugeye. Also re-wiring system to add additional fuse block & terminals. The 3 wires on the alternator (Black, Yellow & Yellow/Green) do not match any wiring diagrams I have. Black is thickest (10gauge?), Yellow is about 14 g, & Yellow/green is aprox. 16 gauge. Any suggestions as to how to cinnect these 3 color wires into system? TIA Jim Rogers San Juan Capistrano Jim Rogers 18260... MORE
Sprite Spree '03 May 12 - 15, 2003 in the Harrisburg, PA area, USA. Sprite Spree '03 is a four day event celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the Austin Healey Sprite. All sports car owners and their various cars are invited to attend and join in on the fun. These celebrations happen only once every five years and are the largest Sprite gatherings in one place in the world. The four day meet features a variety of events, such as, an autocross, rally, English driving test, Sprite "Drag" race, car show, Tech sessions, group dinners, vendors, regalia, and the... MORE
Hi, Gerard, That may explain the cut off lifter rod stuffed way up in the hose to the air pump I discovered on the 69. :-) If I recall correctly had the same offer on my (was) 76 Volvo 242DL. Funny thing is it always passed smog with very low emissions recorded. How did you like that great weather yesterday? The 72 I looked at yesterday was in worse shape than the wonderful 63 you turned me onto. The guy is in for a reality check. As I posted later the seller had taken is as part payment for... MORE
mcvities chocolate covered biscuits are nice oh and jaffa cakes both really dark brown in color 8o) "Alan East-Jones" 18213... MORE
Well....quiet now, so..... That was rather beautifully put together Chuck 'n Tex!! That's right. Yesterday's kids didn't have to worry about becoming crime victims, either, to the extent they might today. In Stamford, CT. anyway, a kid was safe. Any adult would basically help anyone's kid out, really. Adults more cooperated with each other in this respect..parents with teachers with police, etc. A logical, more rational world headed by Roosevelts Trumans and Eisenhowers...none of them perfect but men of substance and some character. Today we have known liars sitting in, or running for the nation's top spot. What a... MORE
People have strange idea's of what things are worth. I still can't get my head round the fact that really nicely restored Spridgets aren't worth much more than 5,000 GBP (7,500 bucks) which is often way less than the sum of the parts that went into restoring them - I'm not even talking labour costs here! I know many Spridget restorers do so for the sheer pleasure and enjoyment (don't laugh) they get out of restoring and returning one of these lovely little cars to the road. But why the relatively low value? Supply and demand usually dictate prices... MORE
No...not overlooking the jurors.... Looking to the one's doing the "overlooking"....to keep things "reasonable" in terms of "education". You might say the same thing in a lot of cases...such as the stock market in terms of Federal "oversight". Cap'n. Bob (Ret'd) '60 Frog PilotRob@... 18182... MORE
Saw a local ad for a 72 rwa Midget for sale. Seeing that is was very close by I simply had to go take a look knowing full well I could not buy it. I called the guy and ran over to look at it. Found it sitting in a parking lot behind the Circus pub covered over. First clue that it may not be all that great was a low tire peeking out from the covering. Owner arrived and pulled off the covering and I tried not to roll my eyes toward heaven and laugh. Orange of that... MORE
I view it much more simply. The average 'buyer' is a 'first lbc' buyer. We 'listers' buy cars...but we know how to restore them ourselves. If you've got the money to have someone else restore them... those people really don't bother with the 'lists' for info. They simply throw money at them and let someone else do it (restore them) AS far as the 'prices' go... I've yet to sell an LBC for less than what I had in it. (after resto or just reselling one). I've simply waited for those 'money throwers' to come my way before I'll... MORE
Make your own. The best backing for them is oil tempered hard board. It keeps its shape better. Most of the kits I have seen only use a type of cardboard. Oil tempered is more moisture resistant than ordinary hardboard. Also I used the originals as patterns. Not all the available kits are right for a particular car. MG under Mr Thornleys's direction (I think) were very good at using up all the stock or changing before the official change points. My Mk 2 should have had the bucket seats, but had the same seats fitted to the 'new'... MORE
For the west cost folks who missed it there will be a repeat of "Modern Marvels" "The history of gasoline is traced. Included: the development of cleaner burning gasoline." at 7:00 pm Pacific standard time. I suspect that will mean a 10:00 pm repeat on the east coast. Don "Don May" 18126... MORE
Kim here are some photos of a bad iterior but this might tell you if they in fact are the seats. Right color as well http://community.webshots.com/user/mbhnm42 "Mg Don " 18049... MORE
The easiest, and necessarily most expensive, route to go would be to locate the material you wish to use and have a trimmer recover your seats. I did this on the restoration of my Pink '63 Sprite and the cost was roughly the same for a first class job as it would have cost me to buy ready-made kits. jay fishbein wallingford, ct http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/ type79@... 18055... MORE
Sounds like you might have messed up one of the gear assemblies, but the only way to find ot is to dismantle it, using the factory manual for preference. Sorry, I can't help there, I do have a factory manual, but only for the mark 2 Midget, with the old spring clutch rather than the easier later diaphram clutch. As to what has happened, whatever has happened to the clutch hydraulics, the clutch lining will also have fixed itself to the flywheel pretty thoroughly by now and you are best off breaking that joint by splitting the gearbox from... MORE
1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones. 2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying. 3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised with a complete stranger. 4) You've never quite sure whether it's ok to eat green crisps. 5) Everyone who grew up in the 80's has entered the digits 55318008 into a calculator. 6) Reading when you're drunk is horrible. 7) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel manly. 8) You're never quite sure whether it's against... MORE
Jeremy Those parcel shelves seem to have a mind of their own don't they; but why ply? I think if I was going to do away with the fibreboard, I'd make one up out of steel sheet spray it in crinkle paint to match the dashboard and re-attach the crash rail. I'm not sure I'd want to do that though due to it not being OE, I'll have to ponder this one. I'll try cleaning them in soapy water and spraying them afterwards - thanks for this tip. Nigel "amukdigiphoto " 18017... MORE
You're right Nigel, Biscuit was never offered on a 67. I don't know what i tis, I just hate the black interior. I want to paint the exterior red and biscuit would go very well with it. I guess I have to decide how "original" I want it... Making them myself would be a lot of work, especially the edge stitching. I would probably buy a set if I decide to go with this color. Kim Yuchol 18044... MORE
Willy Thanks a lot for this link, I spoke to a very helpful person from autosparks this afternoon re a Gan-5 =3D=0D Mk3 Midget rear loom and he gave me prices for a rear loom and full loom which were: Rear =A326.94 Full =A3134.40 Both plus VAT@... % and carriage. He also said he would put a catalogue in the post for me. And that they did =3D=0D do the separate coloured wires if I wanted to make one up myself, although it =3D=0D may not work out much cheaper, not sure if he was just saying that or... MORE
Thanks David, It is a great consolation to me. I can accept if the car had the existing problem or was so on the verge of one that it failed, the old straw that broke the camels back, but would have been very angry at myself had I actually caused the problem by doing something stupid. I told myself that when this car was given to me it would be an opportunity to learn. It looked awful at first and I expected sitting 22 years had taken its toll. There was no way it was going to be a... MORE
Listers I have lost my storage and workspace and need to sell off my '68 Sprite project. This is a pristine rust free car that will be very easy to finish. While I have everything to complete the car, I will sell as little or much of it as you may be interested in. Contact me off list for details. Thanks. Gerard Gerard 17914... MORE
PS . . . check out this site for Spridget wiring color codes: http://www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/wirecolors.htm Don "Don May" 17900... MORE
Nigel, If I were close by I would certainly be happy to look at it. As a point of curiosity why are you re-wiring? My experience is that it's usually not the wire that is at fault rather oxidation on the connectors and that is a matter of cleaning and repairing wire ends that strands of wires have broken at connectors. Other than that there is the problem of previous owners adding and subtracting stuff then leaving strange unmarked or non color coded wires dangling about. In the electrical section of the Haynes and Bentley manuals there are wiring... MORE
Always easy to bash the past 20/20 hind sight!! Without the pioneers where would we be today!! Don, if you rebuild old radios, you must have mastered the lost art of the soldering gun and knowing the color codes of resistors! Brings back old memories of my teenage years when my mother dared not set foot in my bedroom for fear of electrocution. Steve Quandt "Steve Quandt" 17889... MORE
