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I can't help just jumping in here. I am also from the Rat Fink generation of hot rodders. We used to solve our wheel problems (read no money for Mags) in the old days by taking the steel wheels to a guy who would cut out the centers and reverse them to get a wider stance and weld them back in. When we wanted wide wheels, he would do the reverse center trick and then cut the rim around on a lathe and add a ring of steel, what ever width we wanted to go. 1 inch, 1.5 inch... MORE
Chris Welcome to the list. To answer your question is, as I'm sure you're aware, rather difficult, not knowing more information or ideally seeing what you mean. I think you've clarified your question enough for us to 'assume' that you're referring to the beading running long the top of the rear wing where it attaches to the main rear decking of the body. The question you need to be asking yourself is not 'how easy is that to fix' but what is causing the damage to it. Once you've got the answer to that question, you can then answer... MORE
Paul, There is also a hose spacing clamp attached to the hoses just to the rear of the alternator. It does not attach to the body as the front hose bracket does. If you need a photo of that location let me know. Don "Don May" 27304... MORE
Paul, yes, it's just next to the radiator. When you say you could not access the pic, do you mean you can't access the yahoo group at all, or that it was just the link in my email that didn't work? (I realised it got broken up onto two lines, after I sent it) Regards David "David Jacobs" 27282... MORE
I take it you have the bracket (AHA8779) made out of a strip of steel folded into a sort of triangle? The bottom of it bolts to the inner wing and the top bolts to the 'rain gutter' edge of the wing. The cooler hoses run just above the fresh air intake trunking (see pic in files called "bracket for oil cooler hoses on car.jpg" ) it's one of those stupid yahoo locations, so posting a link may or may not work...... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/midgetsprite/files/bracket for oil cooler hoses on car.jpg "David Jacobs" 27279... MORE
Paul, There is also a hose spacing clamp attached to the hoses just to the rear of the alternator. It does not attach to the body as the front hose bracket does. If you need a photo of that location let me know. Don "Don May" 27280... MORE
Jim... OK...you want to run "vented" instead of "closed loop" but wish to retain the charcoal cannister and use it as a catch can either in it's present position or possibly elsewhere in the engine compartment. Fine...but you MUST promise to read the last paragraph! :) I am strictly a layman in the post '67 emissions systems which were strapped to our engines as "add on" devici, providing for a "closed loop" system to ensure crankcase/fuel tank vapor evacuation into the combustion process. Ripped it out myself, and never used one. I took a look at it under the... MORE
Duncan... First choice: pick up the later timing case cover and utilize the intended stock simple PCV system. It works very well. You see, the Series A motor has a scroll (oil thrower) affair back by the main bearing which depends upon tight metal (block) clearances for "oil tightness". The motor does not have a "regular" rear main oil seal, Duncan. Without the stock PCV system, these motors have a real tendency to leak oil out of this area, most especially as they build miles on the crankshaft. The stock PCV system will draw out crankcase PRESSURE along with... MORE
I understood that the early cars had hand stamped numbers (cut, I believe the expression is) from the top . But the later cars had them stamped from the back resulting in raised figures that in theory could not overstamped. An anti theft device to stop people changing the identity of the car. I understand that there's a place in Brum (where else?) that supplies the c orrect VIN plates and know a place that can stamp the raised letters. I hav e the details somewhere. Aside, my MG metro has the VIN plate with raised letters riveted to... MORE
Jim I'm 99.9% sure the oil seal lipped side does indeed face the bearing, in other words it goes in flat side first. Yeah, front suspension can be a nightmare to take apart. Penetrating fluid all over everything at least a day before hand, is a must. Don't forget heat can be very useful as well. Just shout if you get really stuckamundo! Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 27176... MORE
Maine.. Yeah...summer is really short up there. Thank God we overnighted in the Hotel attached to the terminal in Bangor. We weren't so lucky in Portland, though! :( Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 27175... MORE
Hi, Duncan.... The "open" port on the normal stock intake manifold on the '67 is for the rubber diaphragm equipped PCV valve which is fed via a rubber hose from the "flame arrester" (can) fabricated into the timing chain cover at the front of the motor. The "intake air" for crankcase gases drawn out from the crankcase into the intake manifold via the PCV valve is the plastic "filtered" oil cap containing a "graduated orifice" (designed "hole" of a specific diameter. Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 27173... MORE
I know how that feels, Nigel. When I started working on my Sprite last year the tires were flat and had glued themselves to the floor. It had been stored against the wall for 15 years. I had to use a long pole to pry/slide it away from the wall far enough to get an air hose to one of the tires so it would sort of roll. Now I have wheel dollies under all four wheels and it is easy to even move it sideways. It was a great feeling to move it out into natural light after... MORE
Frank has left the building.......... ...... leaving in his wake welded up patch panels, grinded, sanded, spot-primed, de-rusted 71 body. That's only because we didn't get here until 8AM, I didn't have any filler, and we ate lunch, and we talked about water pumps repairs, cleaned some of the weekend wreckage, went for a tool buying trip, and he had to leave by 2PM. Whew. And the shirts DO look great. Peter C "Peter C." 27108... MORE
Well, I just couldn't stand no being in debt. I had come into a small (and I mean small) amount of cash recently due to the sell of a piece of property in a ghetto. I spent a weekend recently at Elizabeth and Fisher Jones place in the hill country of Texas (take your hat off when you say that). I was there to persue Bambi and his kin with my cousin and grandson. We took a nice buck, but that's another story. Those of you who have had the pleasure of seeing the Jones' place will agree (unless... MORE
Alan... Which came first? The chicken or the egg? :):) Oil is basic power for production...of nearly anything and everything. There are other factors of course like normal inflation, with or without the cost of basic power tripling over a short period. Oil was US$ 9.00 bbl. back in the early 60's, if that. Airline kerosene was US 15 cents a US gallon under fleet purchase, if that, back then. As a kid, leaded high test ran about 40 cents a gallon or so. The foregoing notwithstanding, the modern cars of today are far safer/better machines for sure. Part... MORE
Hood Frame Cleaned it well with Fantastic and steel wool, then sprayed again with Fantastic and washed it down with water. After it dried, sprayed it with a couple of coats of Rustoleum Semi-Gloss Black. Beautiful! :) Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 26992... MORE
Chris... Volvo dyanamos were probably of higher capacity most likely, though I do not know this for a fact. I would have loved to have kept my original BE gauges and most especially the mechnical tach. As a matter of fact, we looked into increasing the capacity of the stock generator but the gen itself was too small to really upgrade it's output decently according to a fellow who does this sort of stuff and with an halos., electric fan, fuel pump and sound system, the stock gens would burn out within a couple of months. I finally just... MORE
I think concours is an absolute and total waste of a car. The cars were made to be driven when they rolled out of the factory, and those that still exist still have the soul of a driver (screw that VW ad "drivers wanted") in them. In my opinion, anyone that does concours is as much a criminal as the person that leaves one to rust to death with no intention of ever doing anything with it. Either way, it will never be driven again. I am still buying parts for my frog, so I don't count!! The concours... MORE
it's worth giving it a go with a hot power washer - this should go some way towards getting the worst of it off. Do they have the coin-in-the-slot ones at petrol/gas stations over there? David "David Jacobs" 26890... MORE
I used POR 15 in my wheel wells and part of the engine compartment this summer and had some of it become bubbly as it cured. When I talked to their techies I was told that this was probably due to the humidity being too high and the surface was setting up before the lower material and this created problems for the material below the surface. He had me sand the bubbles with 320 sandpaper and redo it. I plan to use their engine kit when I get to working on the engine. Their Austin Healey green should look... MORE
OK, so, let's have a wash-up session here. I have 2x FT6's that are screwed. I have a '64 Sprite with Dynamo/Generator. No point getting halogens, so where to I get standard replacement glass? (UK) I only use the car in summer really so light brighteness isnt top prioirty. Max "Max" 26838... MORE
Gingerino... Considering the clutch problem is intermittent along with the fact you found (really) low fluid level in the master cylinder after the hard braking incident, I would suspect air has gotten into the line, rather than any mechanical problem. Bleeding the system (well) will tell the tale. Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 26831... MORE
Ok...I get the Castrol 20w50 and put it in the engine. Crank her up and she hums just sweeeeet. So, I go out to drive her. When I push in the clutch she idles down way low like something's dragging on the engine and the little red ignition light comes on. I give her a little gas and we seem to be fine. No problems putting her into gear so I go for a drive around the block. I get to the end of the street and can't get her in first. I get her in second and we... MORE
I filled the clutch fluid to the full level and just went out to drive her. I haven't driven her in probably a month. Now, there's almost no play in the pedal coming up off the floor before the gear engages and once when I stopped and had the clutch in I felt the engine bog down and it ground going into first. I eventually was able to gently work it in. It's also making an odd noise that I don't think I can describe but know it's not normal for this car. The oil on the dipstick registers... MORE
