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wfo yes it has good suspension ,i got the springs, brakes, swaybar, and urathane bushins from moss motor. the car set about a 1/2 inch of the ground. for the rear im using a rear from a s-10 2.43 gears, and one set up with3.73 gears. i have takin the car out to the drags it did a 13 flat at 113 mph spinning the tires down the track with the 2.43 gears. as for the conversion i didnt do it but the guy that did said it was simple. i bought the car from my old boss who... MORE
I own a 1971 mg midget. I am having diffuculty getting the clutch to work and I suspect that it is due to the fact that I joined two 1/4" double flare lines together with a union, a male to male adapter, a junction whatever you want to call it and this joint leaks. it was not a splice by any means. I did not cut the lines at any time. Clutch fluid can be seen and felt around the joint once the pedal is depressed no matter how well it is wiped off before hand. There is no... MORE
Spent yesterday squeek and rattle testing in the feild, My 1500 Midegt has now put another 2 miles on its odometer (first movement it has seen in 16 years).. Found a loose shock boly, a loose wheel bearing and that I had only started the fuel pipe union into the tank and not done it up.. once it was all done it drove reaonably well.. apart form one thing, the clutch is still not working properly.. If you hold it down in 1st, the car gradually creeps off, my suspision is it fluid is leaking past the seals back... MORE
An experienced professional classic car restorer here in the UK advises owners to slightly under fill the diff with oil. He says these always leak and since there is nothing to oil lubricate in the axle tubes (the wheel bearings are lubricated with grease when fitted) there is no need to have oil present and a quarter of an inch les oil in the diff will not cause any harm. I have not tried it and take no responsibility if he is wrong but I have had problems with these seals even when new gaskets and O rings are... MORE
Greetings: I have a 1960 Bugeye Sprite which I recently purchased and am going through to make sure everything's up to snuff. Of note is that it has wire knockoff wheels. I took off the rear tires and brake drum to find that oil had leaked into the drums, contaminating the shoes and necessitating their replacement. While the hub has been off, I went ahead and replaced the bearing and I'm just about to the point of buttoning everything back up. I got a new o-ring and paper gasket for the hub as well. As I understand that the... MORE
I would like to relocate the windshield wiper motor on my 73 midget. It's on the left inner fender right now. I notice from pictures on Ed's web site that BE wiper motors are up next to the pedal box. Can I use a different cable and re-locate my motor? Anyone tried this? In the current position, it interferes with my Weber air cleaner. Robert Houston rbhouston@... 36304... MORE
gu'day has that bug you are dismantling still got the rear end in it.. I am looking for the mounting brackets on the casing.. would mean cutting the differential apart.. but I would think thats something you could handle.. drop me a note off here... m "prest_m" 36210... MORE
Whatever! I didn't leave the bugey group, had too many people write to me and tell me to just put up with you guys. Some people have an interest in the cars and what others are doing to them, other are just jealous. About luxury cars, doing a nice job on my seats, adding air bags to the suspension and triangulating the rear end not only makes for a great ride and great looks, but makes it handle unbelievably well. Read up on air bags, they allow the suspension to sway-bar correct through the turns better than springs. F=KX.... MORE
Well.... the brass sleeved cylinders seem to last a lot longer, most especially in cars that "sit" and are little used. :) Cap'n Bob '60 Frog PS...speaking of slave cylinders...as in clutch slave cylinders. Rivergate is producing their new 7/8" clutch slave cylinder. For those of you running a 5 speed with the 7/8" Bugeye Master, this will result in about a 30% reduction or so in clutch pedal eff ort. :):) "Robert E. Shlafer" 36144... MORE
I need to have the master cylinder rebuilt in my 60 bugeye. I've got everything unbolted, but the pedal box won't come away from the body. Any suggestions. Thanks rlirwn@... 36137... MORE
79 Midget, quick question: Does anyone know the type of fitting that goes into the back of the master and slave cylinder? Back story: Car was running great, shifting just fine, 68k on the odo, One day clutch goes almost to the floor, next day it goes right to the floor, no pressure at all. topped off Master cylinder, press pedal, fluid goes all over bellhousing and tranny. Bummer. Moss wants $50 for a replacement hose, but I work at a place with a large selection of hoses, fittings, etc. Are the fittings Flared, or some mutant British type?... MORE
The strength of the bodyshell is in the sills, bulkheads, transnission tunnel, and to a lesser extent in the floors. Removing the doors and front fenders has no effect, and the rear fenders very little. However if by "taking the car apart, you mean replacing the structural parts, you will have to brace it before you start cutting. i think most people temporarily weld braces across the door openings, and maybe side to side across the car. Depends what you're going to cut out. "joe blxfstz" 36016... MORE
Hi all, I want to raise the midget of the ground on axle stands and remove the doors and rear wings. I have removed the interior so i can brace it with a piece of 4 x 2 but was wondering if anyone had a better way. I dont want the car to collapse in the middle once i start taking it apart. I have visions of the hole car sagging and the doors not going back on etc. My idea is to get a piece of 4x2 and a sissor jack, place the 4x2 in the middle of... MORE
I'm so proud of myself...I'm sitting here patting myself on the head because I can't reach my back. After nearly a year of my poor little car sitting on jack stands with the front end in the air, I finished the assembly of the front end with poly bushings, new lever shocks and springs. I had to replace one "A" arm due to wear from the folcrum pin...if you don't do any other maintenance on your car, make sure you lube the front end regularly!!! I also installed a lowering kit with the new coil springs - it was... MORE
I think you should be ashamed of yourself, Bob - the poor guy is dead by a tragic accident - he was run over while laying on his back, timing an engine...the car accidently put itself in gear and...well, let's just say it wasn't pretty. "Jim" 35994... MORE
I rebuild mine and consider myself a C- mechanic. After jacking up the R side, it is accessed thru the large rubber plug on the R side of the tunnel. For me it was just time consuming since you'll have to bleed afterwards. One trick I used was to put a piece of plastic wrap (rubber banded) around the top of the master before you open the bleed nipple on the slave, as this will keep most of the fluid in the system instead of on your garage floor. You will still have to bleed the system, but at... MORE
1. Advantages 2. dis-advantages 1.You know how your Spridget performs with two people aboard? OK...take one out. There you have your "increase" in terms of a lightened flywheel as it appli es to lower gear acceleration, very generally speaking, more or less. 2. Depending upon state of tune and your touch with the clutch...slightly increased clutch wear (depending upon how you drive) due to less rotational inertia o f the idling motor. IOW, you may have to "slip" the clutch a little more to get away from a stop without stalling. There are mildly lightened steel flywheels for the... MORE
RBH, You are a master of explanations as well as BE crazy. My rubber bumper car was converted to disc wheels and no bumpers at all. The rear end IS the tricky part. I considered two approaches:1) Have a body shop do it or 2)take a mold of my buddy's RWA section under the tail lights and make up a fiberglass piece to replace the flattened area. Use the folded over metal in the flat area to secure the new pieces and bondo 'em in. There isn't as much material removed on the rubber bumper cars as it appears... MORE
The front end is the easy part, it's the back end that's hard to do properly, as it involves cutting the rear panel out. I have seen a few that have been half done and the back of the car looks awful, would look better with the rubber bumpers still on. If you want one with chrome bumpers on buy one that was made that way!, you won't save any money carving up a RB midget. Stewart "Ford Prefect" 35864... MORE
Sir , Can you elaborate? Did you have to install a new front end body shell? Does the front end suspension have to be lowered? This information would be very much appreciated! "nwptsailor" 35863... MORE
Aside from Margaret's suggestion of the Heritage certificate, you can probably find the original colour on hard-to-get-at places such as up underneath the dashboard top area, inside the transmission tunnel or inside the heater ducts in the footwells; all places that are unlikely to get repainted in a casual paint job. For the factory colour code, there's pretty much only one of each shade for any given year of manufacture, and this year can be obtained from the chassis number. There are tables of the codes available in various books, or http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/ has a good visual indication of most... MORE
Bob, My Mini is RHD, and it really is no problem driving on the "wrong side" of the car. Shifting with your left hand is easy to get used to, say about half an hour and you'll have it down. Minis and Spridgets are small enough that there isn't much change in perspective being another foot or two to the right. If you are used to moving about in your lane (my primary commuter is my motorcycle), lane position won't be an issue. I guess drive-thrus and toll booths could be a bit tricky, depending on how often you... MORE
LHD & RHD pedals are the same. "beckers" 35762... MORE
My Mk1 Midget, which I have just sold, left the factory as RHD, went to the USA, was converted to LHD, and 30 years later came home and was re-converted back to RHD. There appears to have been no alterations to the tunnel. BTW, when she reaches her new home in Austria, she will no doubt be LHD once again!! Margaret South Lincolnshire (UK) "May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead" mmbrock88@... 35739... MORE
Hello all: This Question is about my '68 Sprite "Rosa" - 1275cc Is it possible that the timing chain jumps a teeth on any of the sprockets when it gets worn? I have my engine out of the car for an unrelated issue (replaced the starter ring gear =96 different story) and noticed that the notch in the crankshaft pulley is about 15 deg past the TDC mark when the nr. 1 piston is at TDC. I checked the posiiton of the nr. 1 piston visualy through the spark hole, and by using a wire and am quite sure... MORE
