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Bill, Fairly common fault. The selector fork wears and the result is that the 1st / 2nd gear moves a fraction too far along its splines and allows the spring loaded plungers to pop out, preventing the gear cluster from moving back as it should. Sorry, that is probably not too clear until you have dismantled the box to fix it! Cause is likely to be from "crawling" in first gear with your hand resting on the lever. One can often get it back out of 1st by pulling REALLY hard on the gear lever whilst driving. As you... MORE
David, the metal spindle is spring-loaded. It will push in enough against the spring to just clear the case. Guy "Guy Weller" 30829... MORE
Should there be any sideways slack on the bolt in each end of the radius arms or should they be tight. I have just fitted new arms and they have rather a big sideways slack/movement on the bolts each end. Should i make up some spacers to rid the slack. This is not mentioned in any of the manuals, they just say fit the new radius arms. Jens Jens P. Maudal jens.maudal@... Greetings from "BottomsUp Brewery" Drammen - Norway Work: +47 32833566, mobile: +47 90540409 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Visit my humble RIMS and homebrew page: http://home.c2i.net/bottomsup/index.htm Norbrygg bryggeside: http://www.norbrygg.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "jens... MORE
If you want to keep the rear axle and suspension stock, I wouldn't go overboard in increasing the power output from standard - even an enthusiastically driven 1275 can break standard halfshafts! David "David Jacobs" 30801... MORE
Listers - My current project Midget (75) has no motor or trans, I'm searching for alternate powertrains to transplant into it, does anyone have photos, info or web sites they have run across on hot rodded Midgets they could pass along to me? Currently have a Ford 2.0 litre 4 cylinder with matching 4 speed, but looking at other options, plan on looking around for a 2.3L Ford 4 cyl with a five speed, which could be transplanted without too much hassle. Ford 2.3L turbo motor would be nice too, but don't want to spend a ton of cash,... MORE
Upon more progress on my 1500, I have discovered the keys have gone missing.. Last time I know I had them was just over 10 years ago now.. The door locks and the boot locks have been easily taken care of, as the number is stamped on them. The Ignition key lock is slightly different, although I do note there is a number stamped under the lock assembly, as opposed to cast into it, would this be a key number? or will I have to take the whole steering column assembly to a lock smith? if a real one... MORE
Hi all I have just received an excellent Spridget catalogue from MOSS that not only lists all of their parts but is also a tuning guide as well. In there they recommend that for modern driving a 1500 would really benefit from a thermostatically controlled oil cooler, uprated relief spring and a supplementary rocker oil feed kit. This is apparently due to the Spitfire engine being mated to the "wrong gearbox" and subsequent over revving leading to the oil thinning and thus pressure dropping. As I am not flogging mine down the motorway at 80mph all day is this... MORE
Nigel, are you asking about the solid rods or the flexible cable to the handbrake lever inside the car? David "David Jacobs" 30723... MORE
yes, that's the chappy - it shouldn't be flat though, it should have a slight dish to it to be a proper Belleville washer. The later E clip is probably cheaper as it does both functions of the Belleville washer (basically a spring) and the circlip combined. When you consider this cylinder was probably used on all sorts of different cars sold in their millions, a few pennies saved on the cost of parts soon adds up! David "David Jacobs" 30722... MORE
Mike I think the concensus is that spring compressors won't fit (well Ed reckons so, and he seems to know what he's talking about!) er sometimes! N "amukdigiphoto" 30710... MORE
Duncan Yeah, but as I said - it seems they're no longer available, so you're lucky if you can re-use, I'm re-using mine, well 7 of them, 1's gone awol! And I agree on removing the spring, I took mine out with the engine still in the car, so didn't have that problem, but did when I tried to refit - had to use the long bolts method. Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 30706... MORE
Nigel, I think that to do it the trolley jack way you need to have the engine in place to add weight - or get somone to sit on the front wing to compress the spring. Guy "Guy Weller" 30740... MORE
Duncan Did you manage to get replacement bolts for your wishbone spring seat? I wanted to replace mine with new ones, but whne I spoke to Moss, they said they were NLA, so I had to - re-use them, but they looked like pretty standard bolts to me. Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 30673... MORE
Stewart With great difficulty! There's two ways of doing it - the safe way and the dangerous way! The safe way is as you're trying - to undo the bolts holding the spring seat into the wishbone whilst supporting the wishbone underneath on a trolly jack. If this is proving too hard - try the dangerous way - Support the wishbone on the trolly jack, undo the top kingpin trunnion bolt (that goes through the top kingpin trunnion and the arm of the shock absorber) and let the kingpin/stubaxle assembly drop down to the floor, whilst slowly lowering the... MORE
From: amukdigiphoto [mailto: amukdigiphoto@... ] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:09 PM To: midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com Subject: [midgetsprite] Re: Front spring removal Duncan Did you manage to get replacement bolts for your wishbone spring seat? I wanted to replace mine with new ones, but whne I spoke to Moss, they said they were NLA, so I had to - re-use them, but they looked like pretty standard bolts to me. Nigel "Duncan Sinclair" 30685... MORE
Jens You took me a little too literally. If you recall I said I was working on the rear axle - the handbrake mechanism that links the two levers inside the brake drums is connected by rods held together with clevis pins - the felt washers with grease on them fit on the clevis pins where the rods join together - helps stop rattle and allows the joints to move smoothly. Not easy to explain, a parts book picture would explain it better. Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 30658... MORE
Bill, They are a complete b***h to get on but they do go. I think next time I wil l go with Frank's suggestion. I found it easiest to get the top part to hold first then spring the side legs round, but it is tricky as you have to avoid the bleeder and locating pin. Have fun with it ;) Duncan "Duncan Sinclair" 30630... MORE
some reason! I'd picked up a wishbone eye rubber bush and used that by mistake! Reassembled everything again, and this time was able to compress the bushes enough to be able to get the pin in far enough to line that groove up with the screw hole in the end of the shock arm - jeez what a pain in the posterior all that was! Moral of the tale - that top trunnion pin has a groove in it for reason and make sure you use the right top trunnion bushes! Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 30613... MORE
I've also recently had no end of problems with new electrical items failing after only about a weeks service, coils, plug leads, dizzy caps, rotor arms condensors etc across a whole range of classic cars Regards Chris Valentine Dunlop Motorsport David, Capn Bob also suggested the same things, the only area I have not looked at since I got this midget is float bowls. I change the fuel pump six months ago and the fuel filter one month back. I know the issues with getting the correct fuel pump, mine came from moss motors for a midget. Checking the... MORE
Loopy Chris says .Not quite sure if I can get the ariel lead underneath the car as I think( could be totally wrong though and I've got the wrong end of the stick!) to be legal in this country, it has to be a certain distance ( im talking a fair space here , not a couple of inches) from any fuel tank or line , in case it causes a spark or something. Chris, Put some old jeans on and look under you car at the back. Look just in fron t of the fuel tank and you... MORE
David... One other advantage of "burning it out" is a nice (steam) cleaning of the combustion chamber. Of course, if it really runs badly a draining procedure (per David) is definitely in the cards. I steam the combustion chambers out ea. spring via the carbs and an old Windex bottle filled with distilled water. Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 30564... MORE
Mark... Running rough can mean anything, so not really enough to go on. Usually an engine which runs "rough" under load is either overadvanced in terms of ignition or suffering from an ignition system which requires attention in that the spark is breaking down under load. This could be a bad coil, wires, cap or any other individual component not quite up to snuff. It could also be a combination of worn items, as well. Lastly, there is the fuel supply. Float levels set too low, inadequate pressure (old or bad pump) or inadequate supply (clogged filter, line or... MORE
If you do decide to make the journey, email me 24 hrs ahead and I'll buy you a pint in the nearby Luzborough Arms! (good food as well) Steve "Steve and Sue Clark" 30540... MORE
Rick Grats on your new acquisition, don't take any notice of some of the list 'snobs' there's nothing at all wrong with a 1500 - they're great little cars (apart from the Triumph engine which is a dog) And good luck with it ....not saying any more on that ;) Braided cable - not sure - could be a ground, could be the handbrake cable? Pull cable is the bonnet release. The throttle pedal is available from Moss (well here it is - UK). Not sure what a dashpad is, do you mean the crash roll on top of... MORE
Listers - (sounds like something you call people after a night on a booze cruise) I finally got my car home, created a folder in the photo section ("Ricks 75") and uploaded a photo... Figured out what caused the PO from finishing the restoration, he had snapped 2 bolts off while removing the passenger side front shock for some reason, soaking in WD40 for a couple of days and small amount of heat and the stubs came right out. The car is in supprisingly good shape (for Wisconsin), the previous owner towed it up from New Mexico, so it... MORE
