rcg, the late Bob Gill ( had most sprite repare panels and sills remade from imported Pommy panels by a company in Ballarat ) and Tony Benneto have never been...
Hi Bruce. When I took my doors apart and re-assembled them, I found the Haynes manual to be helpful. But even more helpful was a book called "MG Midget reborn"...
Hi Andy, Eleah just phoned. It was him - the fuel gauge is dicky and he'd run out of petrol. Since then he's run out of brake fluid and rolled back into the...
G'day Mark eek!..no petrol, then no brake fluid...tell him to check his oil and his radiator before he sets off! my fuel guage has just started to point to...
Hi, Andy, MG City gave me good advice some years ago: yes - keep all your invoices, and, no- never add them up!! It's all good fun, and life's too short to put...
Hi Don. Thank you for the offer on the scanning the information, that is very good of you. I have a spare complete door that is being used as a reference but...
Hi Bruce. I did mine October '98. Like you, I was apprehensive but didn't have too much trouble. I followed the (not very good) instructions in the workshop...
Hi, Bruce (again) I've uploaded that older Moss file to the spridgets site (fies section) It's down the page a bit starting s&m... Regards, Mark. ... From:...
Hi everyone, I would appreciate a copy of any photographs of Saturdays garage crawl as well. Regards Mark Derbyshire On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:58 PM, David and...
guys, there is a free program available called pdf995.. Â http://www.pdf995.com/ Â with it, you can scan stuff and then print it to pdf995 rather than your...
Thanks, Andy. I assume you mean that it will do the conversion to .pdf files after you have scanned the document in a scanner. Just making sure. Don J. ... ...
Strange, it looks like a bugeye, feels like a bugeye and was restored as a bugeye Hell I hope I didn't mix it up with the v12 E Type Landgover _____ From:...
Does it leak oil? Could be either Bugeye or E-Type. Colin ... From: rcg To: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:29 PM Subject: RE:...
yes Don, that is right. it installs as a printer driver, then you select it as you would select a printer, if you had access to more than one. So rather...
Hi All, Please help solve my problem. Travelled to work this morning and sprite spluttered to a stop after about
20 k's. Didn't feel like it was a " no...
Hi David. The coil is oil cooled and should not get too hot. I had the same problem on my morris minor (basic same engine) traced to a braided oil line to the...
Hi David, did you change your points recently? I have read that there are some crappy points sets , in which the plastic part softens at operating temperature,...
David, suggest checking all the wiring into the disy although they may good ok, could have broken wires under the plastic. Spend a few hours on the road side...
G'day David Grab a coke bottle full of water and start driving around the block. When the car splutters to a stop, pour the water on the coil to cool it and...
Could still be the fuel pump. Mine was pumping, but not enough. From scratch the fump filled the bowls so it started and ran for a while before conking out....
Ok Does not appear to be the coil. Drove around the suburb - - stalled--
Cooled the coil - no improvement so --fitted a new one --- no improvement.
Waited...
A toad home? That'd be a pond or a sugar cane field, wouldn't it? Don J. :-) ... From: David and Glenys Love To: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
when you get toad home I guess you hide under the nearest rock and hope no
one sees you. Keep smiling we're making progress. I've located a new set of points...
Jag and Sprite don't leak but it would take a miracle to cure the Landrovers they should have built in drip trays built in by Solihull. Landgover _____ From:...
Hi everyone, I have heard tell of a special oil seal being made for the crankshaft for the 1275 A series, which cures the oil leakage. Does anyone know more...
G'day Baz Yes, there is an after-market seal kit to help minimize the rear crankshaft leak. Different kits for 948cc, 1098cc and 1275cc engines. They are a...
I have fitted one of the kits that Colin discusses to my 998cc Bugeye with great success, only clutch dust in the gearbox bell housing and no oil dripping from...
Andy, I have not been reading my e-mails for while so you may have the piece you are after. However, I am very close to replacing the right hand outer sill of...
