I just noticed a Mk2A Sprite with a Nissan engine advertised on eBay, expiry in about 4 days. Located in Carnegie, Melbourne. Here's the URL for it: Don J. ...
I am currently bending the steel fuel line from the rear mounted electric fuel pump up to the front of the car. Can anyone tell me when the steel tube comes...
Bruce, the only problem with running the fuel line along the passenger side chassis rail is that the fuel will get quite hot from the exhaust, The way I...
Bruce x 2; The other advantage of the way Bruce Miles has suggested to plumb it is that you then avoid the chance of the exhaust manifold / extractors heating...
Bruce, thanks for the advise. good point on keeping the fuel as cool as possible. I will follow the path as you have taken when you did your car. Thanks Bruce...
Steve, thank you also for your advice. I will run the fuel line down the drivers side and up to a point where I will attach a rubber fuel hose to the carby I...
When driving, there is a medium-high pitched 'chatter' from the gearbox, which gets louder when I take my foot off the accelerator. The vibrations can be felt...
Hi Don, The gearboxes do make a bit of noise, sometimes I have trouble hearing my engine over the gearbox noise. A test to try for your fuel gauge problem is...
G'day Don First gear often does whine a little, as it's a straight cut gear, but just a whine and certainly no chatter. The other gears will be quiet unless...
Hi Don, when i replaced the universals on my driveshaft it eliminated what I
thought was gearbox noises. Worth considering? David Whitesprire. ... From: Don...
I want to tidy up the aluminium surround of the grill of my Mk2 Sprite. It is scratched and a bit dented. What should I use? Emery paper, cutting compound,...
G'day David The grille is an aluminium pressing, then anodised. Being soft and thin aluminium, it is subject to stone chips. To make matters worse, owners...
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Bruce Pearce
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Apr 7, 2008 8:50 am
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Hi Colin, A quick question from all of us out here with old, v second hand grilles...how much for a bright shiny new grille? and the surrounds? regards Andy ...
G'day Andy In a public forum I can only quote the "list" prices, as follows: $385 for the grille $ 64 for the top finisher, under the bonnet $ 50 for the...
Thanks Eriks and Colin. When I drove the car to John's today, the gearbox was as silent as the grave in the top 3 gears!! A passing remark from John suggested...
Hi Don, Unless my brain is remembering things in reverse. Usually when you disconnect the sender wire the fuel gauge should read full, if you touch the sender...
Don, you have a late model car with bi-metal style of gauge and a balast resistor in the power supply. The gauge does exactly what it should do - doesn't move...
Thanks again Colin and Eriks. When I took the car to John Needham yesterday I was driving at 'built-up area' speeds. I happened to drive it on the freeway last...
G'day Don If the rattle was due to normal 4-cylinder in-line engine behaviour then every Sprite and Midget would have the same symptom. And they don't. ...
yes David, all four are the same ... From: david loomes To: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:30 AM Subject: RE: [spridgets-aus]...
Hi I have a bit of vibration in my gearbox ( 77 Midget) sometimes sounds like a rattle above 3,000 rpm. but with a good ear I've deduced that it is coming from...
Just added some pics, This is how it was when I bought it, doesn't look too bad on the pics but close up there's a few paint bubbles a lot of mechanical work...
Hi All, I hope this might help. My racing Sprite had a persistent leak from the rear main gearbox seal. The gear box is low mileage straight cut gear box with...
I have for sale a 1958 Mk1 Bugeye which I purchased in the early eighties, stored for some years then had major work done in the early nineties. The vehicle...
Alan Waddington
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Apr 13, 2008 6:35 am
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I am interested can you please send me photos also where is it located. Regards Oliver X. Benson Coastwide Generator-Fire Pump Service Mb 0402 244 653 ... ...
Hello all, Just the other day, my old 25D dizzy decided to make a dash for freedom and jumped out of the block. The cause was the usual chipped clamping area...
I get the same rattle, apparently there is a kit available which stops it (in the Moss Parts catalogue). ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
