Thread: Car #54 BlkCorvair's Sold Midget..It's future.. - British Car Forum

what you got in mind? Top Secret?

Well, he's got this one freed up now. FWIW, the last time I had to get a crank bolt pulley off, impact wrench wouldn't do it (not the best electric one, I'm sure a decent air one would have no problem). I jammed a big flat screw driver in the flywheel teeth and put a 5' length of pipe on the handle of a hefty socket wrench, it finally gave up and came off. It's all about torque baby, leverage.

I asked Bill one day too late. Here's what I am looking for. I am trying to figure out a 5 speed swap - though I haven't actually decided if I even want to go that route. At any rate, I can measure most everything with the transmission in situ, but, if someone had a 1500 bellhousing and felt like tracing the shape and holes of both ends onto a piece of newsprint or some such paper and mailing it to me I would be grateful. I...

Not factory.

That weatherstripping looks just like one of the choices from JC Whitney. The round one with the little flap out one side. Does the little pointy flap point out towards the back of the car or in towards the cabin? This top should work on the MK1 Midget and the MK2 Sprite without any trouble. YMMV of course and take measurements before purchase! Thanks for the pics Hairyone, they are large but they really showed me what I needed to know! To me...

Very nice, Ray! Sometimes those small successes are all we have.

Thanks Jack. So it should be reassembled like this (don't mind the one seal on the far side that isn't put on right); The metal washers go in between the "cupped" seal and the piston, and the seal itself fits over the spring end with the dished out part of the seal facing the spring. Thanks humoring the questions and pictures, but I've found this helps me personally to get it right and I've had other folks...

I think you got it.

ummm.... this may sound a bit off-th-wall, but: I drive my 50+ year old compressor with an old Sears in-ground water well pump motor. Check around with the folks who replace those things and mebbe find one semi-used they'd sell for cheap? Pulleys can be had for pocket change at places like Grainger, etc. If your intent is to economize, that's what my recommendation would be... MacGyver th' stuff ya have.

Originally Posted By: regularman Originally Posted By: Hap Waldrop I had to mess with sieze motors more time than I like to remember, needless to say none of the remendies worked for me, I end up knocking the rods and piston out, what happens is the ring rust weld themselves to the bores. You put the hydraulic to it and it will budge. A grease gun puts out 5000-7000 psi if working right. Figure that across the square inches of the piston and...