Re: Oil Filter availablilty in Oz

[jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jack Hagerty)]

From: Matthew Killick <m.killick@domain.elided>

>jack@domain.elided (Jack Hagerty) describes the adaptor for spin-on
>oil filters for 105 engines, and very nice they look too.  

I'm glad you were able to get in. I got some mail saying that the
URL I posted didn't work.

>Jack also s Trevor Fay as saying:
>>In Australia the cartridge filters are not obtainable.

>That just ain't so.  They were always in stock at Cileberti when I used
>them.  Now I use Auto Sprint, and they are a stock item there.  I'm sure
>any of the 1/2 dozen or so other Alfa specialists in Perth can supply them.
>Alfa parts supply in Australia is truly excellent.  In 10 years in Perth,
>it has never taken me longer than 24 hours to acquire any 105/116 drive
>train component ex-east coast.  1750 GTV tail light lenses took 2 days.

I suspected as much. Sorry for spreading false rumors, but I figured that
he lives there and has been part of the Alfa scene in South Australia
for decades! I was just trying to be helpful :-)

- - Jack

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