alfa-digest V7 #579

[Chris Sweetapple <Highwood@domain.elided>]

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>1.  My windscreen wipers work, but don't park.  All the literature I can=

find says that they should.  What commonly causes this, and is it an easy=

repair or a replacement option?  How do you get access to the wiper motor=

and mechanism?
The first thing you should check is the connector on the wash/wipe foot
switch.  If anything is broken/missing/unplugged/corroded it could stop t=
he
wipers self-parking.  Access to the wiper motor is by removing the scuttl=
e
panel in front of the windscreen.

2.  The 3 switches on the centre console - the ones on mine don't have an=
y
white labels on them... did all the models have these labels?  I assume
mine
have worn off.  =

They should have labels (heater fan, instrument lights, wipers).

3.  I'm going to get some original steel rims to replace the tacky
aftermarket alloys the PO put on.  If I get ones that are scratched and/o=
r
rusty, how do you restore them?
Have them shot-blasted and then stove-enamelled.

4.  I want to replace my seat belts - they are very old, and make me very=

nervous.  I want to keep as close to original as possible.  Any ideas on
suppliers of belts?  Particularly Australian suppliers.
Although not in Australia, I have some fairly period-looking static seat
belts in stock at GB Pounds 24.00 each.
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Chris Sweetapple
Highwood Motor Company, Swansea, U.K.
69 GTV
77 Spider
99 156

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