Milano ABS

[MCosgrove@domain.elided]

The Milano ABS is back in running order once again.  Thanks to the two
digesters who offered help (there was a lot on the digest for everyone to
worry about when the problem started, namely the dues increase).  The
accumulator was totally shot.  I got a new one from Centerline.  Then, even
though the big fuse was good and everything looked good with a meter, the
pump still wouldn't run.  There was corrosion between the wire lugs and the
fuse.  This sanded off, things were more or less back to normal.  I still
get a very slight kick sometimes when I apply the brakes.

While the Milano was inop, I drove the Alfetta.  The operator for the
driver's vent window had a whole lot of play in it since the day something
went pop while I was opening it.  I took the door panel off and examined
the mechanism.  What were our friends at Alfa thinking about?  The worm and
sector are housed in a pot metal housing held together by pot metal rivets.
The rivets gave up the ghost, hence the extra 1/2" of slop.  I drilled them
all out and replaced them with nuts and bolts.

Mike in greater Houston

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