special tools

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       Buy a plastic clutch alignment tool from Vick Auto or any of the other 
parts suppliers.  I guess they all ship to New Zealand.
       Make hold downs for the liners from large washers and lengths of pipe. 
 I cut 3/8 black iron water plumbing pipe to the appropriate length.  You 
will need four, two on each side between cylinders 1 & 2 and another set 
between 3 & 4.
       I own none of the special Alfa tools.  I have been able to look in the 
shop manual and make suitable tools to do the job.  Even when all the tools 
were available from Alfa, it was far cheaper to make my own tools on occasion.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City



In a message dated 12/02/2002 9:50:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:51:21 +1300
> From: White Anthony <anthony.white@domain.elided>
> Subject: special tools
> 
> Kind Alfisti, 
> 
> I'm just planning the operations I'll undertake on my car over the 
> Christmas break now:   timing chains, clutch, some brake work, other 
> miscellaneous bits and pieces.  
> 
> The only thing that concerns me about the timing chain operation is the 
> special tool that is supposed to be used to hold the cylinder liners in 
> place once the head has come of.  Do people typically have the special 
> tool, or do some of you dummy one together out of other stuff?  Photographs 
> would be appreciated, if possible.  
> 
> The other special tool that I may need is the clutch centring tool for a 
> 116 transaxle.  I gather that I could make on by cutting up a spare input 
> shaft, but I don't have a suitable parts car with an input shaft I could 
> cut up.  Is there another way of dummying one together?
> 
> I'll probably buy the tools if I can find them -- I just like having good 
> tools.  And, I have a continuing competition with my brother over who has 
> the coolest tools.  But I would like to know what I can use if I can't find 
> the tools in time.  
> 
> (Also, if anyone in the lower North Island of NZ happens to have either of 
> these, and would trust me enough to lend them to me for a couple of weeks, 
> I would be astonishing appreciative.)
> 
> Kind regards,
> Anthony
> '85 116 Giulietta
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