Re: New to Alfa, Get an Owner's Manual

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very good suggestion.  AROC sells ("Xerox") copies of most of the original
owner manuals.

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From: Korolyshyn, Dan Mr. DAC DPW ENGR RESOURCE MGMT BR
<Dan.Korolyshyn@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 4:06 AM
Subject: New to Alfa, Get an Owner's Manual


> Being new to the Alfa Digest and "old" to Alfa Romeo, I've
> still got my 79 Spider bought brand new in Hawaii of all places,
> I find it interesting that quite a few people, very new to Alfas
> I presume, ask questions like what kind of oil should I put in
> my differential or where is the drain plug located on my
> transmission.  I *strongly* recommend that everyone new to Alfas
> get a copy of your year's Owner's Manual and read it from cover to
> cover.  The Alfa Owner Manuals, at least mine anyway, has a wealth of
> information, including what type of oil to use where and how often you
> should change it and where the locations of the fill and drain plugs
> are and how much to torque them, how to replace lights, how to torque
> your head and how much of a torque to put on your spark plugs, etc, etc.
> The manual of course will not give you all of the details and will not
> help you remove your engine or trans, but it will tell you the basic
> maintenance requirements and keep you from stripping the threads on
> your most used maintenance plugs, etc..
> If you didn't get an Owner's Manual when you bought your car used, then
> get a copy of one of the repair manuals from International Auto or one
> of the other Alfa mail order vendors, you will be very glad that you did.
>
> Dan K.
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