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[brian paland <spiderbrian@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> Contents:
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>      Re: Giulia Super Front End Components Mystery
>      avoiding dash cracks
>      rebuilding ATE brakes
>      buying a Giulia Spider Normale.
>      buying a Giulia Spider Normale
>      RE: V6 rebuild questions
>      RE: 164 coolant drop
>      Re: alfa-digest V9 #696
>      Exhaust Mod
>      Oil gauge sending unit
>      Resetting Fiat Compact Spare Parts CD-ROM
>      105 GTV Dual Oil Pressure Gauges
>      RE : 72 GTV fuse help
>      re: GTV-6 tires
>      re: GTV-6 tires
>      Alfa Digest Advertisers: regular posting
>      Re: 105 GTV Dual Oil Pressure Gauges
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> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:01:16 -0400 
> From: "Barrett, Jim" <JiBarrett@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Giulia Super Front End Components
> Mystery
> 
> Esteemed Digestibles:
> 
> I checked last evening, and the front sway bar on
> our '65 Giulia TI appears
> to be 30 mm in diameter.
> 
> So Happy It's Thursday!
> 
> Jim Barrett
> Huntington Beach, CA USA
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:42:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: j^k doskow <doskow@domain.elided>
> Subject: avoiding dash cracks
> 
> one thing to avoid, bumping it when the temperature
> is cold,
> i think my cracks began when firmly closing the
> glove box
> when the temperature was 10 deg.F. or less. maybe a
> lot less.
> 
> jak '74 spider with spiderweb dash
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:19:02 -0400 
> From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)"
> <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
> Subject: rebuilding ATE brakes
> 
> Although it is probably best to rebuild ATE calipers
> without splitting them,
> I've done so more than once in the past with no
> resulting brake problems.
> If you have access to a strong supply of compressed
> air, or work out some
> kind of hydraulic pump dealy to push the pistons
> out, it's then pretty easy
> to clean up the bores and pistons by hand, and
> install new seals.  No
> splitting needed.
> 
> When I did this though, I had no facilities really
> at all, and so split the
> calipers and gently turned the pistons out with
> waterpump pliers, covering
> the piston's outer area to protect it.  It worked. 
> I was working on 1967
> Super brakes, which have the smaller size front
> calipers.  Large calipers
> may differ.  It took a special hex bit to get the
> bolts undone, which I got
> at a local tool store. It's not an Allen head or a
> Torx head; it's some kind
> of European standard.  I re-used the bolts, nuts,
> and seals, and drove the
> car for many more years afterward without incident
> (other than an unrelated
> hit-and-run that sent the car to the junkyard).  Not
> that I'd recommend
> doing brakes that way nowadays, but it seemed to
> work fine.
> 
> Andrew Watry
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Brian O'Kelley <brian_okelley@domain.elided>
> Subject: buying a Giulia Spider Normale.
> 
> I'm about to buy a '62 normale...
> 
> is there anything out of the ordinary about this car
> (meaning, normale's as a make)that I need to know?
> Any
> reason why it's a good or bad choice for a
> restoration?
> 
> Also, can anyone tell me specifics about what parts
> are/are not available for the car and it's 1300cc
> engine? - someone told me you can't get oil filters,
> for example...
> 
> any information is greatly appreciated.
> 
> thanks all
> Brian
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:05:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Brian O'Kelley <brian_okelley@domain.elided>
> Subject: buying a Giulia Spider Normale
> 
> I'm about to buy a '62 normale...
> 
> is there anything out of the ordinary about this car
> that I need to know? Any reason why it's a good or
> bad
> choice for a restoration?
> 
> Also, can anyone tell me specifics about what parts
> are/are not available for the car and it's 1300cc
> engine?
> 
> any input is greatly appreciated.
> 
> thanks all
> Brian
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:43:59 -0400
> From: "Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@domain.elided>
> Subject: RE: V6 rebuild questions
> 
> Bill -
> 
> I just finished a V6 rebuild (2.5 Milano).
> 
> The only lock tabs on the main journals are on the
> rear most two. All the
> others use a second thinner nut on top of the
> regular nut. The lock tabs for
> the rear main journal are NLA from Alfa, so you will
> need improvise.
> 
> It's possible that these were eliminated on the
> later cars, check with your
> favorite parts purveyor who had the factory parts
> catalogs.
> 
> There is no bushing in the back of the crankshaft on
> a V6. There is one in
> the engine flywheel. I'd clean out all the old dried
> grease replace it with
> some fresh grease. Other than that, just bolt it all
> back together.
> 
> There is a piece on the front of the driveshaft that
> fits into the flywheel.
> 
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