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Thanks Guys,looks like it was just lack of use that's jammed it...
Took it off this morning,blew away some dust,rubbed on some graphite and it's all working again!
Interesting to hear about the cur ...

Thanks Tino, guessed there'd be some dismantling to do!

I've now bought spare keys after my troubles changing the battery on the 1.5.... Embarassed

Unfortunately my P4 has been sitting gathering dust since the end of last year and when coming to start it this month it would appear the starter motor has jammed.
The battery is fully charged, all ...

Well, it seems that I've experienced both scenarios mentioned!
When I reconnect a battery on my P4 the doors make the "clunking" noise as if the central locking is activating, yet they stay unlocked ...

I'm not quite sure what happened either! Laughing

I had been in the car,engine running. Switched off ignition and went round to the front of the car to swap in a new battery - original rather low sin ...

Thanks for all your advice! I managed to prise back the door frame and slide in some looped plastic packing strip from the side to grip and lift the button. The window frame seems very resilient and s ...

Help!! I've managed to lock myself out of my 1.5ie (fitted with series 2 door handles if that makes a difference..). I can't leave the car where it is after Sunday night and desperately need in to it. ...

Thanks chaps, I reckoned there must be someway of manouvering it out without taking the gearbox completely off! It's actually a LHD car just outside Amsterdam - should perhaps pop over for a couple of ...

Has anybody managed to change a Series3 power steering rack without removing the gearbox? Would it be possible to just lower the engine and 'box slightly, as a unit, to give clearance?

Are the main beam (inner) lights on a Sud Ti "handed" for left or right hand drive? I can understand the dipped beams being focussed to avoid dazzling oncoming traffic, but since the main beams should ...

Does anyone have any experience of the Squadra chip for the 1.5ie? I'm playing around with the 33 before hopefully dropping the engine into a 'Sud shell I've got. I know I could source a 1.7ie engine ...

I've just had the head gaskets done on my 1.5ie in a friend's workshop. I'd told them I'd get an Alfa filter when the engine was going back together. Since I wasn't a rush, they fitted it around other ...

Any tips on fitting the new bushes I've just got for the rear of my series 3? Part no. 60501911 from Alfa seem slightly larger than the ones I've pulled out... The drift that took the old ones out is ...

Anyone recognise these? Not 'Sud rears I fear - part no. on box says "125251?0000????? rear"

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Thought they may be fronts, bu ...

Love the wheels in the "...and leading to this" pictures! Where are those 75 style rear arches from?

The Walker manifold I fitted to my P4 was the same part no. as the 16V and went on to the Alfa centre pipe without any trouble - I'd say it's worth a shot!

Paul

Has anyone a link for white 1.5ie dials, in MPH? (Heads off, see what you mean about getting a torque wrench in there...)

Those sound like the alloys (mine's missing hubcaps of course) and my interior is basic spec apart from the 'wheel. It actually has a 'Sportiva' badge on the tailgate too. Guess I will have to wait to ...

My masochistic streak has got the better of me again and despite the uproar have brought home another non-driving 33 (see 'Head gasket')... Now, before I start falling out with my insurers too, has an ...

Thanks for the advice guys.The car's free,has done 65,000 (speedo still works!), has three months MoT left and has had timing belts, an exhaust and clutch in the last year. It's also got unusual 13" S ...

Been offered a 1.5ie with a pretty definite blown head gasket. Any advice before I provoke the wrath of the girlfriend and bring home another broken Alfa? How tricky to remove the heads with the engin ...

Come across a very nice looking G-reg Met.grey series2 1.7 Sportwagen with the veloce bodykit and Sportline alloys in a scrapyard in Glasgow. Inside are Mot certs back to 1993 all stamped in the Dunfe ...