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Hi, from your symptoms it looks clear to me that all of the three fork rods and the selection finger are OK, otherwise interlock plungers would prevent engagement of any of the 1st four gears.
Th 5th ...

That seems to make sense. Just went out and retested for an update. !st , 2nd 3rd and 4th gear all have the car immobile, ie two gears selected at once, 5th gear works, and reverse works. I am sure ...

hi,

when you engage any of the four 1st gears, is the car stuck or does it still move in the reverse direction?

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It still moves in the reverse direction. Sad

Or else it will not mov ...

Today my Series 2 with 1.5 motor let me down. Shocked

I reversed out of a parking space and then could engage no other gear Sad

The car is locked into reverse. I cannot even disengage reverse. ...

Does anybody know about Australian specific decals? These seem to vary from year to year and are specific to the compliance rules in force at the time of original sale.
John

Two tips for the slave cyclider, hope I am not too late to be of help: 1. With all in place but with the circlip removed, use the residual hydraulic effort to press the clutch pedal down and with luck ...

Depending on the model, if the brake pads with the wear sensor wires are fitted, Gritsop is probably correct, but if the clutch /brake fluid level is low, though not below the minimum fill line, the l ...

It was not much warmer here in Melbourne. Happy New Year to all Alfa Nuts.
John

Forgot to say above that I am no expert! Embarassed

Common sense tells me that if you have a leak with alcohol at atmospheric pressure, then the same leak will be more obvious at high pressure eg 180 psi or 13 atmospheres and gas. I think that you may ...

I use Hylomar which used to be specified by Rolls Royce as a non setting jointing compound. It is not cheap but is really fuel resistant as a joint I took apart today proved when it looked as good as ...

I notice that the book is quiet about the actual voltage output. The spec for the Ducellier says 13.75/14.35. One of the things that I have noticed is that if you double up the connection from the a ...

Pardon my ignorance Rees but what do you mean by CO? Confused

Carbon Monoxide? Changeover? I cannot guess.

I have just remembered that the series 2 gearbox has an improved gearchange linkage, so if you can get your hands on that it is worth it. It will fit the series 1 gearbox ok. I do not think that the ...

The front suspension for the Series 2 has an anti roll bar. But the series 1 will fit providing you use the cross member as well as the Series 2 crossmember is different ( to accomodate the anti rol ...

The cut in temperature for the electric thermostaically controlled fan is 88-92 deg.C and the cut out temp is 82 - 78 deg C . I have one car which runs religiously at 80 deg c shown on the guage in t ...

I think that most petroleum products will attack rubber. The more refined the petroleum and the more pure ie more latex in the rubber the more devasting the attack. For years we have had to use vegea ...

I do not know about the situation in Europe but I know that in Oz the generic was more expensive and less available than the "genuine" set.
John

The Helicoil screw thread insert is a well established engineering technique/practice used to reinforce screw threads in soft or weak materials such as Aluminim Alloys and to repair stripped or damage ...

Hi Serpent33

Useful to know that your 1.7 had a 10/35 diff ratio. I am almost sure that mine is 10/37.

According to this Link http://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/gearbox.htm the S3 16v should be 9/35. ...

Hi Serpent33
I cannot say for certain if you can change the crown wheel without changing the pinion, but usually the centre distance between the two gears is fixed and the crown and pinion are pair ...

Hi all

While it is extremely irritating to have the spam I appreciate what Tino is saying and I recommend that we all exercise our own discretion and ignore the spammers. It is not brain surgery o ...

Thank you Fritz. Really useful. Now I understand why I had such difficulty matching my resprayed 1.7. And I should be able to match the 1.5 Green cloverleaf more easily.
John

For Carl

You might try Marc at Milano Spares www.milano.com.au in Thomastown. Last time I was there he had lots of 33 bits. and he has contacts all over Australia.

Usual disclaimer
John

There is a small tool that you can buy for a few dollars which you can hold agains the plug lead and a small neon will flash everytime a spark goes down. Mine is a handy thing which I use mostly with ...