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bobbber
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:45 am    Post subject: Quiet Reply with quote

Has anyone else noticed how quiet on here it is at the moment?!?!?

Are all the 33s going to heaven?

I'll be showing off some 33 striptease photos shortly (that should get you all going!) Laughing

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Seemed busy for a couple of weeks and then quiet for the last couple of days.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still look in daily.

Been fettling my 'new' nsf door prior to fitting, and bracing myself for gearbox swap which i might start this weekend.

My 33 is sorned for the 1st time ever from the 1st of March in order to force me to get on with the work. I plan to do it gently when i get the odd few hours here and there, hoping to have it all done ready to re-tax from April 1st, and hopefully drive to SAD.

Judging by the recent spate of engines, gearboxes and heads etc on Ebay quite a few cars are getting broken up Crying or Very sad

Had a 35 mile round trip blat this morning, touched a ton, great fun, makes it all worthwhile Very Happy

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice one John!

Here is my current state of play! :



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm on here most days, just don't have much interesting to report at the moment. SW back on the road after a four month rest having failed MOT, all fixed now and will soon be ready to donate its a/c to my other car...

P4 looking good Bobbber, bodywork looks nice!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Rich... I might even get away with only a good machine polish and not a respray for the time being.

Having a few days off work shortly to take the whole front end and engine bay back to the bare metal, ready to POR15 it. Should be fun!

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

My P4 is waiting for me to send the steering rack off to be reconditioned (managed to find it in the garage).

The site is not that quiet. Just did a quick query and turned it into a graph of posts per month.



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We've had a spell over the last couple of weeks of quite alot of posts but it has gone a bit quiet now. I log on most days to see what's going on.




bobbber wrote:
Having a few days off work shortly to take the whole front end and engine bay back to the bare metal, ready to POR15 it. Should be fun!



Lets hope you get some good weather for that then Bob!

Car looks good. It'll be even better to see it in the flesh. Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Chap's

yeah i alway's have a look in most day's too.

bob car looks good Wink will start work on the 33 next week. service time Cool
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:01 pm    Post subject: Breakdown Time ... x2 Reply with quote

Well, it's been a busy week for my 33. The Sunday before last I got home and there was oil everywhere (it was also a bit hot). I took it to the local garage, and they put in cam seals, crank seals, sump plug seals, a water pump and all new cooling system hoses. Oh and did the timing belts.

For a day, all was well.

Then the distributor sort of disintegrated on the way home from work. Then the NRMA came, then a tow truck, then I was out in the freezing cold trying to get a cab home. Haha, not much fun!

So, Bella's back in the shop getting fixed again. Haha, it's times like these that I wish I owned a trusty little 3 cylinder Daihatsu! (I used to have one ... they're great fun).

Perhaps it's because it's only done 10,000 km per year of a very coddled life and I'm driving it a little harder than it's used to. Plus, I guess once they hit 200,000 km most cars will start to have a few issues.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought it was a bit quiet, I still try and check in everyday or so, more pics please bobbber.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today, I removed the engine support tubes (those black things which JohnBoy doesn't have).

They and loads of other parts, screws and brackets went into some POR-strip. The paint fell off.

They are now in Metal Ready having a nice bath... some of the fasteners I put in it earlier look like new!

Here is a photo just before the support tube and bumper removal :



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sweet, keep them coming.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

Looking good bobbber, like the crossmember!

You have an expansion bottle with an extra little cap. I asume this has a sender for level or something?? Not seen one like that before.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think its for the dreaded alfa control
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hope you had more luck removing those supports than i did.........one bolt sheared right off..........out with the tap and die set Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lee16v wrote:
Hope you had more luck removing those supports than i did.........one bolt sheared right off..........out with the tap and die set Rolling Eyes


Yeah Lee... they came off really easy. They were soaking in Plus Gas for 20 minutes first! Laughing

John... the extra cap is indeed for the Alfa control, which this car doesn't have. Obviously not the original coolant tank. Inside the cap is a float which sits atop the fluid. It trips a switch when it drops below a certain level.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats a clean engine bay, wish mine was as rust free Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Bob, I see that someone has been DIYing a support bracket on the brake servo. I did the same to mine (after someone recommended it on here) and the reduction in sponginess on the pedal is quite noticable.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you've got a keen eye lee, i was thinking about that mod too Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah... not my mod (there before I got it...)

http://www.sanderfamily.com/cgi-bin/framed/2559/alfa/brake_mod.html

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bobbber wrote:
Yeah... not my mod (there before I got it...)

http://www.sanderfamily.com/cgi-bin/framed/2559/alfa/brake_mod.html

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oi bob Rolling Eyes

i have ten of these,in my garage. had them laser cut at work.ages ago.should fit me think's
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry been busy with a kitchen/laundry/WC/entry hall reno, ripping out cupboards, floor tiles etc. Dusty, noisy, yadda, yadda, yadda
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've still got two not-quite-right 33s.

Tomorrow I'll be pulling one of the new front struts back out of my black car because it seems to be faulty. That'll mean the better of my two cars is unusable until the strut issue's resolved.

My grey car is still running on timing belts of completely unknown age, and it has done nearly 120,000km so I'm scared to drive it much. I've replaced its faulty electric window motor and I'm holding the drivers door catch to the cracked door frame with a little bolt, to allow the door to open and close! I have bought the car a new outer CV boot, and once I've sourced something to use as strut boots, all that'll go in the car together with the black car's old struts. Then I'll try to do the grey car's timing belts, and THEN it'll be the daily driver it's supposed to be while I take the black car off the road to do some engine work. =|
The black car has just recently got its WOF again after over $1500 worth of stuff.. Rust repair, all new tyres, rear brake hoses.. I don't need to tell you I could buy another 33 for that much. Wink

I've got another track day coming up in April that I've already paid for, and I don't know at this stage which car I'll actually be able to take. Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Having gone to the effort of digging out a graph of the number of posts per month I have now knocked up a page for the site showing this on a graph, but generated on the fly.

http://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/usageDisplay.php

All the best

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