That would be the same as a 69 Hunter. I think the Hunter cap was wrong
for the S3-V Alpine - short neck from memory.
Cheers,
Paul.
On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Jan Eyerman wrote:
> My '69 Alpine GT's had overflow systems and had the two way radiator
> caps...
> unfortunately I do not remember if they had the tall neck.
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> Jan
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> Thomas Wiencek <wiencek@anl.gov> wrote:
> You wrote -
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> S3 Alpine, incontinent
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> Hey, when you're "old" you have to expect these sort of things!!!
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> On 3/14/02, Paul Heuer <p_heuer@mac.com> wrote:
> I haven't been able to find the correct radiator cap to allow a proper
> 'full recovery' overflow tank to work on a S3-V Alpine. S1 & 2 may be
> different due to the x-flow radiator.
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> You need the seal around the outer rim of the cap, plus the 'long reach'
> cap, plus the 7-9lb pressure. Not an easy combination.
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> Has anyone found such a beast? If so part # & supplier would be most
> appreciated.
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> BTW - You can have a 'short reach' neck put on when rebuilding the
> radiator, which might help availability. (I found this out after having
> my rad recored, with long neck)
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> Cheers,
> Paul.
> S3 Alpine, incontinent
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