- 321. MGB vs. Alpine (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:07:00 -0700
- Rick wrote the following before I sent my last post, but I did not see it until I sent mine: time)!!! This is certainly why I stuck with the Alpine. I cannot disagree with him. Catching that feeling
- /html/alpines/2000-06/msg00291.html (8,850 bytes)
- 322. Alan and Alice Lee (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:44:46 -0700
- Anyone know Alan and Alice I. Lee? They were at SUNI with their Sunbeam Talbot. I tried to reach them at their old e-mail ( ailee@email.mcleodusa.net), but it bounced. Thanks for any help reaching th
- /html/alpines/2000-06/msg00363.html (6,304 bytes)
- 323. Re: Bumpers to Body (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 08:24:35 -0700
- To my knowledge all the bumpers and bumper brakets are the same front and rear. On some of the brackets, they do seem to have a slight angle on them suggesting a right and a left. I've seen various A
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00034.html (8,042 bytes)
- 324. Re: Bumpers to Body (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:45:10 -0700
- Someone commented to me that they thought I was denying that there were R&L sides for the bumper brackets. They then "corrected" me that there were. Well, so there you have it, there are R&L sides (t
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00041.html (8,275 bytes)
- 325. Re: Bumpers to Body (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:56:29 -0700
- Correction, THERE IS NO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE!! There is a driver side and passenger side! That's because the driver side front bracket would be the passenger side rear bracket! So, now you know. Jay
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00042.html (7,463 bytes)
- 326. Fitting Dash Tops (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:21:23 -0700
- I found this is nowhere near as easy as it appears. I've done it twice, and think the third would be the charm. First, I've always had the dash off. I suspect that you won't get the room you need jus
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00043.html (9,819 bytes)
- 327. Re: Fitting Dash Tops (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 07:49:03 -0700
- Actually, I had those two side pieces too. On the cars I've seen at least, those two side pieces are about 6-7" long, but then there were about 3 feet long of black pressboard in between those two s
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00049.html (7,389 bytes)
- 328. Subject: steering cross tube (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 07:58:22 -0700
- XK'S Unlimited sells a really neat replacement for the Jaguar XK140, etc., that looks similar to ours. It is not simply a wad of rubber like Alpines, but a real bearing. I've been meaning to measure
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00050.html (8,090 bytes)
- 329. On bumper brackets and jaws (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 08:12:03 -0700
- I've got a big jaw. And, for good or bad, I'm willing to stick it out to be hit from time to time. A couple people have told me that the bumper brackets are not the same front and back, only the bump
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00051.html (7,090 bytes)
- 330. Re: Subject: steering cross tube (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 13:58:50 -0700
- I thought about this a little more. What does cause a steering to center? I assumed it was the forces created by the wheels rolling, like a gyrograph forcing them to be as straight as possible. Isn't
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00070.html (7,821 bytes)
- 331. Re: Fitting Dash Tops (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:56:52 -0700
- Paul's comment about getting the furflex to fit and having to do something about it first, is right on. What I did was carve away some of the foam underneath before I glued it down. Then I folded the
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00091.html (7,116 bytes)
- 332. Back to Back Ads (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 12:37:06 -0700
- There is a pair of neat ads for sale right now on eBay. It is apparently one page from a magazine. On one side of the page is the Alpine Ad which says "for people who haven't forgotten how to have fu
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00137.html (7,145 bytes)
- 333. Weber vibration gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:05:19 -0700
- To those of you with Webers, or any other carb for that matter, using vibration gaskets, how are those supposed to be tightened? I was having a little leak through one from what I suspect was that th
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00138.html (7,679 bytes)
- 334. Gel coat (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 07:57:49 -0700
- [SNIP] I'm not an expert. But, "gel coat" on fiberglass cars is OVER the paint, not under it. They take their car body mold, spray it with the gel coat, then they spray it with paint, then they spray
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00190.html (7,165 bytes)
- 335. Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 09:18:30 -0700
- I believe the RHD and LHD Alpines have the same piping. The only logic I can offer, at least from looking at the Alpine configuration, is the flow of the fluid at the "+" junction. The master cylinde
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00193.html (7,479 bytes)
- 336. Re: Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 12:50:57 -0700
- I have confirmed that RHD and LHD Alpines are piped the same. The servo and "+" are the right side regardless of driver seating. I don't know what the story is about the Tiger. Jay
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00195.html (6,618 bytes)
- 337. Re: Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 12:53:23 -0700
- On the Tiger, I have no doubt there is no room whatsoever for the brake and clutch MC and the servo. So, those must get swapped on RHD/LHD. I don't however know how the pipes are routed after the ser
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00196.html (6,662 bytes)
- 338. Re: Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:03:45 -0700
- Here's something peculiar on the Tiger. In the Gold Portfolio, page 84, they show a shot of a LHD Tiger. There is a hard brake line that goes forward of the servo, but none in front of the MC's (see
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00197.html (6,966 bytes)
- 339. Weber Gaskets and Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:44:58 -0700
- For what it's worth to anyone, I tightened my carbs up with the vibration gaskets still in there, until each nut was basically bottomed out with equal firmness, but not tight-tight. I then backed eac
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00198.html (7,722 bytes)
- 340. Re: Gel coat (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:34:15 -0700
- Thanks for the compliment about my car. I look forward to seeing it on your site in a few days. As to the fiberglass, despite you trying to win me over with complimenting my car, I have to disagree a
- /html/alpines/2000-05/msg00201.html (7,949 bytes)
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