- 21. Re: Too Hot!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 23:20:49 +1000
- The key here seems to be that you are loosing coolant. As you have been working on the cooling system, the first thing I'd do is check/tighten all the hose clamps to ensure they're not leaking under
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00023.html (8,672 bytes)
- 22. Re: Click....nothing....d**n (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 23:29:35 +1000
- The problem was as described earlier by Jan Eyerman. Used to happen to my dads Morris Major and Morris 1100. Solved by putting the car in top gear and rocking it, or by whacking the starter with some
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00024.html (8,178 bytes)
- 23. Re: Click....nothing....d**n (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:15:26 +1000
- Bill, Was it just a brush replacement or did they clean everything up and replace the main spring? Also, just remembered another reason starters sometimes malfunction - missing teeth on the ring gear
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00038.html (9,928 bytes)
- 24. Re: [Re: Too Hot!!] (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:28:33 +1000
- Agreed, Jan, and a generally good tip for the list. In my case I was going thru this thermo-trauma with a firm that had rebuilt my engine, so they were doing the replacing . The engine concerned (a V
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00040.html (10,819 bytes)
- 25. Re: Overdrive relay (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 20:08:10 +1000
- On my Right Hand Drive S3 the relay is mounted on the engine side of the firewall, on the driver side of the car, high up. The top of the relay bracket is about 1/4 inch below the join between the f
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00079.html (7,694 bytes)
- 26. Re: Engine problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 20:24:09 +1000
- Hi Espen, I have experienced similar problems two times. First case was in a 1971Ford Capri that had just had a replacement engine. It was caused by a non working vacuum advance, a result of the dist
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00190.html (9,064 bytes)
- 27. Re: The name's Heuer, Paul Heuer (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 20:28:15 +1000
- So what is your dad doing with the S3 while you're away???? Vic -- Original Message -- From: "Russell & Neola" <rmaddock@petrie.hotkey.net.au> To: "Alpine List" <alpines@autox.team.net> Cc: <pheuer@
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00191.html (7,026 bytes)
- 28. Re: Engine problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 20:38:31 +1000
- About 30 years ago I did this with an OHC Mitsubishi Galant engine. Piston hit the valve, which broke a rocker and punched a hole into the water gallery. This hole was supposedly fixed but it blew un
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00192.html (7,947 bytes)
- 29. Old Sunbeam tale (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:13:17 +1000
- While I was talking to a new friend she happened to mention that she was from Coventry. I responded that I had a car that was from Coventry, a Sunbeam Alpine. She said that he sister had once worked
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00194.html (7,385 bytes)
- 30. Re: Series V sump (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:06:21 +1000
- Even the 1600 in my S3 has a baffle, and I suspect even the Minx versions of this engine had one. Important to stop oil surging away from the pickup when braking.
- /html/alpines/2002-06/msg00211.html (6,967 bytes)
- 31. Re: UK parts suppliers (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 22:00:05 +1000
- You might try emailing them again and saying that if they don't make good or come up with a refund you'll tell everyone on this list who they are. I'd certainly like to know so that I can avoid them
- /html/alpines/2002-05/msg00175.html (8,227 bytes)
- 32. Re: Making the world right (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 22:47:11 +1000
- Hey Paul, come to Australia Needed a new block, got offered several for nothing (I sent something anyway for the one I got). Needed new pistons - supplier made a mistake (understandable), but when la
- /html/alpines/2002-05/msg00176.html (8,041 bytes)
- 33. Re: Spark Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 22:42:45 +1000
- I've used Bosch for years on all sorts of cars - always had good performance from them. Current Alpine has W8DCs Vic
- /html/alpines/2002-05/msg00196.html (6,883 bytes)
- 34. Dayton wires (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Hughes" <v.hughes@austarmetro.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:07:39 +1000
- Hi all How much do Dayton wires (the stainless spoke ones) for an Alpine cost Stateside? They're currently $A600 each in Aus. and I was wondering if there might be a cheaper way of getting them than
- /html/alpines/2002-05/msg00284.html (6,471 bytes)
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