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Wow, I ain't seen them since like the 60's LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Saivil The belt driven fan keep hitting the shroud making very embarrassing scraping noise. Am told that the right side mound is fractionally low and the cause of that. Could that be true? That is a major job to repair. Any chance that it's something a lot easier and more directly related to the fan and shroud?

I think the problem is that they are all prone to fail. So, since it is a bit of work to replace it, might as well replace it with one that is stronger than original, instead of setting yourself up for failure with one that is bound to fail as well. I just don't see the difference in a beefier one, or a well repaired used one. with a solid weld, there's no reason that the original one would break again.

Rick, Wife going to Denver for 2 weeks CO training late Nov early Dec. Needed to get info on what best clothing to take if possible. Winters in Memphis usually so mild we do not have much in the way of heavy winter clothing - boots ect. Probably slight misuse of the BB but the members are always so friendly and helpful I felt I could get some useful advice - and I did. Thanks to all, Robert

They are named "double-ended spring pan bolt" in Europe and are in stock here among other vendors: Suspension and the price is £7.50 Veloce and Wille R.

Double check that the fan motor is bad before you go to all of that trouble. I like to check blowers, etc by powering them directly from a 12 volt battery. I keep a burglar alarm battery on float for this purpose. My Milano blower would not run recently and it turned out to be a bad ground. At first I thought it was a bad motor because I had 12 volts at the motor terminal when it was switched on.

Quote: Originally Posted by FrancosAlfa I would highly recommend you not go with that car as others have said. One additional tip. Check out the 4 sale run on this board. 1983 Spider Veloce, Ivory with Blue Interior I know this is a little more than you want to pay, but Look at what you would start with! KKKKFL I've run thru the for sale here on the board and will continue to monitor the ads. The Spider you used for an example is nice...

I see from other posts that Alfa's come with carbs, mine is fuel injected. Is this common? Or do I have a rare one?

Nice post! To me the headlight covers with a chrome finished edge looks more purposeful, as do period Ferrari, et al headlight covers. Without that, the current Carello covers we get look like an after thought or perhaps where someone left off the chrome trim kit when they installed it. Add this to the list with: carbs vs. Spica, with or without pan guards, etc.

If it's one specific cylinder, it's got to be a lack of spark, fuel, or compression. If it's more of an intermittent misfire, not specific to one cylinder, it could be a sensor, etc. problem. See the L-Jet diagnostics posted a number of places here for step-by-step procedures. I'd look at the sparks plugs first, since they're easy, to determine if one cylinder is not firing (plug will look noticeably different from...