YES! Make sure the sheet is tied down good and proper
in all four corners or the wind will get under it and
it will flap about at night.
--- Leo Tennant <leot@...> wrote:

> Has anyone got anything else to say?
>
> My Sprint hasn't run for 18 months, the last four
> months it's been under
> a sheet on the drive. To be honest I'm scared to
> lift up the sheet to
> see what's left! Any advice?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sprintformation@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:sprintformation@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Martin Parry
> Sent: 08 February 2006 10:50
> To: sprintformation@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [sprintformation] Re: rear brake
> pressure limiter
>
>
> As part of our annual MOT test they test the braking
> effort by sitting
> the car on powered rollers and the rear limiter
> works perfectly despite
> the fact the car it came off has been off the road
> for over ten years. I
> start the stored car every few months and have a
> back lane I can drive
> it up and down to free the brakes. My neighbours
> find this very
> 'entertaining' as most of the exhaust has now
> dropped off with corrosion
> !! And it sounds more like a WW 2 fighter.
> Fortunately they all like
> old Alfa`s. As for my seized clutch on the Sprint.
> Last time I had this
> problem, when I was restoring my now roadworthy Ti.
> I jacked up one
> front wheel kept the clutch pedal depressed with
> some wooden blocks. Put
> it in gear and put a large 1" socket on the hub nut
> and with the help
> of a scaffolding tube , got enough leverage to turn
> the hub and the
> clutch freed its self with a bang and worked fine
> after that. This tip
> may be of use to other members of the forum. Its
> nice to have some
> correspondence in the forum. Has anyone else got
> anything to say ?
> Martin
>
> From: "Graham&Joan Hilder"
> <graham.joan@...>
> To: <sprintformation@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [sprintformation] Re: rear brake
> pressure limiter
>
>
> > Good-o Martin. The seizing of clutches on stored
> Suds (and Nords) is a
>
> > problem all right. And those rear brake pressure
> limiters also tend to
> seize
> > with lack of use! If the one you recovered from
> the stored car has
> > seized, you'll find your rear brakes lock up too
> easily, as naturally
> > the limiters seize in their relaxed, or
> non-limiting, position.
> >
> > Best rgds,
> > Graham
> > (Sprint, ti)
> >
> >
> >
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