Hello everybody! First of all I would like to thank you for letting me in the group. My nickname is Jackie and I live in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In...
Hi Jackie, Hope we can help you here. Firstly we need to be sure which model car you have. You talk about handbrake and front calipers, but you say the car is...
HI I have a 1986 Alfa Srint, twin carb model. I have recently cleaned out the carburetors. The right side in particular contained a lot of dirt inside it. When...
Hullo Jackie. Regarding your queries - ... handbrake, since there is no any (I don't have a handbrake), is it rope or what? I have new rope which goes from the...
Dear Joan&Graham, I would thank you first for very detailed reply you sent. I have already had some correspondence with Lex, but no answers yet. Huh, where to...
Dear Jackie, Re your reply... ... had some correspondence with Lex, but no answers yet. Huh, where to start from??? First of all, I didn't specify which sprint...
Hello, ... My 1983 Sprint also has 301.98 engine. It is earlier engine with twin lobe camshafts (95hp). The car also has twin Weber carbs, Marelli ingnition...
Hi Gintaras! Thanx for the clarification on engine Nr.!! It was bizarre to have engine which actually doesn't exist! Now on vacuum: I am not a mechanic, even...
Dear Joan&Graham, I will be short this time: my mechanic says that timing belts are ok, as I told you maybe, someone did repairs on engine. I got piston rings,...
Hullo Gintaras, Re your message - ... camshafts (95hp). OK then, that sounds exactly like one of our Sprint engines (1982 Sprint Veloce, 95HP). ... Distributor...
Hello Jackie, ... Both alfasud and 33 have very similar (the same?) clutch. Some people recommend to use 33 1.7 16v clutch because it is better built. ...
Hello Graham, Thank you for the answer. I disassembled distributor and found that wires inside it were badly damaged by oxidation and there was very little...
Some cars have a mechanical advance build into the distributor (base plate rotates and is regulated with a spring) and does not use the vacuum takeoff on the...
Hi everybody!!! Last night I was at my mechanic, and we dismantled the head to check the valves. Guess what! There are no seal caps on exaust valves! Any other...
Hullo Jackie, Regarding your questions - ... valves. ... who did the engine before is an idiot?< Yes, what you found is OK. In cylinder heads, normally you put...
Hullo Jackie, ... seals? ... These are the front brakes on the Sprint, are they? On these calipers, the pistons are screwed onto the adjusters. Here are two...
Hullo Jackie, Regarding some of your questions - 1. Vacuum advance connection - On the Weber, I think the vac hose goes to the rear carb on the left side of...
Dear Joan&Graham, Thank you again for all your efforts, I really do appreciate that! I don't have much time right now, so may it be quick. I got your mails...
HI Could a leaky head gasket be causing my high RPM misfire in my sprint? The engine has done a lot of kilometres. Is there a specific interval when the heads...
Hullo Jackie, ... have much time right now, so may it be quick. I got your mails with explanation, it's excellent, only... It would be the best if you could...
Dear Graham & Joan, The pages you are talking about are by chance referring to Dellorto adjustments? If so could you please send them also to me. Basically I...
... I wouldn't think so - what do others think? ... the heads should be re-tightened?< No, as far as I know, this is regularly done only for the twin-cam Alfa ...
Hullo Alex, The photos I sent to Jackie from my Alfasud manual are for the Weber carbs, and my manual has not any photos for the Dellortos. However, the pages...
Hi Graham (?) My car is off the road right now. I was trying to adjust the idling speed a couple of months ago, and I think I didn't adjust the two carbs to...
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Any of the UK contingent going down to Brizzel for this event on the 14th of September? Provided I don't write it off at a track day on the Silverstone GP...
Hullo Jason, Re your posting - ... a couple of months ago, and I think I didn't adjust the two carbs to the same degree. I haven't started the engine since...
Where is it ? ... From: Guy Swarbrick To: sprintformation@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:17 AM Subject: [sprintformation] South-West Alfa...
Hello Joan&Graham! Further to our discussion on carbs, yes, it's word attachment you sent me that WAS full of unknown words (for my tech. english is still a...
Hi, My friend installed 3-series bmw lights on his sprint because he could not find original Carello lights. Size is the same but attachments are different so...
There were some original lights auctioned on e-bay last week, sold for £0.50 + postage. ... From: Gintaras Valiauga [mailto:gintaras@...] Sent: 21 August...
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