Many thanks for your generous help Bert. I can start the job next week now.

Bert, I can't find your PM, just a duplicate of your last message!?

Thanks again bert308. Yes, the first post was a mistake!

Many thanks bert305. This is good news indeed !
I need a 3.55, a 3.70 and two 3.75. So is that 12 Euros for new? In addition there will be postage costs, of course.
I suspect wear in the valve seats, too.

I've checked my clearances on the 105 GC engine for the first time since 1998 and I need four new shims- 2 x 3.75,1 2.70 and a 3.55 to get them right. Anyone know a source? Even Italian eBay isn't coming up with any.

Thank you all for the complimentary remarks. The reason the wheel arch plastic is missing followed a front wing and n/s rear arch replacement. I just couldn't bring myself to drill holes in new metal, managed to track down a red S1 spoiler and had it sprayed up Nero AR 905(in answer to Alfa_Japan.) ...

I bought my Sud new from Westune , Horwich on April 1st 1980, so it's just turned thirty five years old. The only major upgrade from the original 1351cc engine is that I found a 1984 Cloverleaf engine in a scrapyard in 1992. I rebuilt it at 82,000, hooked it up to the original gearbox (17.9/1000 in ...