I bought a brand new sender from Australia and it made no difference so I plumbed in a capillary one for a while to check against the electronic one.

I took readings at each 1000 revs from 1000 to 6000 and they were all to spec so I took it off and have stopped worrying about it.

What a great looking Nova.

Hope the wedding goes to plan and you have a great day.

They must be high tensile or something like.

When I broke one of mine it looked like it was case hardened

KevJTD wrote:still young boys at heart Dave

And always will be!

mytyres & etyres are decent if you just want tyres sent to you, about the same prices as the trade tyre brokers now to be honest blackcircles are now owned by Michelin but do have good prices for fitted tyres The Goodyears are £44.99 each inc fitting, valves & balancing and old tyre disposal at Hal...

As I said Colin when I spoke to you at MitCar I couldn't believe what a difference the Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance tyres made compared to the Pirelli P6000's. I think from memory the Goodyear's are class A wet grip and P6000's are E Last time I looked they were still a good price on the Half...

KevJTD wrote:10 years has just flown by dave, remember it well following your build when VJM was on the go.

We were just young boys back then Kev

After having the Sud back on the road for over 10 years now it has been back in the body shop for the last 3 weeks having some of its blemishes and rust spots rectified. Dave at ABR in Bramhall who resprayed it for me 10 years ago is doing it and he even has enough of the paint left he used 10 years...

Yep. I keep the timing as normal

I also read that 3 degrees retard was recommended for running on unleaded. But this will make the engine run less efficiently and therefore you will lose power. Unless you are commuting daily, why not keep the ignition timing stock and use super unleaded? I run mine on Super Unleaded. sually Tesco ...

I have just referred to the Alfa technical bulletin that someone posted on the web years ago and it says retard by 3 degrees.

If anyone wants a copy please email me at dave@armst.co.uk and I will email it back

I still can't wait to see it when its finished!

What great videos - I really enjoyed watching them. Thanks for sharing the link. I wish the Ti one was in English. Very thorough and great to picture it in action not just read about it. Why are TV road tests not like that today? Probably too many celebrities trying to make a name for themselves and...

STEVE5M wrote:....and bloody lovely too, Dave! Think of me in your will...

Thanks Steve.

It has of course got the bonnet that you sold me 10 years ago

Mine is A136SYM

Ditto

It is a while since I did mine.

I have looked on the fische but that is obviously where Haynes got their diagram from so it does not help.

Sorry

Thanks for that Kev.

It shows the importance of having a press.

I looked at the task when mine needed replacing and put it into the too hard to do category so I took the hub off and took it to Ferdi's and left it with him.

I nipped into Blackpool and when I got back it was done.

I have taken photos of the top mountings on the C pillar.

The lower mounts obviously just screw into the mounting points under seat.
I hope this helps

Cheers

Dave

I will take some photos of mine. The outers are inertia and the middle a lap strap.

Is it not a case that the wheels were painted or supplied with the colour that the supplier that the factory was NOT on stop with or was not on strike at the time? We all know that Suds can be very different depending on who supplied the components to make one. I.e. Ducellier MagnettI, Bosch. Weber,...

Tank ordered Friday delivered today. They are now all sold. Great Spot Alfasam Really pleased :D This will form part of my fuel supply refresh which I am doing in the next few weeks. Facet Electric Pump Inertia Switch New supply & return pipes New tank sender Filter Stainless steel clips And now a n...

Yep they're greaaaat!

Thanks again Colin

And another one purchased!

Thanks for your help everyone.

My rubber ones have been fine.

I am just about to embark on fitting an electric fuel pump so I just thought I would add some originality to back to compensate for it!

It's a home leg for me!

Marco is very helpful.

My Green Cloverleaf was built 24th January 1983 and was registered 2nd August 1983.

I always thought that was a long time for what was a relatively new model and so shouldn't have been stuck in a field.

Does anyone know the exact size (internal and external) of the original cloth covered fuel hoses on the Sud?

Does anyone know where to buy some from?

Thanks Colin

dave.armstrong wrote:Thanks Colin

I've just ordered a couple.

And they arrived today...