P4 Viscous Coupler

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alfettagtam
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P4 Viscous Coupler

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My P4 has had its 4WD system removed from service but all parts except the Viscous Coupler came with the car. If I can get this piece of rockinghorse p** I can get the P4 back to original!

Any one have one sitting doing nothing?

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Finland? Not sure how to approach that.

Is 500 euros about right?

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I have one or two i think,

should be serviceable as came from running cars if i recall correctly.

The rubber bearing mounts are typically tired on one i think but these are now replaceable via a couple of sources quite economically.

I'll have to dig them out, not seen them for a short while if you're interested?

Cheers

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Yes please! (I tried replying earlier but it must have got lost).

I'm planning on getting the "new improved" brackets and potentially reinforcing the mounting points.

So, what would *you* like for Christmas?

Kerry.

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What does the P4 electro magnetic coupler look like?

I may be missing this as well. Here's what I have
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I'm needing at least one new mount but I was anticipating getting the upgrade offered by Alfa Restorations.

I have a friend putting together a parts shipment later in the year so keen to get everything I need.

Cheers!

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So, two and a half years later, I still don't have a viscous coupler. NZ is hard so I've worked on that problem first. I have a friend with a parts contact in the UK so it will just need freight within country,

I have been using the car in the meantime but vehicle testing have decided that removing the 4wd system is sufficient a change that it needs to be "certified" - that will cost me $650 but I can't continue to use it on the road without paying that or making it 4wd again. So I'd rather spend that on getting the 4wd system going!

So, if you have a known good viscous coupler that you'd like some money for and you can ship it within the UK = let me know!

Kerry
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Hi Kerry, ...... I have one ! I'll send you a pm.
Cheers, John.

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I know a guy here in Finland who has a new old stock viscous coupling for 33 P4. Taking in account that we are talking of quite rare parts, it's probably the very same which was linked here in 2017. I asked him and he could sell it abroad if there is not too much trouble with shipping/duty/whatever stuff. If you are interested I will let him know!

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Thanks, but now that I have the UK "export" sorted, I'll stick to that. Plus he was wanting 500 euro which is quite a bit more than 200 pounds!

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I can only imagine what that part cost from dealership back in the day :) Glad to hear you got the part you needed!

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Thanks for the help everyone! I now have a 4wd P4!

Kerry
Christchurch, NZ

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