... or at least that appears to be the source of the racket. I imagine I can do the old steel-rod-on-casing trick to make sure. IAP wants just shy of $300 for one, I'm assuming with mine to cover the core charge - that's what my last year's catalog says, but the website just gives the $298 price and says "Call for availability".
That does not sound like an unreasonable price, though I'm wondering what sourcing one locally would run; I'm sure that there are people here in the LA area that do this sort of thing, and I need some oozing hoses taken care of too. The car is used so seldom at the moment that a long-term layup would be no hardship. I'm gonna post this on the AlfaBB too, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask as many people as possible. I also still need to address the non-functioning driver's window; in this land of one damn ticketed parking lot after another, that's almost a better reason not to drive the car than anything else. My thanks to any of the brethren and sistren who have advice to pass along. Will Owen '87 Milano Gold '91 164S That Subaru ... -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
