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To: [email protected] Thank you, Dan K. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] (alfa-digest) Date: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:33 Subject: alfa-digest V10 #2540 To: [email protected] > > alfa-digest Monday, March 12 2012 Volume 10 : > Number 2540 > > > > Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc. > Richard Welty < > Digest Coordinator > > Contents: > > [alfa] Koni shocks (with Link) > [alfa] Re: Snap rings vs retaining rings for pistons? > [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books > [alfa] GTV 6 bits needed > [alfa] GTV 6 transmission for sale > [alfa] Renting an Alfa in Italy > > Alfa Digest Home Page: > > http://www.digest.net/alfa/ > > Send submissions to [email protected] > > Send administrative requests to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of > the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address > than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a > message to alfa-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo > commands. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:07:34 -0800 > From: Mark < > Subject: [alfa] Koni shocks (with Link) > > Sorry, forgot to put in the link > > http://www.koni-na.com/index.cfm > > > Just a heads up... Koni North America is having a 20% sale for an > > unspecified limited time. > > > > I just ordered some Koni Sports for the 116GT; don't know how much > > longer they'll be available! > > > > No personal interest, your mileage may vary, etc. > > > > Mark Tamas > > 1979 116GT (x2) (one being prepped for IT) > > Eugene, OR > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:20:11 +1300 > From: Les Singh < > Subject: [alfa] Re: Snap rings vs retaining rings for pistons? > > Rich > > I have a set of Venolia pistons and Alfa conrods waiting for an engine that > I will build one of these days. The wrist pins are floating and not an > interference fit in the conrods. > > Les Singh > Wellington, New Zealand > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:19:14 -0700 > From: "Richard C. Wagner" < > Subject: [alfa] > > When I worked as a Honda motorcycle mechanic, all of the Honda engines used > full-floating wrist pins, .,.... > > Correct me if I'm wrong (like I need to say that around here), but aren't > all Alfa wrist pins an interference fit into the small end of the connecting > > rod, floating only in the piston? > > Rich Wagner > Montrose, CO > '82 GTV6 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:30:02 +0000 > From: Richard Welty < > Subject: [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books > > Other ways to support the digest > > Richard's Amazon wishlist: > http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/30PQXKZQN9GWX/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go > (there is more than one list on amazon, see the menu on the left). > > Powell's Books affiliate: > Krusty Motorsports (parent of digest.net) is affiliated with > Powell's Books, a highly regarded bookstore in the Pacific Northwest. > Use this link to access Powells and buy books, and it'll help: > > http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=25667 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:28:34 -0500 (EST) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [alfa] GTV 6 bits needed > > I need a few small things for the 1983 GTV 6, in case anyone has things > laying around they'd like to sell. > > Plastic tank for window washer > > Plastic or aluminum tank for radiator over flow > > The little plastic bit that screws to the rod, so you can unlock the > interior door from the inside > > Trunk carpet > > Front mats > > Rug for dash or dash cap > > Stevan Thomas > 73 Berlina > 83 GTV 6 with Milano Verde transmission > California, SF Bay area > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:33:27 -0500 (EST) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [alfa] GTV 6 transmission for sale > > I have an excellent GTV 6 transmission for sale with only 36,000 miles on > it. My mechanic drove it and said it has no issues at all with second gear > synchro. I bought a Milano Verdi trans with lightened gears years before I > found the car I wanted to put it in. > I'm thinking $1,200 with a very good clutch, $1,000 without the clutch. It > has rotors and calipers, plan on rebuilding the calipers. > Stevan Thomas > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:30:24 -0700 > From: < > Subject: [alfa] Renting an Alfa in Italy > > Put this one in the dumb or FAQ category, but like all of us I want to > rent an Alfa - a high performance Alfa, preferably - on a trip to Italy > this June. Any basics or suggestions that anyone could share? > > Thanks! > > Eric > (new [LeMans blue!!] '74 California GTV purrs like a kitten!) > > ------------------------------ > > End of alfa-digest V10 #2540 > **************************** -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
