Bruce, If you can prove you bought the shocks new, Konis carry a lifetime warranty. Simply send them back to Koni and they will return them to as new for free.
Thomas Gonnella -----Original Message----- From: alfa-digest <[email protected]> To: alfa-digest <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Nov 11, 2012 12:21 pm Subject: alfa-digest V10 #2643 alfa-digest Sunday, November 11 2012 Volume 10 : Number 2643 Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc. Richard Welty <[email protected]> Digest Coordinator Contents: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2642 Re: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices [alfa] From the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file [alfa] Koni Shovks - rebuildable? Re: [alfa] Koni Shovks - rebuildable? Re: [alfa] From the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file [alfa] Bosch distributor Cap 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: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 07:36:11 -0500 From: Nickolas Beck <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2642 The point I was trying to make is that materials alone were $5k for a smallish car. It cost me $12k to do my '92 Spider and $8k to do my '91 Allante and both were done simultaneously four years ago. (Both were black cars so I saved money). Painting on top of existing paint is a false economy. Been there, done that. (I grew up in a car dealership that had a body shop and I saw the effects of DRP work.) Automotive paint technology is changing again and what's being used now will be outlawed/outdated in 3-5 years (and sooner in CA). The problem with this new paint is that it does NOT bond to older paints. It doesn't have the forgiving nature of nitrocellulose or single stage acrylic, nor does it have the workability of modern two stages. And to boot, it's more expensive. This was the biggest subject of conversation at SEMA a few days ago. Save money in the long run and do it right. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2012, at 2:30 AM, [email protected] (alfa-digest) wrote: > > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:01:03 -0500 (EST) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices > > Sure , for a bare metal show quality paint job, you're right. It's a lot > less if you don't have to go to bare metal. If you're going all the way, > every primer coat should sit for 30 days between sandings. I think on a > Berlina, it will be awhile before anyone does that kind of job. Giulietta and > Giulia Spiders are worth putting that kind of paint money into. > Stevan > > > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:07:49 -0800 (PST) > From: Alan Lambert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices > > Don't ignore the car he's talking about--a Corniche---look it up! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 04:48:38 -0800 (PST) From: doug sedon <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices ya- yust think how much it woulda cost if it had a metal roof instead of being a rag top. ;~) doug s. <Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:07:49 -0800 (PST) <From: Alan Lambert <[email protected]> <Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices <Don't ignore the car he's talking about--a Corniche---look it up! Best regards, Alan Lambert ________________________________ De : "[email protected]" <[email protected]> @ : [email protected] Envoyi le : Lundi 5 novembre 2012 15h01 Objet : [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices Sure , for a bare metal show quality paint job, you're right. It's a lot less if you don't have to go to bare metal. If you're going all the way, every primer coat should sit for 30 days between sandings. I think on a Berlina, it will be awhile before anyone does that kind of job. Giulietta and Giulia Spiders are worth putting that kind of paint money into. Stevan Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 15:18:25 -0500 From: Nickolas Beck <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Re: berlina FS A decent paint job is way more than four grand. Just to do a bare metal repaint of my 1988 Corniche due only to paint cracking (no rust nor bodywork), set me back $22k. Materials were $5k. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:34:50 -0500 (EST) From: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] From the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file >From the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file: a trick to easily installing front shocks on an Alfa GTV-6 (or similar models). The lower bracket must closely align with the angle of the lower A-arm or it is impossible to thread the two bolts used to secure it to the A-arm. The best way to adjust the lower bracket, which pivots within the body of the shock, it to use a large punch secured in a vise to rotate it (see photo). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 14:08:58 -0500 (EST) From: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] Koni Shovks - rebuildable? I've been told that Koni shocks are rebuildable. If so, is there any value to s set of Koni reds for a GTV-6? They were installed in the early 1990s. One rear leaks, the others are 20 or so years old. Bruce Sharer Raleigh, NC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:08:41 -0800 From: Kevin Redden <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [alfa] Koni Shovks - rebuildable? I looked into this once, I think you can just send them back to Koni and they will do it. Not cheap though, if I recall correctly it was somewhere around $100 each. http://www.koniracing.com/shopservices.html Kevin On Thu 11/8/12 Nov 8 11:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I've been told that Koni shocks are rebuildable. If so, is there any value > to s set of Koni reds for a GTV-6? They were installed in the early 1990s. > One rear leaks, the others are 20 or so years old. > Bruce Sharer > Raleigh, NC > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:51:19 -0500 (EST) From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [alfa] From the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file Here's a url with the photos. _http://tinyurl.com/a59fp76_ (http://tinyurl.com/a59fp76) In a message dated 11/8/2012 1:35:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: >From the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file: a trick to easily installing front shocks on an Alfa GTV-6 (or similar models). The lower bracket must closely align with the angle of the lower A-arm or it is impossible to thread the two bolts used to secure it to the A-arm. The best way to adjust the lower bracket, which pivots within the body of the shock, it to use a large punch secured in a vise to rotate it (see photo). - -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:18:16 -0800 From: Stefano Iachella <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Bosch distributor Cap Cats: I can't remember who I bought my last distributor cap and rotor from and what I specified, but the lady at Jon Norman's tells me all 74s came with Marelli. Mine has a Bosch. I'm not so interested in the history of distributors in the 70s, but I want to buy a cap and rotor. She wanted to know the distributor part number to get me the right parts. I can't get a good view right now without removing air cleaners and such. Can anyone tell me anything about my distributor if the part numbers on my cap and rotor are: Cap - 1235 522 056 Rotor - 2215 RS Or will these part numbers be sufficient from which to order? Thanks, Stefano Concord, CA ------------------------------ End of alfa-digest V10 #2643 **************************** -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
