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We tried changing my speedo sender a few nights ago, and found the old one more than a little reluctant to come out. I'm pretty sure this disc with the square tab is plastic (well aged), and I'm pretty good at breaking stuff, so we were reluctant to really pry and use force. We could get a little ba...

Thanks, Zamani: I don't know how I missed out knowing about Alfissimo all these years. Looks like another great resource. I've been waiting to respond to you until I heard from Jason. Hoped I'd have great news. Unfortunately, he said he knew of no Zender "Milanos" anywhere, but when he fou...

Enzo: THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout. I checked these out. Despite the road rash and discolorations (they're used, so what can I expect?) I'm really interested in these. Straightened and polished, they'd give those expensive RS replicas a run in the looks department. I've been asking my eBay-using st...

Thanks, guys, for the advice. I've just e-mailed Vince in the UK. Can't get that monzamotors e-mail address working yet, but I'll try to place a call to the Aussie when I'm home this weekend. These Zenders are reminiscent of the Chromadors (sp. sorry) on our Spiders, and are very much like Compomoti...

I'm afraid it's useless to ask, but does anybody know where I can find a set of Zender's Milano or Siena wheels for my GTV6? I've had no luck finding an American distributor, and can't even get an e-mail through to the UK one listed on Zender's Web page. I know the Milanos are long discontinued, and...

Hey, Nick and Dogfood: Thanks for the responses. Can't believe something on an Alfa is going to be this easy. Must mean there's a stripped fitting or a broken pipe in my future. Maybe not: I should be more optimistic. I understand what you mean about the bleeding. Moved the front brakes from my old ...

My brake master cylinder's going. Ordered a new one and intend to install it at Alfa Stan's this Sunday. Could someone give me the procedure? Am I gonna have to start with removing the seat and crawling under the dash as with clutch cylinder replacement? It looks like it unbolts from the front of th...

Thanks for the idea. I'll give that a try...I can get the problem to replicate itself.

Mel

Hey, David: Many thanks for this. Couldn't ask for better. I've printed it, and will spend some time with the fuse box and the relays and my guru, Alfa Stan, trying to digest this...as soon as I get the time. Going on the road for a fast research trip (not in New Red--its cabin is just too hot to be...

Hey, MJR: I apologize for failing to reply to your suggestions. I've been so busy over the spring that I haven't even had an opportunity to get back on this site until another problem forced me to it. I've been driving and working on an '86 recently, and have only been starting up the '85 to keep it...

Many thanks, Murray and David. You've eased my mind on this fuse annomoly (sp? I've become dependant on a spell checker). My owners manual verbiage suggests that the troublesome no. 3 is a fan cooling the A/C. But I think there's just the one pair of fans that operate to cool both radiator and A/C c...

So I had the fuse box open on this new-to-me '86 GTV6 that had sat for a year under the white oaks (we have around 3,000 development miles on it now). I was tracing a driver's window lift problem (Alfa Stan said it was probably corrosion on the relay prongs--and he was right, as usual) but I noticed...

Murray: Thanks for the suggestions on tracing that gas smell. It hasn't been an issue lately, but you're absolutely right: It's something to be more than a little concerned about. I do recall that when we had the tank out cleaning out the congealed gas (tar, really, after sitting for five years), I ...

Murray: Many thanks. This looks highly probable. I'll try another vacuum hose, then the AAV from my old Milano. I've really been looking for the source of that occasional petrol stench. Checked from the fuel tank fittings forward along fuel lines to the filter, pump, and under and over the motor. No...

Many thanks: That was my thought: air leaks--could be anywhere or anything. We did notice a collapsing hose on the right side (passenger side on a LHD) at the rear of the motor. Hose comes from the bottom back of the plenum to a valve or regulator mounted on the valve cover. A little pancake affair ...