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This definitely belongs in "Factory Original"...
- Thread starter puff4
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Not worth anything without the original Rootes bag. 
buckalpine3
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Kevin, how did my dog get into your garage?
puff4
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I found this after removing the left-hand freeze plugs and it was located in between the #1 & #2 cylinders. I noticed it after the engine had been hot-tanked and I had it on the stand and rotated the motor and heard a 'clink'. Took a while to fish it out. It's clearly cast iron and probably a chuck left over from the casting process that was left behind when they cleaned the sand out of the block.
My #4 has always been hotter than the other cylinders, but this is typical of an Alpine engine, particularly a later SV motor without the water outlet on the back of the head. I don't think this chunk made a difference, really, as it was probably laying at the bottom of the cylinder block.
You really gotta cut down the iron in that pup's diet.
My #4 has always been hotter than the other cylinders, but this is typical of an Alpine engine, particularly a later SV motor without the water outlet on the back of the head. I don't think this chunk made a difference, really, as it was probably laying at the bottom of the cylinder block.
You really gotta cut down the iron in that pup's diet.
sunbeamowner
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Don't you guys know anything ??? It's a Rootes 'Gallstone' (too much iron in the drinking water)
puff4
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Don't you guys know anything ??? It's a Rootes 'Gallstone' (too much iron in the drinking water)
Perhaps I should attach it to a gold chain? I wonder if the wife would appreciate it as a lovely Christmas necklace.... hmm...
puff4
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Well, I can't be at the next Invasion, but I'm happy to contribute it.
Jay Laifman
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I just recently caused a furor on the Tiger email list when someone was asking about how to paint their wheels and duplicate the gray overspray that would go through the holes (apparently the factory first painted the backs black, then painted the fronts gray without taping over the holes). I suggested that was a bit like the Corvette guy I saw who "perfected" the factory pealing paint on the air conditioning bracket and the poorly prepped paint under the bumpers because the factory installed the bumpers after paint, but before buffing. In the end, I apologized and said that while I wouldn't pay any extra for a car that had "perfected the imperfection" of paint overspray, I probably would pay extra for a car that someone spent that kind of attention to all the other details too.
So, if I were you, I'd put that back in AND I'd strongly consider adding some air bubbles to the brake lines - for certainly there must have been Sunbeams that left the factory with air bubbles in the brake lines. ;-)
So, if I were you, I'd put that back in AND I'd strongly consider adding some air bubbles to the brake lines - for certainly there must have been Sunbeams that left the factory with air bubbles in the brake lines. ;-)
puff4
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Wow. I hadn't thought of that. The problem is going to be finding real factor air. You think I can find a bottle of it on eBay? I'll bet it will be expensive!!
alpine_64
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Kevin,
dont quote me on this.. but im quite sure that the guy selling the NOS lucas factory smoke had some NOS lockheed brake air bubbles... question is.. did the factory use that girling or castrol.... once they are in there nobody will know though ;-)
Jeff Howarth
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I hope you guys all remembered to decant the factory original Coventry air from tyre to tyre to retain the cars handling characteristics.
If not, I can bring a bag over next time I am in the US.
If not, I can bring a bag over next time I am in the US.
Jay Laifman
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But can you get some of the synthetic factory air? I think it's what they use to refill Nike shoes and is needed if you have made the concession to run synthetic brake fluid.
Lee Brogden
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I've got some! It was in the spare tyre.