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by Ed Essslinger in the September 2003 RootesReview Parts for the Solex Carburetor used on late series 3 and series 4 Alpines are getting harder to find. The accelerator pump diaphragm is no longer available. I have found that a Weber diaphragm from a DGV Carb can be used with good results by enlarging the (more…)
from the April 1977 RootesReview: ACCELERATOR CABLE FIX Here’s a fix long overdue on a many Tigers. Unfortunately, the good ole coat hanger has worked for a long time allowing this little task to be set aside. Imagine, a coat hanger holding a Tiger together. How disgraceful!! Here’s all you do. Pick up (that’s buy) (more…)
by Curt Hoffman November, 1987 Many people talked to me about my headers and I thought I would pass along what I did to protect them. The headers on my car when I bought it were rusty with pinholes and would not pass Pennsylvania inspection. I looked at headers in other cars and noticed the (more…)
By Stu Brennan in the June 1997 RootesReview There is an alternative to the oil filter hoses, and to those short filters that you can’t find at Wal-Mart. Ford Motorsports is manufacturing a copy of the old Econoline right angle oil filter adapter, described in an old CAT tech tip. This will mount directly onto (more…)
by Tom Ehrhardt in the July 1997 RootesReview Sunbeams with matured 1725 engines, CD 150 carbs and PCV valves, tend to have unstable and rough idle, requiring idle speeds in the 1,200 rpm or higher range. I offer this suggestion to improve idle characteristics and overall driveability. Remove PCV valve from intake manifold and plug (more…)
by Chuck Ingram in the April 1998 RootesReview Do you have heat problems with your Tiger? I desperately needed to do something. While at United XIX at Niagara Falls, Wally Swift insisted that I seethe Tiger that was using a couple of heater cores under the sill. (Ed. I’m not sure what sill Chuck is (more…)
by Bill Holden in the October 1997 RootesReview I was experiencing oil seepage from between the engine feed pipe and the feed pipe union nut atop the oil filter adapter assembly. The problem was caused by the worn and irregular surfaces between the flare on the bottom of the feed pipe and where it fits (more…)
(previously published as Sucking Wind in the April 1994 RootesReview) by Curt Hoffman Tech tips are all about learning from mistakes. Since I am a novice restorer I have had plenty of opportunity to make mistakes. The tech tips I wrote in the past shared my foibles; this one is no exception. For those of (more…)
by George Matthis, Jr. in the December 2003 RootesReview A cheap alternative to buying a “warmer” camshaft for the 1592 cc engine is to use the cam from a 1725 cc engine, but be forewarned. You might do quite a bit of hair pulling trying to understand why your engine doesn’t run. It seems that (more…)
Aging Alpines tend to sound like the submarine in James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty:” ta-pocked ta-pocked ta-pockedta. What may be attractive in a daydream becomes embarrassing in real-life when you clatter into a sports car meet and everybody says, without looking around, “Here comes an Alpine”. The problem is not in your (more…)