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The stylists’ and customers’ desires for frameless door windows on convertible cars present the automotive engineer with a number of problems and life is made more difficult when the winding window has to fit both a hardtop and a well-engineered soft-top frame.
Many of our Tiger and Alpine members have spent a great deal of time, effort and money restoring their cars only to find that within a few months’ time that the once shiny exhaust system is beginning to rust.
First printed 8/82 You can use any Chevy small block thermostat for an Alpine. They are cheaper, easier to find and usually have a better flow than the stock Alpine unit. Install a 160 degree F unit in summer, and a 180 degree F unit in winter if you desire more heat.
First printed 3/31/82 If you need front wheel bearings for your Tiger or Alpine and your local parts store doesn’t have a listing, get the bearings listed for 71-74 Capri. The Sunbeam grease seal is not the same. The following are BCA numbers for Tigers and Alpines. Inner 1988-1022 Outer (LM 11949, LM 11910) Seal (more…)
by Steve Finberg The existing mesh filter in the fuel pump has never seemed satisfactory to me. First, it is too coarse to keep fine crud out of the carburetor needle valves, and second, because large crud from the fuel tanks can clog the fuel pump at the right-angle inlet before the mesh. A standard (more…)
The evolution of oil seals has progressed from no seals at all to modem elastomeric lip seals, which stop oil leakage for very long service periods. In between these extremes, attempts have been made using leather, rope, cork, felt, canvas, string, rags, etc. Most set-ups had a short useful lifetime or had a mechanism of springs or threaded nuts which required periodic tightening.
by Fred Mistr and Tom Ehrhart The December 1981 newsletter (Vol. 6, No. 9) contained an article about that dreaded Alpine disease LOP, or low oil pressure. In that newsletter, Sunbeamites were coached on how to nurse your engine back to a healthy life. One area not covered in that Tech Tip was how to (more…)
by J. Charles Watamess If you own an Alpine, you may have noticed the fuel line from the tank to the engine is a single piece of formed steel tubing. In most English cars, you will find a piece of flexible hose connects the solid line from the tank to the inlet of the fuel (more…)
author unknown If you have a dual carb-equipped car such as an Alpine I through III, an Alpine V or an Alpine GT, there might be some fine points you have missed in the course of tune-ups. Dual carbs are no great secret: all they take is some care and TLC. But if you neglect (more…)
by Steve Finberg Of late, Alpine engines have exhibited a chronic tendency to leak oil from the front timing chain cover set. As has been explained in an earlier tech tip, this seal is designed as a slinger. The oil is spun off the crankshaft back into the timing cover by a spiral groove and (more…)