- 201. Re: [Re: I can't believe I'm saying this....] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 4 Oct 2001 20:30:54 EDT
- One of the best winter cars I ever owned was a 1961 Hillman Husky Series II. It had been owned by a builder who went some pretty rough construction sites and it had the most aggressive snow tires I h
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00026.html (7,394 bytes)
- 202. Re: ["Hillman - " WinterMinx progress report] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 7 Oct 2001 17:16:50 EDT
- No, sorry no pressure plate bits anywhere. For an ignition switch I used a "universal" from an auto parts store. I had to file off the flat spot on the hole in the dash though to get it in. Worked f
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00033.html (9,855 bytes)
- 203. Re: [Re: ["Hillman - " WinterMinx progress report]] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 7 Oct 2001 20:01:12 EDT
- I am batting a thousand in the parts department.... no cables at all. Jan Just thought of something else - while I was putting the rear axle in, I noticed the end was broken off the handbrake cable.
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00036.html (7,574 bytes)
- 204. Re: [Clutch woes] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 10 Oct 2001 10:02:27 EDT
- Two possibilities.... 1) Master Cylinder needs rebuild 2) Air bubble in slave cylinder- solution... bleed slave cylinder by pushing in on operating rod (once-all the way, then bleed normally). Jan Ey
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00060.html (6,978 bytes)
- 205. Re: [Re: Aluminum oil pans and GT motors] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 14 Oct 2001 18:17:21 EDT
- By "GT", I am assuming that you mean a 1969-70 model (the mini-Barracuda). Regarding question #2... there was a small tube coming out of the side of the oil filler neck that connected to a small meta
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00083.html (8,057 bytes)
- 206. Re: [Aluminum oil pans and GT motors] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 14 Oct 2001 18:20:37 EDT
- Yes, air conditioning was an option in England on some of the cars that used this engine-but not in the USA. The first Rootes/Chrysler car with factory air imported into the US was the 1972 Plymouth
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00084.html (7,759 bytes)
- 207. Hershey Car Meet (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 14 Oct 2001 20:24:43 EDT
- Hi Alpine & Hillman Listers I just got back from the big Hershey car show and flea market. I think you will all be happy to know that I saw 1 Rootes car there out of about 5,000+ vehicles in the show
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00086.html (6,827 bytes)
- 208. Re: [Flame Traps] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 15 Oct 2001 13:02:57 EDT
- The "flame trap" is a small cylinder that kind of looks like a large, fat fuel filter. It is simply a small can with a wire gauze (like a piece of steel wool) in it. It stops a back fire from the car
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00094.html (9,811 bytes)
- 209. Re: [Re: "Hillman - " Hershey Car Meet] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 15 Oct 2001 13:13:10 EDT
- Although there are thousands of Chevies and Fords at Hershey, it also brings out much rarer stuff. A pair of Crosley Super Sports, several Hupmobiles, a pre-sharknose Graham, two Cord 810/812's, sev
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00095.html (9,899 bytes)
- 210. Re: [it's long, so delete if you are not interested in Alpine (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 17 Oct 2001 12:48:42 EDT
- Measure resistance of wires from inside of distributor cap to spark plug connector with Volt Ohm meter. Should be roughly the same on all four. Connect a vacuum gauge and see what the reading is. Che
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00120.html (9,355 bytes)
- 211. Re: [Today, October 22, 2001. A date which will live in (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 22 Oct 2001 11:40:49 EDT
- Be ready for a rough winter..... my new daughter-in-law is Brazilian and told me that this past winter (our summer), they had 4 inches of snow in southern Brazil... a record snow fall, in fact possib
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00146.html (7,436 bytes)
- 212. Oil Filter (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 22 Oct 2001 20:24:09 EDT
- I need the element type oil filer housing.... anyone out tehre replaced their oil seperate element (Series I & II) with a spin on type and still have the old housing.... I would like to buy it from
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00148.html (6,352 bytes)
- 213. Re: [Re: [Fwd: Alpine]] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 28 Oct 2001 17:25:44 EST
- That would be a 1960 Series IIIA Gazelle. It came from the factory with a pair of Solex carbs and a cast iron head. It had all of 62 HP with the Solexes. Replace them with Alpine twin Zeniths and you
- /html/alpines/2001-10/msg00175.html (8,751 bytes)
- 214. "Hillman - " Re: [Humber Sceptre on Ebay - in the USA!! ] (score: 1)
- Author: "Jan Eyerman" <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:59:28 -0700
- This message forwarded by the Hillman List. Jon, Everything you say is true but it seems that VERY nice Sceptres can be purchased in England for very modest sums. Shipping accross the Atlantic isn't
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00017.html (8,256 bytes)
- 215. "Hillman - " Re: [Humber Sceptre on Ebay - in the USA!! ] (score: 1)
- Author: "Jan Eyerman" <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:01:26 -0700
- This message forwarded by the Hillman List. Jon, Everything you say is true but it seems that VERY nice Sceptres can be purchased in England for very modest sums. Shipping accross the Atlantic isn't
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00022.html (8,272 bytes)
- 216. "Hillman - " Re: [Humber Sceptre on Ebay - in the USA!! ] (score: 1)
- Author: "Jan Eyerman" <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:04:55 -0700
- This message forwarded by the Hillman List. Jon, Everything you say is true but it seems that VERY nice Sceptres can be purchased in England for very modest sums. Shipping accross the Atlantic isn't
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00028.html (8,277 bytes)
- 217. Re: ["Hillman - " Top frame update] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 4 Sep 2001 14:59:17 EDT
- Something is wrong with your computer, I got the same message about 10 times!!! Jan Well, I found a parts update that I'd forgotten I had - and I just bought it at the Invasion! It seems the top fra
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00032.html (7,661 bytes)
- 218. Re: [SUNBEAM [Fwd: Paint colours] ] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 5 Sep 2001 19:19:38 EDT
- I have a Sunbeam-Talbot "Colour Scheme" booklet that has large paint chips of the 1953-54 colors. It was printed in October of 1953 The colors are: Black Sapphire Blue (medium silver blue) Gun (metal
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00043.html (8,153 bytes)
- 219. Re: [RE: Alternator Conversion] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 6 Sep 2001 14:54:41 EDT
- Regarding the wattage of the resistor-the higher the better. The wattage of a resistor just indicates how much heat it can take. The higher the wattage the more heat the resistor will handle (heat is
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00053.html (10,951 bytes)
- 220. Re: [Re: SUNBEAM [Fwd: Paint colours] ] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 6 Sep 2001 14:48:57 EDT
- It is a light yellowish tan. Sort like a yellowish natural leather color. I had a "light fawn" interior on my 1962 Hillman Husky Series II. Jan Eyerman 1959 Hillman Minx Series III DeLuxe 1973 Hillma
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00054.html (8,388 bytes)
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