Things that suck

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spidernut
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Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:20 am
Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider Automatic
Location: Lincoln, CA

Things that suck

Post by spidernut »

I'm soooooooo frustrated!!! The 28/32 ADHA boat anchor on my Spider was acting up (lots of raw fuel smell) and the fuel pump appears to have been leaking as well....and that's with the All Italian Car Show in Alameda coming up next weekend.

So, pulled the carb and while rebuilding it, an interior casting that holds the float fatigued on its own and broke when I carefully pulled out the pin to replace the needle valve. ARGH!

Living in the People's Republic of California, I have to replace it with another stock carb due to emissions rules. I can't believe how hard these are to find and how dang expensive they are. For now, I'll keep the carb, but I think EFI is in my car's distant future.

:evil:
John G.
1979 Spider (Owned since 2000)
1971 124 Sport Spider (Owned since 2017)
1977 Spider (Sold 2017)
1979 Spider (Disposed of in 2017)
1979 Spider (Sold 2015)
1980 Spider (Sold in 2013)
1981 Spider (Sold in 1985)
2017 Spider (Owned since 2019)
vandor
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Joined: Sat May 23, 2009 1:23 pm
Your car is a: 1971 124 Spider
Location: Texas, USA

Re: Things that suck

Post by vandor »

Expensive? I'll send you one of these boat anchors for $20+shipping, and I'll be happy to be rid of it...
All you need is the top, after all...
Csaba
'71 124 Spider, much modified
'17 124 Abarth, silver
http://italiancarclub.com/csaba/
Co-owner of the best dang Fiat parts place in town
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