Things that tick you off

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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 tick you off

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Tonight, I decided to do some cleaning under the hood. I removed the carb linkage and decided to clean it up. As I am loosening the nut on the accelerator cable, the threaded part of the cable breaks off in my hand. GRRRRRR.

Now I have to hunt a cable down. Nobody seems to have one in stock for the 79 carb'd model. Murphy's law at work again.
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)
azygoustoyou

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Post by azygoustoyou »

Spidernut,
Give a pic and I'll see if I have one. I'm not sure exactly what your talking about.
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TulsaSpider
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Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:33 pm
Your car is a: 1978 Spyder 124 2L
Location: Tulsa, Ok

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at least it didn't break on the road. I have a carbed 79 parts car
1978 Spyder 1800 make that 2L! Finally making real progress!
mdrburchette
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Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:49 am
Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

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Post by mdrburchette »

Wonder if it's the same as a 78 model. I ordered one of those for the Lemons racer before we decided to go with rod linkage.
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
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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

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Thanks guys...I found one last night with Auto Ricambi. It is already on its way. Ramzi was awesome and shipped it immediately even though he was closed for the day.
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)
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