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« on: 18 February, 2010, 08:12:14 PM » |
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Following discussions in the online database information section, I am setting up new threads for the receipt of technical information only, so as to gather it all in one place (per model) and to prevent duplication. Please do not chat in this thread (except to correct errors of fact).
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David Wheeler. Lambdas, Aprilia, Fulvia Sport.(formerly Appia and Thema as well).
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« Reply #1 on: 22 February, 2010, 12:55:46 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: 09 June, 2010, 08:39:47 AM » |
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Head (and other) gaskets from:- E Dobson and Co (Gaskets) Ltd Springfield Mills Oakworth Road Keighley BD21 1QQ 01535 607257 sales@dobsongasket.comwww.dobsongasket.comSpeak to Andrew Jeffrey See below for new post. |
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« Reply #3 on: 10 June, 2010, 08:04:12 AM » |
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Piston rings any size and type (Google it) from
Clupet Piston Ring and Gauge Co.
Factory B Solway Industrial Estate
Maryport
Cumbria
CA15 8NF
01900 818361
I dealt with Alan who made five sets for my Aprilia for about £100.
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« Reply #4 on: 10 June, 2010, 08:10:37 AM » |
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Engine machining including white metalling mains but not big ends Tom Lewthwaite Flatt Walks Whitehaven Cumbria CA28 7RW 01946 694610 A craftsman of the old type and absurdly inexpensive - but, alas, he has now retired. Total engine work including cylinder boring on Lancia V4 engines with the correct jig Serdi UK Ltd Unit 1 Sarum Complex Salisbury Road Uxbridge UB8 2RZ 01895 232215 info@serdi.co.ukwww.serdi.co.uk |
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« Reply #5 on: 10 June, 2010, 08:15:19 AM » |
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Dynamic engine balancing - took violent wobbles out of my bitza Aprilia engine and have been known to do Lambdas as well. Vibration Free Unit 18, Green Farm Fritwell Bicester Oxon OX27 7QU 01869 345535 steve@vibrationfree.co.ukwww.vibrationfree.co.uk |
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« Reply #6 on: 10 June, 2010, 08:24:05 AM » |
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Radiators (rebuild and recore radiator for Aprilia, £1000) Vintage Radiator Company Ltd Barnstones Busuness Park Grimscote Road Lichborough Northants NN12 8JJ 01327 830936 email@vintageradiatorcompany.co.ukwww.vintageradiatorcompany.co.uk For those of us in t'North try http://www.cumbriaradiators.co.uk/who will fit an incredibly efficient modern core into your Lambda radiator for very much less money than Vintage. For those of us in't north try Cumbria Radiators |
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« Reply #7 on: 12 September, 2010, 06:06:08 PM » |
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VIIth exhaust manifold/downpipe bronze nut from
John Baxter
Pineview Engineering
Lingey Close
Dalston
Carlisle CA5 7LB
01228 710173
Beautifully made, fits perfectly, region of £55 + vat, mention my name.
David
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« Reply #8 on: 27 November, 2010, 05:02:24 PM » |
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Lambda steering geometry
Thanks to John Turner and Martin Cliffe I can now give the correct dimensions. The sliding pillars must be parallel, I checked with a toe in gauge making allowance for the different diameters of the upper and lower pillars. Castor is 2-3 degrees and toe in 0 to 10 mm with 0 being favoured by Bob West and John.
The drawing is from Jorges Malbran via John and is of the jig to set up the trapeze. The measurements may not correspond to your car depending on what has happened over the years.
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« Reply #9 on: 19 September, 2011, 04:02:49 PM » |
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I have just come across this website whilst looking for 18mm plugs. Looks good. http://www.gsparkplug.com/shop/ |
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« Reply #10 on: 05 April, 2012, 05:35:02 PM » |
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Bosch Starter motors are reversible. There is a bridge on the underside of the brush mountings which is reversible. The arrow shows the direction of rotation. My thanks to John Millham for this information and the photo.
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« Reply #11 on: 06 April, 2012, 07:48:45 PM » |
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More information from John Millham
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« Reply #12 on: 08 April, 2012, 03:27:20 PM » |
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Actually, this is the real page 450, it follows from 449 and makes sense. Sorry, no page numbers on the originals apart from 449!
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« Reply #13 on: 09 April, 2012, 04:48:24 PM » |
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I cannot find any evidence of a holding coil in the Lambda starter motor (as would be shown by a path to earth from the input lead of the auxiliary coil). Getting the motor to work properly is a matter of fine adjustment of the pawl and trip lever mechanism to allow the pinion to engage fully with the flywheel ring before the trip lever trips and allows the main switch to send power to the main field winding via the lower contact.
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« Reply #14 on: 23 November, 2012, 02:18:40 PM » |
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Dynamo Rebuild. I had the dynamo rewound - field coils, armature and new commutator - via http://www.ribblesdale.co.uk/contact-us for about £450 all in. Talk to Paul Billington. Quick turn-round and seems an excellent job. I replaced the rear bearing myself. It is a BO 17, still available and described as a "magneto bearing". You can get it from SKF for about £27+vat or generic for about a tenner. The Chinese one has smaller balls than the original but I don't suppose that matters. Getting the old bearing out was a struggle I had to resort to welding a bar across the inside of the outer race and tapping it out that way. |
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