Alpine Engine Compartment Questions

Steven Semeraro, ATR, (semerasx(at)justice.usdoj.gov)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 8:22:56 -0400 (EDT)


I tried to send this message a couple of days ago, but today I received a message that it didn't get through. Anyway, I haven't received any responses so I'll try again. Sorry if some of you get this twice. Basically, I have three questions about things I noticed on a nicely redone Series V engine at the Bowie BCD.

(1) Brake Servo: I've never had and never missed this item, but it does look cool in the engine compartment. Can anyone comment on whether it's worth tracking one of these down? Are they available? What do they cost?

(2) There are two vacuum holes coming from the top of my engine/manifold that are plugged off. One is for the brake servo, I never knew where the other was supposed to go. This Alpine at BCD had this hole connected up with a hole on the lower part of the block below the distributer. When I checked out my car, however, I didn't have the small piece of metal to attach

a hose. Instead, I have a tube about six inches long that curves down and points toward the ground. Any explanations for this?

(3) Finally, the nice Alpine had some sort of a filter in the vacuum line between the oil filler neck and the air filters. How important is this and are they available?

Many thanks.

Steve Semeraro Series V Alpine