Make an PC Movie (*.avi) out of it. Then we can have this
loaded up on one of thw web sites. Once you have it on tape, find
someone with a video capture board and make the avi file. !!! That
would be cool. We could even start a colection of movie clips where our
favorite cars are on display, Get Smart Opening (first 2 seasons),
Comando, etc. Thats wold be cool.
Rich
> ----------
> From: Heuer, Paul[SMTP:paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au]
> Reply To: Heuer, Paul
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 1997 4:30 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Messy oil change, tacho, Alpine on TV
>
> Hi all,
> My Alpine-related activities at the weekend were restricted to a short
> drive
> to
> warm up the car, followed by a *very* messy oil change.
>
> Does someone want to let me in on the secret then? How do I replace
> the oil
> filter cartrige (canister type, not disposable type) without sending
> oil
> cascading
> down the side of the block and mostly missing the catch tray I had
> under the
> car?
> My workshop manual says 'on earlier models there is a drain plug at
> the base
> of
> the filter mounting block', but it doesn't say what to do if you have
> a
> 'later' car like
> mine without such a drain plug.
>
> I know some will say 'change to a disposable filter', but I really
> just want
> to get the
> car sorted and ready for our warmer weather (in Australia). I will
> keep my
> eyes
> open for a spin-on filter adapter, but it's not a priority just now.
>
> BTW - back to the tacho thread - my tacho is cable driven off the
> distributor shaft.
> Perhaps RHD cars were cable drive & LHD cars were electronic? Mine
> doesn't
> look like a PO bodge, and a fellow Sunbeam club member said words to
> the
> effect of, "Yeah, of course it's cable driven", so I suspect it's
> meant to
> be that way.
>
> Another BTW - we have an ad running on TV here at the moment that has
> an
> Alpine
> in it! I'm yet to see the ad, but several people have told me about
> it. I'll
> try to tape it.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
> (B9203022 Series 3)
>
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