Per the oil in the tubes: You Betcha. Get used to it. I believe the
insert that is that tube is emersed in an oil galley in the head. Not
exactly positive on that since I never removed the tubes, but series IV
always collected oil there, and ALL of the Alpines I saw this last
weekend at a local ABFM had oil in them too. It was kind of nostalgic
for me to see that again after 20 years....(Getting misty eyed.)
Rich
> ----------
> From: levitin(at)interval.com[SMTP:levitin(at)interval.com]
> Reply To: levitin(at)interval.com
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 1997 7:05 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: (1) After Market Steering Wheel hubs; (2) Oil in spark
> plug wells; (3) Source forrechroming hub caps
>
> I have a '66 Series V. I'm in the final stages of my restoration.
>
> (1) In addition to having installed a stereo system, my one compromise
> away
> from completely stock toward daily driving pleasure is that I'd like
> to fit
> the car with a nice after market steering wheel (saving the OEM wheel
> for
> show). Momo and LeCarra make some nice 14" diameter models with
> similar
> chrome spoking consistent with the original Alpine design and a MUCH
> more
> robust horn. But these manufacturers no longer stock the steering
> wheel
> hub kit for the Alpine. Does anyone out there happen to have
> stockpiled
> these? Or know of a currently available hub kit from any source that
> will
> work with these steering wheels? I have an adjustable steering column
> and
> as near as I can figure, the steering shaft is 48-splines and 3/4"
> diameter
>
> (2) This is my third Alpine V, and all of them somehow collect oil in
> the
> spark plug wells. It doesn't seem to be leaking down from the valve
> cover
> gasket (I use the cork ones there, not the paper). It seems
> improbable
> that it would be leaking UP from a bad tappet cover gasket, or that
> oil
> would be coming through from the cylinder. Has anyone had a similar
> experience and a potential solution?
>
> (3) Does anyone recommend a good outfit for rechroming (and undinging)
> hubcaps?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Levitin
>
>
>
>
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