To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
From: "Bert Clewits" <nyclewit(at)nyhp03.serigate.philips.nl>
Subject: Re: servo rebuilt
Chuck Nicodemus wrote:
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Bert where have you been , it has been quite a while and i think we all
thought you fell of the end of the earth..
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Well not exactly apparantly there is gravity in California too !
I had an excellent time in California and met up with some Sunbeamers there
Jack and Ruth Bash and on the Laguna Seca raceway with some other Sunbeamers:
Hello Fred Howard are you here too ?
and I had a look at two of the Le Mans Tigers cars at the Sunbeam stand in the paddock
which was great.
I also saw the Pebble Beach concours which is really amazing, such a high
quality of cars, for sure the best concours in the world !?
The I had the time to visit the blackhawk "Behring" automuseum which is a hit too,
black marble on the ground spotlights on the cars and classical music on the
background very stylish indeed !
And of course I had a look at Sunbeam Specialties and spoke with Mick McCloud
Bill Harben wrote:
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I am in the same position you are, faulty servo. Where in England did you
get your repair kit? How can I order one? Thanks for your time.
Incidently, I am only assuming my servo needs a rebuild since it has been
idle for nearly 18 years. How can you check?
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For what I noticed I had to press the pedal pretty hard to get a bit of
brake performance.
From what I heared it should be possible to lock the wheels up when the
servo is properly working.
And I noticed the revs went up when keeping the brakes applied, so
through the servo unit and filter some extra air gets in the manifold
but I don't know weather that is correct or not.
I think a common fault could be that condensation will form rust inside
the drum and so the piston will get stuck.
I don't know weather there are any other particular things which I have
to look for just the regular things like checking the piston bores and
seals.
Here are some addresses from Alpine part suppliers in the UK
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Sunbeam Supreme
Memorylane, Leicester
LE1 3UL
tel (00-44)-0116-2536214
fax (00-44)-0116-2513231
(This fax number might be incorrect, I had troubles with it
last time, I'll have a look what it should be)
Classic Car Developments
The old surgery
Grimesgate, Diseworth
Derby DE74 2QD
tel/fax (00-44)-01332-850856
Tiger Alpine spares
1 Firswood road
Lathom, Skelmersdale
Lancashire, WN8 8UP
tel (00-44)-01695-721849
fax (00-44)-01695-50661
Berkshire Alpine Centre
The Warren
Wantage road
Hungerford Newton
Berkshire RG17 0PN
tel (00-44)-01488-686773
fax (00-44)-01488-686774
Alpine West Midlands
The Firs
Stratford road
Hockley Heath
Solihull B94 5NJ
tel (00-44)-01564-783222
fax (00-44)-01564-782649
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Bert Clewits
'64 Alpine S IV GT OD moonstone white
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