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About the release levers surrounds, they do also fit very well. The holes for them were spot on, just a tiny bit small and I had to use 4,5mm drill to make them exact. The actual openings needed only very light filing to match and one small groove made as the plastic cover has sort of locating...

After another longer period, I am checking into this thread with an update. There is not so many news with my GS in the last months but I am currently collecting some parts for multiple projects and upgrades to do in the coming months. The only bigger thing I did recently is installing carbon...

Maybe check the wiring for the variator solenoid passing through the valve cover. Mine were leaking and it is probably the highest location I can think about where oil can get out. I marked it in yellow: Cam covers gasket where not that difficult to replace, the biggest pain for me was that...

I bought some recently here: https://www.ebay.de/itm/323942994441 Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

Talking about unobtainable parts, I always wanted to have the optional passenger alu footrest that I saw on some cars online. I really love it. Of course, it is not in stock and it is quite a rare part to find. In the last year I found only one for sale on eBay in Australia, but it was sold very...

There are two more jobs I did on the GS this week. One of them was Aux belt with its pulley and tensioner. Belt seemed quite fine with no cracks and the pulleys turned smoothly with no noise, but they were all almost 20 years old so I thought better to do it. First, I intended to save some...

And now finally after some months when the car was permanently incomplete, I am finally driving it again and enjoying. Last weekend I finally took it out and did like 200kms with it. After 7 months it is finally out and for the first time I saw the resprayed wheels with red brakes and refurbed...

Installing parcel shelf allowed me to finally install the boot trim as well as the parcel shelf is screwed in from the boot above the tank. I could finally install the new carpet for the CD changer that I retrofitted and finish the boot. I did also some small visual upgrade. Maybe not for...

And now in July finally also the rear parcel shelf was done. Not that it would need doing, but we still had a big piece of the thin leather for roof liner that I paid anyway so I asked to use it on the parcel shelf and stitch it with yellow to match the dash. Here is the original one: And...

Early June my roofliner was finally done. Here it is when I brought it home: It was done exactly as I wanted. However, this also results in a small imperfection. Normally the leather would be stitched to a backing textile with a 4-5mm foam sandwiched in between them. This foam would nicely...

Now lets move from jobs that are cheap, but cost a lot of sweat to do, to jobs that are easy to do but cost a bit more money. With all the mess around the dash, I decided to resurface some sticky coating bits. Especially the trim around steering wheel column was horrible and the main reason, but...

Finally, the GS is put back together and on the road again. The idea to retrim the roofliner that I got in February took a little longer than expected and while the car was in pieces, I was finding tiny jobs here and there in the meantime. For example, I had a cracked glovebox and the...

That’s a question I am asking myself as well. Best answer would be that for me they are “complementary”. I was a bit worried that getting a GS I would not care about GTA anymore at all but this didn’t happen. They are similar and different as the same time. Also, keep in mind that my 3,75 GTA is...

Yes, that will be me. I spent about a decade and broke about 3 engines until I found a proper way to build myself a reliable 3,75 Busso V6 conversion :-) I maintained a very extensive thread on Alfaowner forum about it with a lot of details, however one day Photobucket got paid and all pics...

I understood the EU/JPN cars should have manifolds like me, with long primaries and 4 cats on downpipes. And US cars should have short primaries and pre-cats on manifolds to heat up as quickly as possible to reduce cold start emissions due to California regulation being ahead of EU in that time...

Not many, but I can crop for more detial. But I threw them out. They were installed in the same way on both sides of the car, wiring leading nowhere. Maybe some signal filters or antena amps but for what? And on both sides of the car. Might not be related to this, but I pulled out of the...

And here are the parts bolted on: I later replaced the manifold to downpipe bolts for longer ones. Originals are threaded into the downpipe flanges, Supersprint flange has smooth holes so you need a longer bolt to go through and a nut. Better design as old seized ones are easier to remove...

Time to install some upgrades Removing the ARB is really easy, as well as the crossmember bar and downpipes. Luckily there are no rusty bolts on my car, however the hex bolts attaching downpipes to the manifolds can be a pain to release. I had to heat up one to break it loose and it was...

Waiting for thew roof liner, as a small side job (still few hours of work) my trimmer did the upper dash as well. It had two damages, over the passenger airbag there was a large mark in the leather as if somebody put some glue on it and it has eaten the leather. Same by the driver´s A pillar...

As usual with older cars, one project usually leads to another. With the idea of simple speaker replacement, when I removed the rear side panels and rear parcel shelf I did find some weird boxes and wiring on both sides: Being curious, I stated to remove more and more trim tracking the wires...