Re: Help--74 Spica--adjuster screw under TA turned all the way

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@domain.elided>]

Hi Armando:

There aren't really too many possibilities here.  Perhaps the reference 
screw (the one you're measuring the gap from) has been tampered with?  Is 
your gap gauge fitting into the notch on the pump control lever?  What's 
the extension of the tip on the TA?  The failure mode for those is that the 
tip becomes too short, not too long.  Any chance some loony previous owner 
put a washer under the plunger screw inside the pump?

Regards,

Dean



At 10:03 AM 10/16/2002, you wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:48:50 -0400
> From: "Rotondi, Armando" <rotondiaj@domain.elided>
> Subject: Help--74 Spica--adjuster screw under TA turned all the way
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have had a "slightly" mis-adjusted Spica for several years now, and
> > decided that the digest would be a great place to get some help.  Here is
> > the issue. The screw that is part of the plunger, which is under the
> > thermostatic actuator, and is used to adjust the distance between the
> > lever that the "long link" attaches to and the reference screw, is screwed
> > all the way in.  I got the car about 8 years ago, and I had to set it this
> > way the first time that I tuned it. At the time, it didn't seem right so I
> > took it to a shop that is very good with Alfas and they agreed that the
> > screw needed to be all the way in.  Eventhough the screw is all the way
> > in, the gap is less than 0.019".   I've lived with it, but I am wondering
> > what can be done to bring the gap up to where it should be?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Armando Rotondi
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