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Old 04-06-2009, 09:33 AM
Steve Cassani Steve Cassani is offline
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An early seventies Fiat 850. The oil pan was aluminum; the drain plug steel. The threading was the reverse of what you would expect and, sure enough, within a few months of purchasing the car the threads were stripped. I replaced the plug with a flexible unit that was put in place, pull a short lever to apply pressure to the plug, holding it in the pan. This method did not enocourage confidence.

I soon learned that Fiat is also an acronym.
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A beautiful car, precisely assembled. Unfortunately I don't fit. Sold it after four hundred miles. Well, at least now I know a Cobra is not a car I can own.
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