Wheeler Dealers

I've had a couple of calls from the production team in the last week .Seems they have bought a Frenchy A310 for the next series and are in need of parts .
All I could say was contact SimonAuto or Mecaparts as there is no one this side of the channel .
Anyway they were after some wheel bearings

[BIG_MVS]

Shhhh! I told you to keep stum about mine and Ed's new motor

I guess you could have pointed them towards Mr Sage or Mr Rabbets as they may have bits?

I did mention Mr Sage .
They had contacted him but he'd used the last stock on his own car .

Chris Rabbets (Roadspeed) will have bits he has bits for everything Alpine!!!

[johnb]

I came across this website recently looking for an A310 V6 radiator which they have.
Here is the page for wheel bearings.

http://www.axauto-parts.com/boutique/ca ... tegory=352

Looking through all the categories they appear to do several Alpine items. I've not used them yet so don't have any user experience. They may be of interest though.

mr dellsalready been lined up to buy it

I think Mr Dell is only offering £1200 for it.... so they will be seeling it on-line instead.

John,
I bought their uprated ally radiater for my 24vl. & was very impressed with the quality of the part.
Cheers Eddie.

[johnb]

Eddie,
Just to confirm, you bought the radiator from Axauto in France?
I think I will be doing the same as I've not had much luck with UK searches.

John,
Yes I bought my rad. from Axauto & was delighted with their product..you,ll need to make up some flexable mountings...U brackets lined with rubber so the rad. isn,t taking any loads...no problems so far.
Cheers Eddie.

[johnb]

Thanks Eddie,
I might be able to reuse the rubber mounts that were on the original radiator or obtain something similar.

......I've not had much luck with UK searches.

John, I don`t know if I have missed something here, but you can get your original radiator re-cored.

[johnb]

I took it to a radiator specialist (30 years +) who did say they could recore but couldn't guarantee leak free joints where the original, re-used plastic headers attach to the core. Their only solution was a complete aluminium radiator. I also tried a second contact and they could only do a complete aluminium radiator also. In comparison the Axauto-parts is attractive and I've ordered from them today.

[Alpineandy]

re-used plastic headers attach to the core.

I guess your car is a 3 xtud then, Some 3 stud cars and all (I think) 4 stud cars had metal ends. 6/7 years back I had the same problem on the 3 stud so I went for a +35% upgrade from meca parts. Not cheap but effective.

[johnb]

Yes, it's a 3 stud.