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		<title>A Not-So-Cheap Repair &#8211; New Upholstery</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2010/04/19/a-not-so-cheap-repair-new-upholstery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alfetta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your correspondent has been gearing up for a long drive in the Alfetta, and part of that effort has been to attend to the disintegrating seats. Suffering from many years of sun and heat, they were actually remarkably intact, particularly (oddly enough) the driver&#8217;s seat. However, the passenger seat covering was falling apart, and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=966&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick &amp; Easy Fix &#8211; Replace Your Hatch Struts</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2010/03/01/quick-easy-fix-replace-your-hatch-struts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alfa romeo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alfetta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hatch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you with cars of a certain age, you&#8217;re no doubt familiar with the broom-handle method of keeping your hatch open. As an owner of two late 1970s cars using struts to hold up their trunk lids, I&#8217;ve been doing this for the last few years. Honestly, though, I don&#8217;t really understand why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=808&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Replace your slave cylinder plus bonus Beta update!</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/07/14/replace-your-slave-cylinder/</link>
		<comments>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/07/14/replace-your-slave-cylinder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alfa romeo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[clutch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slave cylinder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While messing with the Lancia and knowing I had some upcoming work on the Alfetta, I took the latter down to the garage in exchange for the former, which I took to Custom Alignment for some new tires and then up to Jaan for final resolution on the rough running and lack of power (more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=319&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alfetta upgrades, first try</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/06/22/alfetta-upgrades-first-try/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alfetta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;m pushing the low-cost repairs as a way to keep your old car hobby up during the recession, here&#8217;s an update on a couple of things I&#8217;ve been trying at. Minor projects, but complicated by my inexperience with the work at hand&#8230; one of the frustrations of the hobby is finding enough time to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=233&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Replace your fuel pump</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/22/replace-your-fuel-pump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Repairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel pump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lancia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;m catching up on all the little projects I&#8217;ve done over my brief ownership of my Lancia Beta, I realized I&#8217;ve got things a little out of order &#8211; I was having problems with the fuel pump, so decided to replace it. All the jiggling of the metal fuel lines agitated them and caused [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=106&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smokey Says, Only You Can Stop Fluid Leaks #2</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/21/smokey-says-only-you-can-stop-fluid-leaks-2/</link>
		<comments>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/21/smokey-says-only-you-can-stop-fluid-leaks-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fluid leak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel line]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another installment in this apparently all-too-necessary series, mostly based on experiences with my new-to-me Lancia Beta. While replacing my fuel pump, I noticed a pretty intense fuel smell in my car, and had problems with some oily goop dripping out from under the passenger compartment. I also had issues with the fuel getting to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=76&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuild your carburetor</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/20/rebuild-your-carburetor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Repairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carb]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, half of you are saying, &#8220;carbu-what?&#8221;, and my other reader already did it. Having grown up with fuel-injected cars since about 1989, I myself was not sure what to do with the carburetor, although I knew rebuilding it could help my rough-running situation. My Lancia Beta had sat in a barn or outside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=62&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smokey Says, Only You Can Stop Fluid Leaks!</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/16/smokey-says-only-you-can-stop-fluid-leaks/</link>
		<comments>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/16/smokey-says-only-you-can-stop-fluid-leaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 06:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Repairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alfetta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While this is not a terribly sexy thing to fix, it&#8217;s definitely one of the things people like me tend to put off while focusing on cooler things like rebuilding an engine, or redoing the suspension. However, this is something pretty inexpensive you can do in the space of an afternoon. Does your old car [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=55&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alfetta GT rear suspension</title>
		<link>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/12/alfetta-gt-rear-suspension/</link>
		<comments>http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/05/12/alfetta-gt-rear-suspension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 07:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Repairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[repair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having read the title, you&#8217;re probably thinking, a whole suspension rebuild &#38; upgrade on the cheap? Well, yeah, and here&#8217;s how it works out. This is actually a fairly straightforward operation if you&#8217;re persistent in spending the time&#8230; I also did a few extra things like cleaning and repainting to make it look prettier, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustybuttrusty.com&#038;blog=7666169&#038;post=7&#038;subd=rustybuttrusty&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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