New spider owner from Queensland Australia

[qldsteve]

Hi, bought my first spider (FI 1981) three months ago. PO had owned it for 15 years and had only done 6,000km's in that time.
All the rubber parts were a bit 'crispy' so, new set of tyres, changed most of the water hoses and the cam belt (no end of fun with the crank pulley nut) finally used the rope trick, worked like a charm, the tensioner looked and felt fine but when I removed it, it just fell apart in my hand.
I have not worked on cars for years, just starting to remember how much fun it can be.
I have a shop manual but there is no substitute for the information I have got from this forum.
This car is the most fun thing to drive I have ever owned.
Thanks to everyone that has posted their experiences here.
Cheers Steve

[RRoller123]

Welcome aboard! You will find plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people here.

Here is a thread on how to post pictures directly to the forum:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21014

And here is another picture-posting thread:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... 12&t=23084

This short instruction covers how to resize pictures so that they don’t get cut off at the right side:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30441

And here is a link to a map of Spider owner’s locations. Many forum members have listed their locations.

https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=191825

Once Again, Welcome!

Pete

[Ptoneill]

I lived in New South Wales as a kid I would love to go back you have a beautiful country to drive around in!!

[Squidders]

Welcome Steve, great to have another Aussie on here!

[perthling]

Welcome, great to see another Aussie on the site (even if you are a banana bender).

That last comment specifically posted to baffle the US forum members btw...

Love to see some photos.

[Mick124]

Great to hear another spider owner from Brisbane.

Steve, have you joined the Qld Fiat Car Club?

Mick

[qldsteve]

Thanks to all for the warm welcome, sorry its been a while, been overseas for a while without access.
Perthling, someones gotta bend em!
Mick, no not got around to it yet.