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YE05 ZPV

156 (Type 932) 1997 - 2005

Jason Baker

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2026:

Autolusso Penrith (June)
Premium Service
Replace front brake discs, pads and handbrake cables
Clean up floor and touch up rust spots around boot floor
Repair rattling exhaust head shield
Clean up front xenon self-levelling sensor bracket
Airbag light (clean and reconnect N/S squib)
MOT

2026:

Autolusso Penrith (March)
Brake fluid change
Power steering fluid change
Fit replacement upper timing belt cover
Swap middle pipe for Wizard stock silenced pipe

2025:

Autolusso Penrith (June)
Premium Service
Clean up floor and touch up any rust spots
Fit new undertray
Repair rear self-levelling mechanism
Fit Wizard OEM reproduction catback
Replace gear linkage cables & rebuild shifter mechanism with new parts (housing, bushes etc.)
Replace handbrake mechanism
Strip & rebuild front brakes to stop squeal
Wheel alignment
Fix PAG leak and re-gas air-con
MOT
188,592 miles

Autolusso Penrith (March)
Replace OSF upper wishbone
Solve NSF brake squeal
Replace wiper ECU & replace snapped ECU studs
Free-up OSF seat belt (clean-up seat belt runner)
186,441 miles

Vicarage Motor Company (BlackCircles) (March)
Supply and fit 4x Pirelli P7 Cinturato

2024:

Autolusso Penrith (July)
Premium Service including timing belt
MOT
Replace upper and lower N/S/F wishbones
Tidy up rust on O/S/R sill, treat and paint
Repair rust on N/S/R footwell, treat and underseal
Repair rust on boot floor and toe-eye area, treat and underseal
Treat oil cooler pipes
Re-secure exhaust back-box heat shield
Replace two front brake pipes (from ABS block to subframe connections)
Replace O/S/R drop link
Repair nail puncture in N/S/F tyre
180,753 miles

2023:

Autolusso Penrith (December)
Fit refurbished GTA steering rack
Replace downpipes
Fit OSF lower suspension arm (TRW)
Fit front GTA anti roll-bar (genuine) and new droplinks
Clean up front chassis rails
A/C Regas and wheel alignment
176,517 miles

Autolusso Penrith (June)
Service & MOT
Fix airbag light
Repair driver seat height adjuster
Replace gearbox oil
174,584 miles

2022:

Autolusso Penrith (May)
Service & MOT
Replace N/S steering rack end
Replace N/S/R wheel bearing
Fix airbag warning light
Replace both rear trailing arms (TRW)
Replace bonnet catch mechanism (Genuine Alfa)
Replace handbrake gaitor
168,842 miles

2021:

Autolusso Penrith (October)
Check outer sill & refit N/S side skirt 
Replace power steering pump
165,789 miles

Autolusso Penrith (June)

Premium Service inc. all filters
Fit refurbished 3.2 uprights and brake backing plates and rebuild with new wheel bearings, hubs & ABS sensors
Fit refurbished ally suspension forks
Fit refurbished chrome trumpets, fuel rails and base plates with new gaskets
Fit N/S xenon ballast & polish O/S headlight lens
Fit two new fuel tank straps (Genuine Alfa)
Replace top engine mount & fit refurbished mount bracket + cable loom bracket
Find PAG leak, replace o-rings and take for AC re-gas
Treat minor rust under scuttle panel and spare wheel well
Re-treat vehicle floor
164,501 miles

Replaced throttle body (Genuine Alfa) (April)
New kick plates fitted all-round + OSF, NSR & OSF door seals (Genuine Alfa)
Replaced all 4 rear light clusters (Genuine Alfa)

2020:

Skipton Road Garage (October) - Oil Change & MOT
163,168 miles

National Windscreens (September) - Replaced windscreen (Rain sensor specific - 2034AGNP1B)

Autolusso Beds & Penrith (August/Sept)

Replace faulty N/S diff seal, N/S driveshaft retaining clip & top-up gearbox oil
Replace N/S/R wheel arch liner (Genuine Alfa)
4-Wheel Alignment

Autolusso Penrith (Apr/May)

Timing belt & water pump plus auxiliary bits
Reconditioned cylinder heads (24 new lifters, triple angle valve seats and valves lapped, head test and skim + plus new head gaskets, all the rubber bits and manifold gaskets)
New clutch & slave cylinder (OEM)
New starter motor
Fit supplied parts: 2x Driveshafts + half shaft, 6x Bosch injectors, Bosch alternator, both upper timing belt covers, rear engine mount and stainless engine bolts
New N/S/F lower suspension arm (TRW)
Premium service
Check floor and front brake pipes (all good)
Clean-up engine cam covers x3 including plenum
Swap blue coolant to red
Replaced front / timing belt side engine mount
Replaced earth strap (Genuine Alfa)
Replaced weepy power steering pipe
Replaced exhaust mid-section (Genuine Alfa)
Replaced track rods, rack ends and boots / clips (OEM)
AC regas
161,056 miles

2019:

Autolusso Penrith (Sep)

New xenon self-levelling sensor (front)
158,144 miles

Neil Creasey Ltd. (Jul)

Front brake discs & pads (Brembo)

Autolusso Penrith (Jun)

Diagnose engine noises (possible lifter tick and something in the auxiliary line - water pump?)
Repair and re-tap O/S/F stiffener bolt
Repair fault on injector 4 (loom connector snapped)
Compression test (1 = 200psi - 2 = 150psi, 3 = 120psi, 4 = 175psi, 5 = 175psi, 6 = 200psi)
156,281 miles

Dale's Subaru (Feb)

4-Wheel alignment
155,035 miles

Autolusso Penrith (Feb)

New lower wishbones (TRW) (Warranty)
Inner CV boot
Refurbish Teledials x4
154,703 miles

2018:

Full exterior respray by Alpha Paints, South Shields (Dec)
New Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres all-round
New genuine Alfa airbox and Bosch MAF
New genuine intake flexi-pipe
New TRW front upper & lower arms
Underseal floor and floor repair
Coolant & PS fluid change
4-Wheel alignment
6 new genuine Bosch coil packs
Premium Service
New full set of door check straps
150,373 miles

2017:

Neil Creasey Ltd. (Oct)

Rear brake service inc. handbrake cables (OEM), discs, pads (Brembo) and new fluid
New brake hoses x4

Autolusso Penrith (May)

New shocks & springs all round 
New roll-bars
New genuine Alfa exhaust back-box
New O/S/F Xenon Ballast
Stainless radiator coolant pipe
4 x New check straps
New Bosch S5 Battery
Swap gear-knob for a good used one
146,071 miles

Dale's Subaru (Mar)

A/C re-gas
4-Wheel alignment

Sold to me by Autolusso Penrith (Feb 2017)
Pre-Sale Service inc. oil & Filters
Quaife differential
Replace Timing belt / tensioners / idlers
New OEM downpipes
144,679 miles

2013:

Service by AHM (Apr)
Replace inner and outer N/S CV gaiter
Replace gear oil
132,128 miles

2012:

Service by AHM (Dec)
1 x Timing belt, water pump, tensioner and idlers
1 x Aux belt
6 x spark plugs
1 x Dog bone (top steady)
1 x xenon adjuster link
127,443 miles

Service by AHM (Sep)
Oil and filters
Front brake pads
Rear brake pads
Handbrake cables
Brake and PS fluid change
New rad / expansion cap
124,596 miles

2011:

Service by AHM (Nov)
Replace upper wishbone
Replace gear oil
Inner CV boot
Driveshaft oil seal
Fix faulty rear windscreen heater
Sundries

Service by AHM (Oct)
Oil and filters
108,311 miles

2010:

Service by AHM (Nov)
1 x front anti-roll bar plus links
A/C re-gas
1 x air-con hose

Top-End Engine rebuild by AHM (Mar)
1 x Timing belt, water pump, tensioner and idlers
1 x camshaft
12 x exhaust valves
1 x Head gasket set
24 x lifters
2 x head reface
1 x thermostat
1 x temp sender
6 x spark plugs
1 x aux belt + 2 x idlers + 1 x tensioner
2 x front brake hose
1 x Service (inc coolant)
1 x O/S/F Fog Light
1 x N/S/F Door mirror

Service by AHM (Aug)
1 x front anti-roll bar plus links
A/C re-gas
1 x air-con hose

Service by AHM (Mar)
Timing belt, water pump, tensioner, idler plus plugs
80,794 miles

2009:

Service by Unknown (Sep)
Oil and filters
73,715 miles

2008:

Service by Alan Gibson Ltd Basingstoke (Nov)
59,421 miles

Service by Alan Gibson Ltd Basingstoke (May)
47,414 miles

2007:

Service by Alan Gibson Ltd Basingstoke (Aug)
34,329 miles

2006:

Service by Stratstone Alfa Leeds (Nov)
Timing belt, water pump and service
23,149 miles

Service by Stratstone Alfa Leeds (Feb)
9,331 miles

2005:

Registered by Dixons Alfa Romeo of Leeds