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That's the kind of stuff that I experienced in my early days of clunker ownership. Now, I thank my lucky stars for the idiocy and expense as it made me into a dyed in the wool DIY guy. Alfa Romeo thank you! However, in those days the production parts actually looked like the part one could fabricate in the basement. Perhaps the same will be done with printable parts soon. Yester the nurse came into the room and complained about a $300 part cost for a fuel pump for his Durang0. Gosh, I think a pump for my Maserati Khamsin is less than $50.00. Yes, its after market and I had to crimp ends on the wires and use a couple of small universal hose clamps. Under $50 pumps modified for 911 3.2 and 928 GTS wind up looking very close to originals and avoid down time when originals not available. DIY forever.