What have you done to your Ferrari Today?

Collected my new 308 today (29973) from Essex and she did the 160 mile trip without a missing a beat and not a puff of smoke.. thank you lord. Suspension is quite vocal (knocks and bangs) but the whole car is about to come apart for a full refresh of everything. It was so great to find a car that still has everything original on the car, clearly never been painted, still has all the original rubbers, fuse covers, masses of service invoices and bonnet foam seals (what’s left of them), fuel cap, etc etc.. just missing the battery cover plate and book pouch (got the books!) and a previous owner butchered the speaker grills with a pair of Kenwood speakers.. what was he thinking?! Anyway, excited with the new project!


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You can't give us all that build up without at least one pic

 

After reinstalling the rebuilt fuel distributor and warm up regulator I started her up. She ran MUCH better than before BUT before I was able to declare victory I saw a wisp of smoke by the fuel distributor. Investigation showed one of the fittings for the sniffers aka analyzing pipes undone. Not only is it undone but it's toast, shot, ruined. That's where the exhaust plumes are originating from.

What do do? Hi temperature JB Weld? I'm not pulling the engine to drill or retap. I need a reliable band aid. Any advice guys?

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Pulled mine out years ago, and took the heat shielding off. Hi-temp epoxy - there must be a lot of choices.

 

Well after a couple of weeks, I'm still totally dry, what a feeling
Used bonded washers on all studs and capped nuts on both pans,used wurth RTV sealant with super performance gaskets.
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Yes you’re right sorry! Here it is, and the blue one other side of the garage is the one I finished last year.. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login


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Yeah, just applied the sealant. 12 hours from now I'll fire it up.

 

NICE! Both GTB's....I love it and what a beautiful garage to keep them in and work on them with a lift to boot.

 

I finished preparing my car for Monterey Car Week. This year, that meant mostly cosmetic stuff.

• I used Machine Polish (fine rubbing compound) to buff “swirl marks” from the rear haunches. It’s the first time since 2013.
• Repainted some of the black feature line which was weirdly shiny compared to most of it.
• Repainted my accelerator pedal for the first time ever.
• Cleaned, cleaned, cleaned.
• Polished, polished, polished.
• Waxed, waxed, waxed.
• Put in my factory floor carpets.
• I have 10 small dents in the car (it’s amazing how many there are when you start looking). Had a paint-less dent remover look at them. His advice was to leave them; either in inaccessible spots or too minor. He told me to stop worrying.
• I removed my seats to have a prominent scratch in the dye touched-up by an upholstery shop. The reaction was the other extreme to the dent guy: apparently my seats are in such bad shape that a spot touch-up would not blend into the filthy, grimy mess of my (concours-condition) seats. He recommended a re-dye. Actually, when he pointed out all the issues on the seats, I can’t disagree, although the seats look(ed) fine to my eye (except for the scratch). Seats are back in the car.

 

Changed main and ac jets from 145/240 to 130/220 and wow. The black smoke at wot is gone and the car sounds and smells fresher.

Also finished changing the speedo faceplate, so now the temporary yellow stickers on speedo and rev are gone. Yes, the choke light is green...


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Had my '89 GTB checked by my usual professional Rodent Control Officer...
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Got my electric aerial working today, now goes up and down
Just being thorough so decided to take the switch apart also, now the bulb has blown within the switch, can you get those anywhere?

 

Weird - I've never seen a bulb in an aerial switch. Got a pic?

 

Here we have a tiny bulb, soldered into the contacts on top of the switch contacts. Can't locate one any where.i may put in a resistor and LED instead.but need a good colour match
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Ohhhhhh a 328 switch. Now I get it.

And wow, take about a bespoke bulb...

 

Replaced the belts in my car this morning,took a few hours although l didn’t install the A/C compressor as l think it has a leaking shaft seal..
Old belts were coming up to 5 years now so it was time..
They actually looked worse than l expected..
Replaced the tensioner bearings with Hills bearings

 

Finally got around to replacing the plastic clock lense with a glass lense. Wow! What a difference.

Before and after pictures below.

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Deck latch catches were looking rather crappy with years of aging... surface corrosion and buildup. Pulled them off and hit a wire brush grinder, reinstalled with all new fasteners. Such a minor thing really, but investing a couple hours + $6 of bolts and washers really made an improvement.

 

She comes home from Bradan Long Island to Joisey after getting some niggles tended to.

 

Made some easyfit nut/screws for the air filter box.

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- New wiper-washer pump, replacing old gross corroded pump; bottle & bracket cleaned up. Chances I'll ever actually use it to spray the windshield: approximately zero.

- New battery (oooh exciting)

 

We went to the Le Mans 24 Hours museum yesterday.
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Apparently my work this season was worth it. I didn’t get into Quail like BrianA but was able to finally squeeze out a Platinum at Concorso!
Sway bar rubber and refinishing is next.

 

I also got my Platinum at Concorso 2018 in my 1978 308 GTS. It was great to meet the other 3x8 owners.
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Beautiful car. How many miles?