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by motob
Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:05 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: 250GTE Fuseboards and Brackets: Free!
Replies: 2
Views: 4200

Re: 250GTE Fuseboards and Brackets: Free!

Sorry, The fuseboards and brackets are already spoken for and are on their way to their new home.

Brian
by motob
Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:40 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: 250GTE Fuseboards and Brackets: Free!
Replies: 2
Views: 4200

250GTE Fuseboards and Brackets: Free!

I am trying to get rid of all of the excess crap that I have in the garage. I tried selling them on ebay, but no luck. I have two 250GTE Fuseboards with brackets, one SI and SII. They are free to anyone that wants them, just have to pay for shipping. See attached photos. Brian Fusebox1.jpg Fusebox2....
by motob
Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Brake Lubricant
Replies: 15
Views: 17123

Re: Brake Lubricant

I used to use the red lucas rubber grease to assemble rubber brake components. While is worked very well on brake caliper and wheel cylinder seals, it was so thick that it tended to cause the pistons in brake and clutch master cylinders to stick, especially if they sat for some time before being ins...
by motob
Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:09 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: What should i do with Alt and Starter
Replies: 18
Views: 12761

Re: What should i do with Alt and Starter

I would recommend having Tim as Select Electrics http://www.selectelectrics.net/ rebuild your starter and alternator.
He does the rebuilds for our shop, and does a top notch job.

Brian Brown
Patrick Ottis Co.
by motob
Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:05 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Wire wrapped oil/fuel line removal
Replies: 16
Views: 14832

Re: Wire wrapped oil/fuel line removal

Rutlands is incorrect, The new hose is much larger than the original hose. You will have a hell of a time trying to use the original ferrules on tehe new hose. However, you can use the original ferrules for the next size smaller hose. So the old 10mm ferrules will work on the new 8mm hose, and the o...
by motob
Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:25 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: fuel pipe
Replies: 10
Views: 9359

Re: fuel pipe

Ferrari used 10mm OD copper plated steel tubing for the fuel pipes that run from the front of the car to the rear. The fittings on these pipes are silver soldered on. Some of fuel pipes that have tight bends in them are made from 10mm copper pipe that is cadmium plated (for example the Y pipe that t...
by motob
Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:50 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Knock Off Nut Torque
Replies: 27
Views: 19125

300 ft/lb is a little too high. I would recommend 270-280 ft/lb. That is what we use in our shop. Anything more than that, and it becomes very difficult to remove the knock-off with a hammer. Be sure that the surface of the knock-off that touches the wheel is lubricated with grease (not antiseize) a...
by motob
Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:27 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Front suspension brass washers/shims
Replies: 2
Views: 3242

Nobody makes replacement shim washers for Ferrari control arms. I just get phosphor-bronze rod stock and machine it into a tube that has the same ID and OD of the washers and then cut off washers in the desired thickness. I then machine the eccentric grease grooves on the lathe and file the notches ...
by motob
Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:33 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: oil temperature
Replies: 4
Views: 4880

There is a fitting at the left rear corner of the engine sump casting that the oil temperature sending unit screws into.
by motob
Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:41 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: The importance of grease
Replies: 11
Views: 8100

The throttle return spring and its mounting bracket should also be black oxide.
by motob
Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:49 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Oil pressure gauge line
Replies: 12
Views: 8359

T Rutlands, Newco, and maybe Re-originals will have the 6mm brown oil hose. You will also need two new ferrules for the ends of the hose, as the new hose has a larger O.D. than the original hose.
by motob
Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:28 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Tach Angle Drive 365 GT 2+2
Replies: 10
Views: 9310

The tach drive from a C4 will not work on a 365 2 cam motor. The cams on a C4 spin in the opposite direction from those on a 2 cam motor, so the gears in the tach drive are different so the tach cable will spin in the correct direction. The tach drive from a C4 will only work on a 275 4 cam or a 365...
by motob
Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:56 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Fuel rails
Replies: 1
Views: 2779

The fuel rails should be chrome plated. Just make sure that the plater knows that the sealing surfaces for the banjo bolts should be flat. Sometimes they polish the crap out of the surface in order to remove all of the imperfections with no regard for critical sealing areas. On early fuel rails with...
by motob
Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:48 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Voltage Regulator
Replies: 8
Views: 6944

The regulator is a Transpo IS219.
Go to the Transpo website http://www.transpo-usa.com/distr_us.html
for a list of distributors.
by motob
Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:14 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Voltage Regulator
Replies: 8
Views: 6944

One thing to note is that the first photo shows the new regulator mounted on top of the original diodes, this caused a short. The new regulator must be insulated from the diodes. I ended up removing the diodes or cutting the leads to them and anything else that the back of the regulator was touching.