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- Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:13 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Daytona Carb problems
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39123
Re: Daytona Carb problems
Pulling tanks looks like pulling the whole back of the car apart, and to be avoided. Maybe you could flush through the transfer line between tanks. I would set up a system to pull fuel from the bottom of that crossover tube, filter it, pump into a jug, then pull from the jug, filter again and pump i...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:02 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Daytona Carb problems
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39123
Re: Daytona Carb problems
On old used cars like yours :), when you run the tanks down low then you really start to pick up the crud from the bottom where it is no longer diluted with lots of fuel. An old carI had ran like crap everytime the tank got down to about 10-20%. Clog the filter, change, then fill it up, runs fine. A...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:22 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Cutting a Daytona column for electric power steering
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11222
Re: Cutting a Daytona column for electric power steering
have you considered a power rack and pinion, something like they are doing with street rods or vintage muscle cars? I have a 61 Corvette that I converted to power rack and pinion, it really was not that difficult, I was able to remove and replace the old column, box, and steering linkage. replace wi...
- Tue May 24, 2011 5:35 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: The Best Penetrating Oil
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11478
Re: The Best Penetrating Oil
I like to mix in some power steering fluid, check out the MSDS and you will find its mostly parraffins(slipery) from the oil base stock, atf is mostly detergent, and the acetone get it to a very low viscosity to penetrate threads
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:50 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Blower ducting material
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5581
Re: Blower ducting material
Aircraft spruce Aviation supplier is a great source and very good pricing, they have many varieties of this type of material
They dont apply the "Ferrari Tax"
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/cat.php
They dont apply the "Ferrari Tax"
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/cat.php
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: BAAAD News!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 22729
Re: BAAAD News!
Look at the bright side, you could be working on Jaguars! Learning those painfull lessons is what will make you more valuable in the future.
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:52 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Can there be a more miserable task?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18802
Re: Can there be a more miserable task?
Well, I think sanding is the most miserable............but at what point do you just convert to a track or flex shaft type of window motors?
- Wed May 02, 2007 2:49 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: 365GTC/4 bent rod questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5619
That story was painful
Hopefully it can be repaired without a complete engine out!
- Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Fan Realy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8274
try these guys, Madelectrical
WWW.Madelectrical.com I think they reccomend two relays for a High amp fan. They have lots of good methods for old cars.
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JLS
- Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:19 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Opinions on these compression and leadown numbers - Please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9035
Home Equity Line of Credit
Rates seem very reasonable these days!
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- Thu May 19, 2005 7:19 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: How about something close?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5006
How about something close?
Is also possible to make a distributor on a lathe, they are not complex, a housing and shaft, pressed on or staked on gear, couple of bearings. We replaced or crappy lucas dizzy'z on racing cosworths in the 70's with a local made dizzy not cheap but not too bad either. Is this some sort of a concour...
- Thu May 19, 2005 12:07 pm
- Forum: Vintage Ferraris
- Topic: Lucas ignition parts - remanufacturer needed
- Replies: 28
- Views: 24389
How about this??
Have you found an "almost Identical" cap? Then we could machine an adapter, I am imagining an adapter turned on a Lathe (at my disposal with machinest) which would allow you to use your "almost identical" cap. The rotor would be simpler because its hidden and we could engineer a modification from so...