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Hallo Hein, I just took apart my GT 330 rear axle and suspension. According to Tom Yangs pictures and restauration hints I am pretty sure that 250GTE and 330 GT have similar shackles. Upper bolt is M16x1,5 with a silentblock mounting D14/44 Length 65/70. Lower bolt is M 14x1,5 with an inner sleeve L...

Kerry, you are really an expert and I honour your great help you supply to beginners like me with these outstanding V12´s. Thanks for your detailed information, which brings me one step forward. btw I have downloaded all the manuals already but I did not think about a later model (365) which has the...

My transmission rubber silent block is pretty worn and needs replacement, (#8741). Unfortunately in the parts manual I cannot find the part number because sketches only show the earlier 4speed, which has a different support. Does any body know the Ferrari part ID? Does anybody know a source for this...

John, thanks for your reply.
My rear axle is apart either. My problem is not the flange area with the studs at the diff case. In my case the oil went all through the axle tube and leaked at the hub, even when the car was sitting for long time

My diff and the joint face to the axle flange was tight, but oil was leaking at the hubs even after 1 year of no movement of the car when it was jacked on the lift. Now I am really wondering and I have only one explanation for my problem. The inner oil room is sealed by the felt seal to the shafts. ...

Restoration Progress #8741 in brief: Rear axle and fuel tank out. Inner door sill cut out and newly welded in. Outer still ok. Inner fenders lower part old patchwork cut out and replaced by butt-joint welded sheet metal. Framework treated with rust converter. Rear half of underfloor twice painted wi...

Tom, thanks a lot for your always very quick response. As reworking the pods and calipers my next question occurred : brake disk thickness. In the manual I read that regrinding for a maximum of 1 mm material removal is allowed. I checked all the manuals, but there is no information about the origina...

Tom, thanks for your offer for the belly pan pictures. I appreciate if you could send them. It is not urgent, as you see in the forum I have a lot of other work to do. But when you are right now rebuilding one it might not be to much extra time for you taking some pictures. Thanks in advance! Dieter

Hello wrenching guys, I am quite new at this forum also this is my first Ferrari I own. Because of some skills and not a big wallet I try to repair as much as I can at my Ferrari (like Tom, when he started with his 250). For this your forum is very very valuable. As I now do some overhaul and rebuil...

When changing it once in 10 years its not more expensive. Also I expect to have less corrosion inside the brake cylinders as this fluid is not hygroscopic. So I follow your comments and will use the silicone fluid as I do not intend to do any racing with this car.

Dieter

Tom, also thanks for your quick response. I have read all chapters of your Gt 250 restoration and admire your great work. You are right also my nose pan is missing. So if you have scetches or drawings of those panels it would be a great help for me. You are very right , shipping costs are much to hi...

Kerry, thanks for your response. Now I know what is missing there. Luckily the mud guards are still there. By the way dry ice blasting is the perfect way for the aluminum fender mud guards to get rid of the tar coating without deformation. For all this work on the total underfloor and seperate mudgu...

Genlemen, I ow now #8741 since 3 years. Now I am starting restoration work at my green gt330. According the records the engine was done 10.000km before. So I need to take care more about axles , brakes and bodyshell. The posted picture shows the floor after dry ice blasting, really a superb method t...

Gentlemen,

why not using silicone brake fluid for clutch operation, any problems?

Kerry,

thanks for your picture and detailed answer. I registered your website already, which adds some more information about the car´s history. Now in wintertimes I may have time to go through your registry to look for more german owners.

Dieter