33GTC Suspension
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33GTC Suspension
Last Saturday a group of us old Ferrari folks (old Ferraris, that is, not old drivers) set out for a picnic to the wine country. A few of us noticed one of the 330GTC’s in the group being lopsided. At a pit stop we looked around and guess what we spotted. The very problem Tom pointed out in his latest post--- a cracked shock absorber bracket.
A couple of weeks ago Jon-- the owner-- hit a pretty deep rut on the road and this must have done it. The car is in the shop now.
john
A couple of weeks ago Jon-- the owner-- hit a pretty deep rut on the road and this must have done it. The car is in the shop now.
john
PF Coupe
I have a bunch of early recall notices, but didn't see anything about this issue.
Regards, Kerry
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Hi folks,
After reading Tom's diary note about 330 GTC/S's front strut mount failures, I went out and looked at my 330 GTS. I remember this issue being discussed with my mechanic, and his confirming at the time (approx 3 yrs. ago) that my car had the retrofit repair.
Thus, I've taken two photos and beome very brave-I created an account at Photobucket, etc, etc. and I'm working from a G5 apple desktop. So, here goes:
The wire crossing the 2nd pic is the ground wire of my battery maintenance device.
My apologies for any foul-up with this process.
Assuming the photos came through, what do you think of the repair/reinforcement?
Many Thanks,
Jim
After reading Tom's diary note about 330 GTC/S's front strut mount failures, I went out and looked at my 330 GTS. I remember this issue being discussed with my mechanic, and his confirming at the time (approx 3 yrs. ago) that my car had the retrofit repair.
Thus, I've taken two photos and beome very brave-I created an account at Photobucket, etc, etc. and I'm working from a G5 apple desktop. So, here goes:
The wire crossing the 2nd pic is the ground wire of my battery maintenance device.
My apologies for any foul-up with this process.
Assuming the photos came through, what do you think of the repair/reinforcement?
Many Thanks,
Jim
'67 330 GTS
s/n 10567
s/n 10567
Hi Jim,
Great job on the posting of the photos! They look great and I'm glad you successfully used the tutorial! This will make this forum even more useful.
Your repair looks fine. Anything that boxes in the support of the shock mount has got to be better than what came in the early cars. If your GTS had the repair, then we should include GTSs with GTCs to check.
Tom
Great job on the posting of the photos! They look great and I'm glad you successfully used the tutorial! This will make this forum even more useful.
Your repair looks fine. Anything that boxes in the support of the shock mount has got to be better than what came in the early cars. If your GTS had the repair, then we should include GTSs with GTCs to check.
Tom
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John & Jim - Glad to see you guys using the photo feature. I think it really livens up our discussions and lets better define the subject we are talking about.
One reminder though; try to keep the photos 500 pixels wide or less. Our survey showed that some people had trouble viewing photos bigger than that (like John's shot, which is 600 pixels wide.)
One reminder though; try to keep the photos 500 pixels wide or less. Our survey showed that some people had trouble viewing photos bigger than that (like John's shot, which is 600 pixels wide.)
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Re: 33GTC Suspension
In regards to the shock tower weakness in 330GTC/S and 275 GTBs. I have been searching the website for the recall notices and any diagrams provided by the factory to illustrate their recommended reinforcement procedure. So far, no luck. I am sure that I have seen them here in the past. Any suggestions as to how to find them? I would also be interested to see others' solutions. Thanks.
Re: 33GTC Suspension
Larry,LARRY wrote:In regards to the shock tower weakness in 330GTC/S and 275 GTBs. I have been searching the website for the recall notices and any diagrams provided by the factory to illustrate their recommended reinforcement procedure. So far, no luck. I am sure that I have seen them here in the past. Any suggestions as to how to find them? I would also be interested to see others' solutions. Thanks.
The pic below was supplied by Ferrari in the 60th for those people who would converting there Houdailles into
Koni shocks.
Ferrari send there F- Dealers upgrade files every Year.
I cannot find the tech. description right now, But nothing about enforcment is only for 250GT's not 330GT..
But must be to find.
C.
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Re: 33GTC Suspension
Hi Larry,
Here's the post I wrote about the recall notice:
http://www.tomyang.net/cars/ferrari663.htm
Here's the letter:
Tom
Here's the post I wrote about the recall notice:
http://www.tomyang.net/cars/ferrari663.htm
Here's the letter:
Tom
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Re: 33GTC Suspension
To Jim and John,
As a GTC owner I am extremely interested your post(s), however when attempting to download the pics I was unable to do so. Must I have a photo bucket account to view those pics?
Regards,
Giovanni
As a GTC owner I am extremely interested your post(s), however when attempting to download the pics I was unable to do so. Must I have a photo bucket account to view those pics?
Regards,
Giovanni
Re: 33GTC Suspension
The first kind of technical changes from Ferrari were the Circolare Tecnica (technical circulars). These were superseded by Service Bulletins. Some of the circulars were re-issued as a service bulletin, but not all. I looked through the circulars I have and didn't see anything on the GTC/GTS shock towers, nor is it listed in the service bulletins.
For the various service bulletins see:
http://ferrari.cdyn.com/service_bulletins/
Other interesting Ferrari manuals, etc. are up one level (http://ferrari.cdyn.com/)
Regards, Kerry
For the various service bulletins see:
http://ferrari.cdyn.com/service_bulletins/
Other interesting Ferrari manuals, etc. are up one level (http://ferrari.cdyn.com/)
Regards, Kerry
Regards, Kerry
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Re: 33GTC Suspension
This forum does not maintain pictures internally. People just upload pictures in a location of their choise and the forum points to that address. As a result, if the original item gets deleted, the picture is gone forever. Best wishes, Karegiovanni44 wrote:As a GTC owner I am extremely interested your post(s), however when attempting to download the pics I was unable to do so. Must I have a photo bucket account to view those pics?
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Re: 33GTC Suspension
The new software allows uploads of pictures to be hosted on this server, but in these posts had pictures from the older software that required a third party host. Sorry. Maybe if the people who originally posted could kindly upload their pictures again, we would have them. Thanks.kare wrote:This forum does not maintain pictures internally. People just upload pictures in a location of their choise and the forum points to that address. As a result, if the original item gets deleted, the picture is gone forever. Best wishes, Karegiovanni44 wrote:As a GTC owner I am extremely interested your post(s), however when attempting to download the pics I was unable to do so. Must I have a photo bucket account to view those pics?
Tom
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