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Matt Morgan (Kermit)
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Username: Kermit

Post Number: 100
Registered: 8-2001
Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 12:51 pm:   

You may very well have a good point there on the threads. Perhaps a 12 point nut.
JRV (Jrvall)
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Username: Jrvall

Post Number: 569
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:35 pm:   

I was taking them off (77GTB) with the deck lid on when I wrote that Kermit. And put them back on today.

I think Ferrari/Webber used studs because the Pot Metal is Soft Enough that removing screws will wear out the threads before to long..
Matt Morgan (Kermit)
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Username: Kermit

Post Number: 99
Registered: 8-2001
Posted on Monday, January 13, 2003 - 9:22 am:   

JRV, after a nights rest, ( I had justquit porting heads when I logged on), I feel my response was not in the spirit of exchange of info.My apologies.
Saturday I removed the horns from a clients '79, and I was glad that I had replaced them with allen heads earlier, as it is much easier.
Matt Morgan (Kermit)
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Username: Kermit

Post Number: 98
Registered: 8-2001
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 11:31 pm:   

No JRV, have somebody show you one and you'll see they are easily done with the deck lid on. Just look down, and there they are!
Tom Jones (Ferrarioldman)
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Username: Ferrarioldman

Post Number: 64
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 8:21 pm:   

Like Mitchell I too use a nut driver but I had to cut down the shaft on mine some where the edge of the airhorn touches it. Works great. Whenever I have to take the air filter housing off I just remove the hood. For that 5 mins. of extra work there is less aggravation.
Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
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Username: 4re_gt4

Post Number: 741
Registered: 4-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 4:35 pm:   

I find that you can just loosen the nuts a number of turns (nearly off, actually), then slightly lift the airhorn and continue. I use a 1/4" drive socket with a screwdriver handle.

Oh, BTW, on a 'GT4, all the nuts are easy to reach. :-)
JRV (Jrvall)
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Username: Jrvall

Post Number: 562
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 11:14 am:   

>>I replace them with allen head and use a Ball End allen driver.<<

Must take some kinda micro-mini allen to get the front most ones under the hood edge when removing them with the deck lid on.
Matt Morgan (Kermit)
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Username: Kermit

Post Number: 96
Registered: 8-2001
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 10:41 am:   

Steve, if youare refering to the bolts that clamp down the air horns to the carbs, I replace them with allen head and use a Ball End allen driver.
Mitchell Le (Yelcab1)
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Username: Yelcab1

Post Number: 488
Registered: 11-2001
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 9:32 am:   

I went to Sears and bought an 8mm driver. It looks like a screw driver but with an 8mm fit at the end. It goes into the nuts a tiny bit crooked but it works. And do stuff some rags down the throats. Those damn 8mm nylon nuts are not attracted to magnets.
JRV (Jrvall)
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Username: Jrvall

Post Number: 557
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 8:54 am:   

I like modifying/making tools rather than modifying the car whenever possible. I grind down the extension side of a shallow socket and also take a box 8 wrench, heat and bend an angle in it. Then you have 2 neat Special Ferrari Tools.
Gerrit Visser (Gerritv)
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Username: Gerritv

Post Number: 139
Registered: 6-2001
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 8:44 am:   

I have a very thin wall socket for this. The last few turns I do by finger power, the nylock is not gripping by then anyway.
While taking these nuts off I always cover the airhorns with nylon socking material to avoid risk of dropping anything down the throat. The covers go on whenever the air filter top is off.
Steve (Steve)
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Username: Steve

Post Number: 279
Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 7:47 am:   

Has anyone modified their carb. air horns so you can get a 1/4" drive socke to fit instead of taking off the nuts with a wrench or making a special socket.

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