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Ben Lobenstein 90 TR (Benjet)
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 10:20 am: | |
To give you a quick (altho not complete) answer a "major service" means changing the timing belts, these are the belts that control the opening and closing of the valves, and they are rubber. They are not accessable by any means with the engine in the car (on the TR). Further the timing "adjustment" gets done at the same time, and also can't be done "in car". I have some pics, which further show the belts, which I'm set to put up on my TR service site within maybe the next week. I'll keep you posted.
One more thing I was thinking about on the clutch, if the engine is in, it's supposed to be about an 8 hour job (engine out, about 4 hours). The $3k price tag is primarily the dry plate of the clutch (and the rest of the parts kit). As Steve M pointed out some time ago (in a message long long ago) there is a more complete job to be done than just the clutch swap (change syncro's etc.), altho most only do the basic swap. Your mileage may vary.
-Ben |
Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 12:56 am: | |
Thanks for the information. It gives me a lot to think and consider before becoming a 12 Cyl Ferrari owner. Besides been a really tight fit, I wander which tasks, or parts replacement, of the major service are the ones that demand the engine been out of the car?
I wander how much are those casters that they use to move the car around when the engine and rear wheels are out of the car. |
Ben Lobenstein 90 TR (Benjet)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 2:08 pm: | |
For the clutch maybe, I'm not too sure. On the major the engine is dropped out of the car (so to speak) with the car on a lift and the enigne on a (rolling) cart. In addition there are specailty tools for the shims (valve adjustment) and other things. I'm very mechanically inclined, but don't think I'd (personally) want to tackle this now that I've seen it done professionally. There are many little things that if you miss may come back to bite you.
just my $0.02
-Ben
P.S. Now that I've been thru the process, and I'm (relatively) new to Ferrari's, I would ALMOST want to buy a car where the major hadn't been done, as the job I did with my major is alot more complete than just the basic plan of attack. Basically now I know exactly where I stand with certain issuses, where if the major was done before I'm sure there would be things that I would have done that someone else wouldn't have (to cut down on costs etc.). |
Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 1:12 pm: | |
How much of these two major money grabbers can be accomplished by a mechanicaly inclined owner?
Are there special tools required that can be acquired at a relatively low cost to offset most of the cost of this repairs/services?
Does anybody know a mechanic in the Los Angeles area that will take care of the slack when doing this type of work yourself?
Please help, a Testarossa buying decision hangs on the balance!
Thanks,
Caribe. |
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