| Author | Message | ||
| Lawrence Coppari (Lawrence)
Junior Member Username: Lawrence Post Number: 136 Registered: 4-2002 |
Can you blindly fish around with a magnetic pickup under the carbs? You might get lucky. It would be nice to be certain the nut is not where it is not supposed to be and that it won't roll there later. There is a small ledge that is located near the bottom and rear of engine. I've dropped a few things and found them there. You can see it if you remove the passenger wheel and fender liner. You can poke around on the ledge with the magnet. Magnet is a telescoping affair for fishing things out. And while in there you could also troll around with your magnet behind the water pump on top of the block. You could get lucky. | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Junior Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 180 Registered: 4-2002 |
Got a new link piece, complete with the stupid little scew piece from T Rutlands. Geeee it was only $38! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr fumble fingers. | ||
| magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member Username: Magoo Post Number: 2946 Registered: 2-2001 |
Ed and Paul make interesting points here. Something that I have not seen come up on the F.C. before. I wonder how many timing belts have been thrown off because of rocks or other foreign objects getting under the timing covers? Basicaly there is not much you can do to prevent it because of the design of the covers. Hmmmmmm, Something else to think about. | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Junior Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 164 Registered: 4-2002 |
I have taken both cam belt covers off (doing the rub & buff thing anyhow. Its not anywhere near the cam belts. I have also stuck a magnet up into every tiny crevace I can find... nada. I believe it fell into that mobile black hole that exists in every garage sucking up nuts, screws, washers etc. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr I will be checking the hardware store today to see if there is anything I can cut/modify to work ok. Otherwise its a trip to TRutlands tomorrow  | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1640 Registered: 2-2001 |
I would by all means find the old nut because if it gets into the belt, you have had it. The belt is exposed to this kind of stuff and that is one of my fears about owning a Ferrari. | ||
| Mitchell Minh Le (Yelcab1)
Junior Member Username: Yelcab1 Post Number: 249 Registered: 11-2001 |
www.piercemanifolds.com in Gilroy, California. By the way, it is the Garlic capital of America and today is holding a garlic festival which clogs up I-101 to no ends. Call them! I prefer the snap on thing because it is so easy to snap on and off, and you never lose the end again. | ||
| Mike Dawson (Miked)
New member Username: Miked Post Number: 29 Registered: 2-2001 |
Well at least I am not the only one that had that happen. The linkage is (at least mine is) everyday "merican" parts although they can be hard to find, big trucks and farm equipment being the best sources. I bought an appropriate thread size "set screw" from the local hardware store then cut it down to the correct length. The set screw has a cupped end that fits around the linkage ball better than the flat end of a bolt. I never did find my original piece and I looked for many hours especially around the cam belts. | ||
| Paul Newman (Newman)
Member Username: Newman Post Number: 287 Registered: 12-2001 |
Terry, I would at the very least, make sure it isnt sitting between one of the cam belts and drive pulleys. You will be sorry if it is and you start the engine, it would ruin the belt for sure. | ||
| Robert Johnson (Carb308)
New member Username: Carb308 Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2001 |
Terry, Just a suggestion on a quick fix, The thread should be metric. Probably 8 MM or 10MM x 100M thread. Get a bolt that threads into the linkage. Thread a nut on to the bolt. Use a center punch and drill bit and/or Dremmil to grind a concave surface into the end of the bolt. Thread the nut down over the end of the bolt to clean up the threads after grinding. Thread the nut back on to the bolt about 8MM and cut the bolt off above the nut. Thread the nut off and that's your new part. The pins should hold it in place or you could use the Dremmil to cut the crossed grooves in the end. T. Rutlands should also have some spares you could get next week. Good luck, Robert | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Junior Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 163 Registered: 4-2002 |
where did you get it ? | ||
| Mitchell Minh Le (Yelcab1)
Junior Member Username: Yelcab1 Post Number: 248 Registered: 11-2001 |
I lost the same thing and was told that it is a standard American truck linkage parts. Searched high and low and can not find one so I switched to Pierce Manifolds custom linkage. It is not original but it is much more friendly to work with. You just snap the ends in and they stay. Give them a try. | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Junior Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 162 Registered: 4-2002 |
While disconnecting the throttle cable from the linkage tonight in order to remove the front bank cam cover, the tiny little screw that goes in the top of the linkage rod and holds the rod onto the little ball on the opposite link slipped out and fell to God only knows where. This is the tiny little screw that has a tiny "X" on the head for the tiny cotter pin to hold it in place. It appears to be the same on all of the links. It slipped from my finger, dropped into the V under the carbs, rolled and bounced and then vanished into another dimension. I spent 2 hours looking... where can I get another? Any chance this is a generic type part that a local auto parts store will have? Any substitute that will work as well or can be modified to do so? I can just see the dealer parts guys now... evil grin: "that will be $700 please, but of coarse we will have to order from Italy and it will take 2 years". I want to drive this thing tomorrow if possible. Ill have my new ignition installed. Anyone have any ideas? |