Dear Santa: Passenger Side Steering Knuckle Needed

OK, so took receipt of a Mondi on Thanksgiving Day. Shipper didn't strap the car into the trailer correctly and busted the tab that connects the tie rod to the steering knuckle clean off. We had to hand walk the car out of the trailer very carefully and then back onto a flat bed. Especially embarrassing given we created a traffic jam, blocking a few hungry people from getting to their dinner dates. The car is now at Ferrari of Tampa, great guys. However, apparently a replacement part is not easy to come by for a 1991 Mondial T. This is for the passenger side and on an ABS car. Anyone have any ideas on where to source a part? Apparently Ricambi does not have any stock, nor any of the other typical US sources. Help is appreciated as I have 50 feet behind the wheel (in reverse) since I took receipt of the car. My kids are getting anxious to actually drive her going forward at speed. Santa, please help a dad, with a family Ferrari, make his kids happy riding around in our new Christmas Sleigh.

 

Yes, 130056 is the part. However, 1989 cars came with ABS and with this there is an additional tab for the sensor. The dealer has already received a unit and because it was for a non ABS car it will not work.

 

I have asked the dealer for photos and will post when I get them. Part has been ordered and should be here next week. Fingers crossed!

 

Well, finally got the car back from Ferrari of Tampa the day after Christmas. They have been great! Piled the three kids in at the dealer and took them on a joy ride back to the house. I have to say that had a bit of anxiety at first. After all this my first F-Car and I did not know how best to handle the car never mind all of the people staring at us. I have 50 miles on the car now tooling around the local area, taking the kids to daycare, I even went to the grocery to pick up a bag of food for the dog. The car is great to drive and very versatile to use. I will say that in the short time I have had it I have learned that she likes to be warmed up and until she is, a little double clutching action helps with the shifting. Other then that, the car is a flawless specimen and work of art. I am looking forward to many years of enjoyment.

 

When I picked the car up, the Service Advisor I was working with was out for the Holiday. I will check back to see if he did take the pictures I asked for. When replacing the part, they did find that the ABS sensor wire was stretched. The interesting thing is that it was throwing a fault from the left rear wheel in their computer, but the faulty wire was the right front. This was part was replaced, the car was aligned and now everything works as designed.