Viva Mexico - bringing #854 back to life

I believe they were black oxide finish and the external vent was then fine crackle black
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Here's the external part
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And this is what they looked like before I started
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Another shot of the original rear piece
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Re dual disc clutch. when you say you experimented can you advise more details? . I am getting ready to replace the dual clutch in my Ghibli so any tips or advise would be appreciated. The clutch has always had a slight drag in it which made it difficult to get into gear when stopped. I was thinking of shimming the pressure plate to eliminate this. I had to do this on some other cars with dual disc clutch but this is the first Maserati

 

Hi Gene,

I have a dual clutch on my Mexico, very early car #32, and had a heck of time getting the clutch to work properly after a rebuild.
Like you experienced, the clutch does not fully disengage and can really be tricky trying to get it into gear while stopped.

I found a NOS dual clutch plate from MIE and had the flywheel surfaced. The solution that I developed is a spacer at the slave cylinder mount which give the actuator rod in the cylinder more travel. This set up increases the disengage travel and moves the clutch further from the flywheel. The spacer is about 1/4" and is machined from aluminum plate.

Also the clutch plates have to be set up just right, lots of trial and error.

Chris Rose

 

Chris, Thanks for your comments. I was able to get a NOS clutch kit from MIE as well. The spacer sounds like a good approach. I know on some Ferraris with the dual clutch some have put 1mm spacers under the pressure plate to space it out.

 

Thanks JulianMerak and others. I think i'm gonna agree with JulianMerak that the outside vents were wrinkle paint and the inner 'shutter discs' (for lack of better word) were black oxide. Wrinkle paint on the discs would cause quite a bit of friction where you wouldn't want to have that.

Thanks,
bart

 

I just pulled the vents on my 1969 Ghibli which are original. There are finished with a fine wrinkle paint on the outside and a black oxide on the shutter part

 

Thanks for providing the definitive answer Eogorman!
Bart

 

Hello lbird...

On my Mexico, there are two places where vacuum for the brakes is obtained. If I remember
correctly, on the drivers side it is at the front of the intake manifold and on the passenger
side it is at the rear of the intake manifold. Also, these vacuum hoses join to a Y pipe, which
in turn connects to the vacuum tank..

Table 26 of the QP1 parts manual shows the vacuum tank. Our intake manifolds are the
same as seen in the Ghibli parts manual, table 9. In it you will sort of see where the two vacuum attachment points are.

I will verify this later this evening or tomorrow, and if you need some pictures, let me know.

Mike

 

Hello lbird....

Haven't heard back from you regarding the intake manifold vacuum ports..
Did you figure it out, or do you need more info?

Mike

 

Yes, the intake manifold on the QP1 drawings is not like the Mexico. The Mexico
intake manifold is virtually identical to that of the early Ghibli (Table 9 of the Ghibli parts
manual). However, the vacuum tank is the same as the QP1, at least on my car...

Mike

 

Hello lbird.. The car is looking great! Questions for you... The pictures showing the
engine in the car show 2 relays on the driver side next to the horn compressor.
Is this how your car came? I think the Mexico parts manual indicates 1 relay.
Can you confirm the Bosch part number on these relays? Also, if you purchased
these relays, where did you find them?

Thanks...

Mike

 

Hi Lbird,

Hoping you are or have someone more clever than me to interpret this electrical diagram from the Mexico/QP use and maintenance manual. You see the motor, the dash switch and foot pump drawn here with the 4 wires.

I stared at the diagram for 10 minutes but cannot figure out what's going on!

(and note there's a another setup with 2 wires)

Bart
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Yes, it's the Foredit bag you should buy. They're listed on the web all over.

On my car the bag is actually on the other side of the engine. But then i don't have the power steering there. So the layout in your photo may be correct forcars with power assisted steering.