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  1. ogrilp400

    ogrilp400 Rookie

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    #1 ogrilp400, Sep 19, 2009
    Dear All,
    Is it possible to remove the aluminium firewall panel with out removing the engine?
    I have the RH fuel tank out and I am about to replace the A/C hoses and I don't like what I see disappearing behind the aluminium panel.

    Phelps.
     
  2. robertgarven

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    #2 robertgarven, Sep 19, 2009
    can you post pics? In the parts book it looks like a many layered sandwich, not usre i would want to open it up. Did you are are you going to change the booster hose also?
     
  3. ogrilp400

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    #3 ogrilp400, Sep 19, 2009
    G'day Rob,
    No I hadn't got that far. Like all good things Ferrari (or mechanical) the object of the excersise was to just remove the RH fuel tank so I could remove the A/C hoses. Of coarse as soon as I removed the fuel tank I found flaky rust running in behind the aluminium firewall panel. I know that there will be even more right in behind it. Yes it is a sandwich of insulating material behind a sheet of aluminium. A right recipe for rust.

    Phelps.
     
  4. ogrilp400

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    #4 ogrilp400, Sep 19, 2009
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  5. maurice70

    maurice70 F1 Rookie

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    #5 maurice70, Sep 19, 2009
    I dont think that alluminium panel is original.I had the same flaky foam on my car and replaced it with a alluminium panel,although I did it with the engine out.The only things that poke though it are the throttle and choke cables.I would bwt it would be a bummer of a job to do with engine in situ
     
  6. Brian Harper

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    #6 Brian Harper, Sep 19, 2009
    I believe that the aluminum panel was not installed on all cars. I'm not sure if it is a US only or series 1 only. I think it is the former.
     
  7. rmdferrari

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    #7 rmdferrari, Sep 19, 2009
    I would hazzard a guess the ali panel is a replacement and not origional. All the Euro GT4s I've seen over here (UK) have the padded shield, if you know what I mean? And they all tend to have heat damage, as mine has.

    Would hate to attempt replacing without removing the engine.
     
  8. eurogt4

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    #8 eurogt4, Sep 20, 2009
    My 75 euro model has an aluminum panel, pretty sure it is original. I think it has some insulation behind it.
     
  9. ogrilp400

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    #9 ogrilp400, Sep 21, 2009
    Yes that right it does. Also to add substance to it being original is that there is a folded steel ledge welded to the steel fire wall that runs right along the bottom of it for the aluminium one to sit in.

    Phelps.
     

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