how much was the replacement glass ?
Aldous I also have LHD drive CS mirroes/glass on my RHD car and agree the vision is really terrible, I had just put this down to the actually CS mirrors being quite small. Did changing the glass make a big difference to rear visibility ?? If so i will get some RHD glass ordered up. Also thanks for the write up and pics on how to change the glass, extremely helpful
Haha - quite possibly! They cost about £85 a side. Yes it makes a real difference. The glass is shaped differently depending on how far away from it you sit. Some more info in here.
Time for a brief update. Not much has been happening as I've been busy enjoying the car. I did have a new windscreen put in the other day. Whilst it was out there was opportunity to re-connect the radio aerial - virtually impossible with the screen in. Now I can listen to something other than Radio 4! The other small item that was done was the wiper arm was bent back into shape. A common 360 problem is that the arm (highlighted red below) bends out of shape and fouls on the bonnet. Most people (including myself in the past) move the arm round one notch on the spline. Heating the arm up and gently bending it back cures the problem properly. Image Unavailable, Please Login Here you can see the arm well sitting below the bonnet in the proper place (you can also see the wear on the bonnet - I need to touch it in). Image Unavailable, Please Login
I had the car up on a ramp and was able to touch in the rubberised underseal. Here is the product I used: Image Unavailable, Please Login . There were a couple of areas where it had been rubbed off but I went a bit mad and filled in every knook and cranny. When dry it fades in and blends with the existing finish. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The gear knob was looking very tired - I think a wedding ring caused the damage. Image Unavailable, Please Login I rubbed it down with 2000 wet and dry, filled in the black paint and polished it up to a mirror finish with felt wheel. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Before embarking on this years trip around Europe I decided to replace the coolant tank cap. There wasn't a problem with this one but they do tend to go (my last 360 had one go) and I didn't want to be stranded for the sake of a few quid. Naturally, I used the correct single ear o-clip as per the OEM spec. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
When I bought the skid plates from Hill Engineering I also got one of their gear lever bushings. There wasn't anything wrong with the way the car shifted but they are a known weak point and I'm a fan of preventative maintenance. Today I had a spare couple of hours so I decided to fit it. First off the centre console has to be removed - take the gear knob off and the shift gate. Remove the ashtray, undo the hex bolt underneath and also the 13mm bolt under the leather trim at the rear. Snip the zip tie holding the handbrake gaiter on and the console can be removed. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Next the gear shift cables need to be detached from the lever. The left hand one is held in place with the black plastic plug that you can see the in centre of the picture. The right hand one needs to be prised off - I used a couple of screwdrivers. Image Unavailable, Please Login Undo the four 13mm bolts holding the shift mechanism to the floor and it can be moved forward and tilted. Image Unavailable, Please Login The circlip needs to come out - take care as there is a spring behind it! Here's what needs to come out: Image Unavailable, Please Login The lever then pulls free... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Drift out the pin holding the reverse protection mechanism. Image Unavailable, Please Login The lever can then be disassembled (the new bush is on the right). Image Unavailable, Please Login All back together: Image Unavailable, Please Login In order to fit the square plastic bush on the end of the horizontal rod I found it helpful to fit the circlip on its own and then use a screwdriver to lever the square back on. I re-greased everything before putting it back together again. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login In order to get the spring and other gubbins back in I used a small socket and a g-clamp to compress it down before fitting the circlip. Image Unavailable, Please Login All back together again. Image Unavailable, Please Login All that was left was to fit the trim back on. Image Unavailable, Please Login
This is a truly impressive project. You must have a good amount of mechanical knowledge not to mention confidence to go this in depth into your car. Good luck with the continued project, she's quite a car!
I totally forgot to post in pictures of the car in action during on the euro trip I took it on in September. A group of us took the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao in Spain and then drove back to Calais the scenic way! Enjoy.... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
These photos courtesy of Fru Kenworthy-Browne. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Wow! Absolutely my favorite 360 on FC. Absolutely jaw dropping. Half of the fun of being an enthusiast is working on the car, so I commend you for really getting into it and showing a true passion for your car.
What a trip. Must have been great fun. Were there any dramas or mechanical gremlins for anybody along the way?
Thanks guys! It was an awesome trip. We had a few minor problems along the way - the Diablo started misfiring but luckily we were in Italy and were able to nurse it to a Lamborghini specialist (it needed four new coil packs). The black 360 started to slip it's clutch (F1) but managed to cure itself! And we had problems with two BMW's - one had to be pushed up Nufenenpass after it cut out. The driver rolled down the other side and the car started up again! The other BMW needed a three new coil packs which we managed to get in Davos.
There's not much work I can do on the car at the moment as it needs to be in one piece for Brands Hatch in a couple of weeks. However I did manage to do a small job that's been on the list for some months now. Quite a while back a friend bought a large piece of paint protection film together with some pre cut pieces - I added a couple of bits to his order to cover two areas of the car that weren't protected. Here's the film and fitting kit (the pre cut pieces are on the lower sheet): Image Unavailable, Please Login The first area I protected was the top of the intake grills in the rear wing. Image Unavailable, Please Login Secondly, I covered the mirrors. Here's the film before it is smoothed out: Image Unavailable, Please Login And now you can barely see it: Image Unavailable, Please Login
The previous owner had the respray done correct? How happy are you with the result? As you've dug into the car, are you finding areas that are still the original color or was the car completely stripped down for the paint job? Reason I ask is that I really like the Bianco Fuji color, but it's so hard to find your color combo in the F360 or F430. It's getting frustrating not being able to find one that I can afford and I feel like it might just be a never-ending search, so a full respray may be in order.
Yes, Hud paid to have the colour changed. The paint finish is very good - otherwise I wouldn't have bought it! The car was completely stripped for the paint - there's a thread here. Do you want a spider or hard top? If you do get to the point of buying a car to change it's colour you are welcome to get in touch with me and I'll share my thoughts on how I would approach the job.
