and still it goes on... from Phil "Original factory silicone in that pic, and if you don't know why it's there you shouldn't be working on the car yourself." have a nice evening.
ohh phil, how i love to get under your pommy skin hahahahhahahahaha and shall we talk about your alternator on your "baby"........your gem of engineering excellence that you clearly failed, again, on. please stay in the no wankers allowed website and deal with real problems about the super cock club and 1:18 scale 360's
you've got me (simon) for 3 minutes, then I'm off... Phil says "if you like........ The alternator failed and was not repairable. Ferrari had no alternators and a repair was required asap. I was working on the car for M/Msport or whatever it was called at the time, and they dictated decisions/spending/customer liaison. An alternative alternator (isn't that what they do) was sourced from an autolec, who supplied it to M/Msport for installation, by me. Which I did. My baby, yes, but until the team collapsed I worked for the team and did what they said. Having said that, the other 4 cars that used an identical/similar/same set up worked perfectly for ages, indeed one of them still is now 4 years later. Oh and as for under my skin.... keep trying, you're as weak/predictable/pathetic/limp wristed/shallow/hollow as PP. You've got it backwards, it's YOU that can't get ME out from your skin. Itchy with it, aren't you??? have a nice evening. " there you go, there'll be no further activity from me tonight. I'm sure Phil will send me something else to post up soon though, so don't let me stop you tata.
you protest too much philly.....I met your dad...that told me all I needed to know about how much I get under your skin. that was an awesome day.
yup.........right under your skin.....the laughing stock and butt of jokes on fchat..Phillistine Viola and of course nothing ever goes wrong when your hands touch it www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
I thought ghost log-ins were frowned upon around here? The original owner of the "A26 boy" login was keyboard challenged (I assume that was the reason for their poor spelling?), and whilst they were a great volunteer firefighter, they were not really the sort of person you would employ in a workshop for exotic cars. Everytime (in bold) work is performed on the 360CH, Goober calls me to go in to have a look at what is going on. What has happened in the nether regions of the car, the work being performed and what is being replaced. And whilst I know my own OHOS well, unless it has overhead valves and carbies I'm not that with it (yes, I know not being with it is also reflected in my navigation skills!). For me, fuel injection and toothed rubber timing belts work by magic and luck. The silicone just on that side of the car is odd to me, and you really wouldn't want to use an acid cure type. I'm happy to be the unenlightened one, normally I'd expect to see some locking sealant on the LHS, where some cars have a left hand thread on the left hand hub to prevent the stub axle nut from undoing itself (like the old Valiants with LH threads on the left hand wheel nuts). So you'd expect either a self-locking use once nut, or a loctite type thread lock compound in conjunction with the special nut, a castellated nut or castellated cap. But to see silicone sealer, only on one side, as well as a nut, is a new one to my old skool car eyes.
interesting point.........thus if its factory silicon does that mean in 11 years the LH stub has never been removed? or is it factory silicon supplied by the factory in a tube made by Selleys but labelled Ferrari? To be quite frank, I employ staff to do whats necessary to have the car run in a long distance event like Targa Tasmania, if I had left it to how the previous mechanical brainstrust tended to the car........then we wouldnt have made it to Melb let alone Tasmania. I commend what my staff and colleagues are doing with the refresh, currently we are having the bobbins for the floating discs examined by Amdel as to the metal type that is used and we will have them made in Adelaide rather than pay the $12.00 each and have a good surplus of bobbins on hand. the same can be said for the hats, which are expensive and can be manufactured to the same standard. Remember that Ferrari do not make brakes, they like many items on their cars subcontract items out. Thus we will endeavour to make items where we can. We proved it with the clutch plate and although we completed 7000+ km of stop start driving on a brass button clutch, we need a template to work on and have located one out of NZ courtesy of the Ferrari dealer there. What seems to be difficult to comprehend is that since purchasing the car there have been many hurdles (either from the previous mechanics or Ferrari in their design) and we have had a steep learning curve......but one thing that can be said, yes, its a Ferrari, built by humans and can be repaired by humans, the need for the so called "specialist" can be overcome if one is prepared to admit to mistakes and make amends thus one is learning from the experience. My staff have learnt by asking questions and by using forums like the Technical section on Fchat and other forums and speaking to other owners. Hence we now have a race car that has a very good track record in Tarmac rally events (and remember some did say it could not be done). The challenge (excuse pun) ahead is to have the car reliable and above all else fun to drive without confusing ambitions with capabilities. And furthermore I have Simon come in to watch and see what we are doing, his mechanical knowledge is greater than mine and his interest is wonderful, thus he can also see the amount of effort that goes into the preparation of the car.
some actually like to know whats going on, unlike someone thinking they are a porsche afficondo....talk lots and achieve nothing
