Battery Lid Thumb Nuts

They are all the same.

 

Here are my spare ones for my 84 QV and it looks just like Ricambi (Steve Pic above)

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You need the c clip retainer also, of course.

That's what my 76 -77s had, not sure when it updated to something else..??

 

In the groove, underneath the lid.....the clips hold the knob where it's a captive part where it comes off with the cover.

They "match" the air cleaner knobs on the early carbed cars, which unless you epoxy the shaft, shake off in Death Valley, somewhere near Barstow.

The Battery lid is a much larger bolt/stud, but the nuts look the same...there is no "C Clip" groove on the air box nuts.. I have one extra OEM battery lid, and about five "clones" if anyone needs one...

 

The hole in the lid should be the diameter of the lower boss, then the c clip holds it, to turn freely on the stud, but remain captive when the cover comes loose from the studs.

 

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I believe this is what the clip that holds the nuts

 

Not all came with the clips. My 85 did not have them when I bought it, new.

 

Yes.

 

Did anyone ver find source for the unique "C" clips? I seem to recall that some were looking.

 

I think they are unobtainable. Perhaps someone has a source ?

 

Maybe Ferrari couldn't source them any longer, either.

 

I’ve just been using the common C clip from your local hardware store

 

My 328, when I bought it, only had one c-clip on the battery cover:
a regular c-clip, not the fancy X-shaped one shown above.

It's a real PITA to install the battery cover when there's only one c-clip.
You have to hold up the other side of the lid, as the knob binds when the lid is tilted.

So I got a box of generic C-clips off Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Neiko-50455A-Clip-Assortment-Count/dp/B000K7GRDW
(Tacked it onto another order, to get up to the $25 "free shipping" level.)

Took a little oomph to get it clipped onto the knob, but it works.

You have to screw down both knobs together, as the knob and clip binds if the lid isn't level.
But it keeps you from losing the knobs.
(Small parts have a magical ability to vanish in a garage. )

 

The Lowes here is terrible, and there's no Home Depot nearby.
But, for under $10, that pack had enough variety that I figured there'd be one that fit.
(And, for the rest, I keep finding uses for things lying around the house. )