Where’s your comfort level?

Thanks John. If it was just an item that if broken would set me back $300 I would have no problem attempting it but if it ever came to having machine work done I would honestly have to load the car and trailer it to Seattle. There’s no one around here and I would let do the work

 

Scott good afternoon! Have a couple of questions for you.
The only way I can replace the cam o-rings is to unbolt the cams correct? I misunderstood you yesterday and I thought by pulling the cam pulleys/ pins I would be able to gain access through the front to these. The O-rings still look good so I may just leave them for another day.

- I mentioned earlier that the rear bank cams look to be approximately 1/4” off factory marks. Trying to figure the best way to move each of these back into place. Do you think by moving both of these that 1/4”I would be able to do that by hand and just slip the belt back in place? Or are these going to give me grief? Trying to figure out a way to hold one in place while adjusting the other and then release both of them to put the belt on. I got nothing LOL

 

Understood. Not feeling warm and fuzzy about removing the cams however. Would feel differently if I had someone with experience close by. Have this feeling I’m digging a deeper hole .BUT, Theoretically.. the cam belts SHOULD line up correctly with the pulleys if in fact this **** show is all a product of a lazy earlier belt service correct?
I live 70 miles from Missoula Montana on flathead lake, 50 miles from glacier national Park. From reading prior threads, sounds like there’s a guy in Coeur d’Alene Idaho that has experience with 308/328. Name escapes me at the moment but I Think I’ll give him a call tomorrow. Still 200 miles away. As always, thank you for your help!

 

After considerable thought, decided to part out the car. Seats, euro mirrors and right rear axle spoken for. Just kidding. Man needs to know his Imitations and I’m not the guy at this point to be using a dial indicator, degree wheel and resetting cam timing in a Ferrari. Actually don’t see this in my future either.There are things I truly excel at, like making coffee! This was not one of those cases and I could see myself getting in some real trouble shortly. Car was shipped to Coeur d’Alene Idaho early this morning after speaking with Mark, owner of Marks automotive at length Monday. Want to thank all of you for your encouragement and knowledge shared in dealing with this situation in which Mark echoed the same sentiments about using a dial indicator and degree wheel to set this up properly. Will take some time but will have documentation and a clear baseline start for maintenance.With someone such as myself doing this work it would always be suspect to quality of work and honestly to myself. Would rather maintenance be performed by someone with solid experience and I, being able to thumb through maintenance records and know with confidence it was handled properly. Doesn’t mean I won’t attempt to tackle other 308 projects, Just need to be a little less costly should I mess up.

 

I’m sure it would have ran afterwords, it runs now, so what’s to be gained if I didn’t do it properly? This after purchasing a degree wheel, dial indicator, and numerous other specially items I’m sure. Sitting down for a few nights learning how to use these items along with do’s/don’ts Specific to a Ferrari four valve engine for this one time event. Tying the shop up for 2 weeks (Best case scenario) Etc,etc. and end result would be suspect quality workmanship even given my best intentions. Not sure everyone knows this but here in Montana I can’t just drop into our local independent Ferrari technician and have him visually show me what I need to understand. And finally what did it for me was to have maintenance records that substantiate this was in fact handled correctly.
Comedy wise.. this would be the exact same scenario if I decided to pull my wisdom teeth. Sure I know what teeth are! Haven’t a clue how to use the tools but I’m sure I can get them extracted. Now to get the infection under control!

 

Called Botzans in Spokane Wa. But they we’re too busy to give me more then 5 minutes. Said they could get me in mid November and to call back if that worked for me. So I placed the next call to Marks Automotive with the same expectations of mid November appointment. Said “ hey I know you’re really busy and if possible could you give me a call back in the next day or so when you would have 15 minutes to spare?“ his response was “ it’s always busy, how can I help you?” Mark spent probably 35 or 40 minutes with me during that phone conversation. Definitely came away with a feeling he knows his stuff and no stranger to Ferrari. Got the car loaded on the trailer Sunday night I met him first thing in the morning. Very nice guy with a lot going on in his shop. Came away with feeling my cars and very competent hands.