355 Engine Rebuild - Was supposed to only be a major

No, its called the trust side and the coast side.

And nikasil liners can be rebuilt.

 

Happy Thanksgiving for all of you in the USA. Here's the next video in the series, checking on the crank and main bearings.

 

Florida Salt and Humidity - Suspected.
Owner of a 355 F1 Spider, your video Part 3 was great, especially on the need to use an SD1 for diagnosis and why. I moved from Ohio to South Florida a couple of years ago, and humidity and salt air have really taken a toll. I have owned the car since 2002, and it has 46,000 miles up until July of this year no real issues, just regular majors and the window regulators. Now the electrics are really taking a toll from 2500 to 3000 RPMs. The engine wants to cut out under medium to full throttle in first and send gear. My mechanic's Leonardo is showing No codes! Does anyone monitoring this thread know of a good Ferrari shop with an SD1 in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, or Miami?

 

Thanks! I'll ask Josh if he knows anyone in that area. It is unfortunate but these cars are getting to the age at which the wires can start getting brittle or loose and cause wonky issues like that.

 

He said the only shop he trusts in Florida is Sarasota Italian Garage.

 

is the car garaged most of the time? i have kept cars in the hamptons for 15 years with no issues (garaged all the time unless out driving).

 

Yes garaged and covered unless driving.

 

Normal guy where is the Howard looks like we can sit have a few drinks and watch you guys work oh ya I don’t think wearing sandals while working on engines is a great idea


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The Howard is in Austin. It's my buddy Richard's private warehouse and social club so it's not open to the public and we don't really want people to know where it is for obvious reasons. But if you're in the Austin area and wanted to check it out sometime we can probably make that happen

 

Absolutely pissing myself laughing at this.

Adam doesn't say a lot but he's just the kind of dude I'd really get along with in real life.

 

You have no idea Dan! (Actually maybe you do). The electrics have been the biggest issue I had to get sorted out on my car. Turns out to be very little in the end but small things can really be hard to trace down. The Teves ABS system on the 2.7 can be a real b*tch in particular, be thankful you don't have one of those on yours.

 

You'd have to tolerate the constant barrage of dad jokes. LOL! But seriously, he's a good dude, that's why I asked him to join the company.

I had a great hour plus long conversation with Josh the other night about the electrical systems in these older Ferraris. He was lamenting how a considerable amount of his work is simply tracing out electrical faults caused by old wiring. The good news is they aren't old Jaguars. LOL!

 

You jest, but the f355 2.7 Motronic has parts from a Jaguar (Shared with a late 80's Ford Lincoln if I'm correct), including that Teves ABS unit I was referring to earlier.

In those days stuff was coming from all over the place...

And yeah those wiring diagrams can be tough to read. Quite often a circuit can have 2 distinct purposes depending on which way the current is currently flowing (flyback diodes on a few of the relays, for example)...

Engines were top notch, especially on the f355, even if the electrics and body work didn't always follow suit. But hey what do you want for a hand-built italian beauty.

I absolutely adore mine, I think they're the pinnacle of the mainstream F cars right up until the 458 came out - certainly the very best of the 80s-90's era.

 

It's funny because all of these cars are irrational decisions, but yet, we can't resist.

 

not living life is irrational!

 

Daniel you recommended me Verdi in UK to convert my car to manual, but you should read up on them before recommend them

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/verdi-ferrari.346184/


I tried to comment this after you recommend this on YouTube, but my comments got deleted

 

Then don't listen to my recommendation. It's only a recommendation.

 

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was FerrariChat always this salty?

I enjoy the videos and the insight, keep them coming!