Good west coast Ferrari 360 specialist that would be particularly good at electrical problems?

Reach out to normal guy super car …. He works w an Austin mech josh. Reportedly the best in these parts.

many signs of water damage? Rust in weird places?

 

Wouldn’t Rifledriver be the go to in Austin?

No real knowledge to offer but in the past when I hear about multiple electrical issues it seems like the first order of business is to look at grounding issues.

Good luck…..and one good thing is that you can get back money spent on a CS at resale after a few years. I have that same comfort margin in my two cars (Lamborghini Diablo Roadster and ‘05 Ford GT) because even after putting in a big chunk to make the cars better I still have less than $200k in each of them.

 

never heard of him.

But that josh guy is good.

 

I think he is looking for someone in the Bay Area who specializes in Ferrari. Obviously, if you are in Austin, Josh Hill from Exotic Power and Performance is the way to go if you don't mind that he swears like a Sailor.

 

Neither Josh or I are an answer for him. Sorry guys, lousy suggestion.

Rod Drew at FAI in Costa Mesa is probably the strongest Ferrari electrical guy anywhere near the coast. You could also call Ben Salerno up near Sacramento, Rocklin actually and ask him how strong he is on electrical. He'll tell you. Talk to both.

 

If you are wanting to do some leg work— check grounds.

gl… it’s just a car at the end of the day… it can be diag and fixed.

 

You might also talk w member trev.

hespoke of strange issues if immob relays stick causing errant issues and burning up modules.

might need an exhaustive relay check.

 

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I've been talking in PM to Mike about his reverse issue wiring problem. If his measurements are correct, he has a short in the wiring between the TCU and the reverse gear relay or a short on the wiring which goes to the unused gated reverse gear selection switch plug (i.e. Ferrari includes some wiring for both gated and F1 cars in their harnesses). It's just a matter of chasing down a short. I think any competent auto electrician should be able to figure this out with sufficient "briefing" (wiring diagrams, history, etc) and some good wire tracking tools. I wouldn't think that a short on this line would blow up the TCU, but I would fix this problem first just to be sure.

Mike did find some physical evidence that someone was looking at this problem before (some stripped insulation), but it doesn't seem to be shorting at this point.

Mike, do you have any auto electricians who make house calls?

 

Mike

Now that you cleared the ground issue, cleaned all the grounds do you think it is just a matter of replacing the TCU and be done with it
It could be you fixed all the issues and now just need to replaced the damaged parts e.g. TCU

 

Replacing all the relays is inexpensive and I had fun using DioxIt D5 on all the connections.

 

My fear for you is that you send it off to the best of the best and there will be nothing to be found since you may have fixed it .. that is kind of what I am saying

My advice ... finish all the clean up / testing .. and if all tests you do look good , install TCU and alternator and see if everything works .. hard to fix something that is not broken no matter how good the person is

I would hate to see you spend thousands of dollars on shipping to only find out they couldn't find anything

If I was the mechanic you were sending it to and there wasn't a problem I would be very hard pressed to accept the car ( no point in taking people's money )

My two cents ..

PS .. don't underestimate yourself.. based on the conversations and pictures you sent me .. you already did more than 99% of people / professionals would have done to address issue

Dominick

 

There is no magic elec car guru.

 

Mike you are smart and capable. When you run into issues like these, sometimes the answer is right under your nose. Helps if you can take a step back to find it. I’m sure your issue is something simple. If you can stand to park the car and just think, I’m sure you will find it. You seem like a very handy owner, which that car has finally found!

 

I had my PPI done at Roselli’s in San Jose. He came highly recommended. Very nice guy that obviously had a ton of experience. He’s a 360 owner as well. The only down side is his shop looks like a traditional mechanic only its Ferraris and Lamborghinis everywhere, stacked up from the years of either collecting or salvaging for parts. Wasn’t the tidiest place if that bothers you. Parts are kind of all over which did bother me a bit. I never got the impression that he didn’t know what he was doing though. He’s been in business for 40 years or something like that and has seen more than most.

 

There was a member on chat here that mentioned an electrical Ferrari guru at Vision Exotics in Sacramento Sergey Mavrinskiy is the owner. (916) 514-2988 Apparently along with Rod at FAI in Costa Mesa (who helped me) there is another one that might be able to help you.