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When you do the belts and tensioners, inspect, VERY carefully, the belt drive pulley outer bearings. They're sealed, and I suspect that new belts,...
When you say "nothing in the gearbox moves" I assume you have trans bottom cover off. Looking at Tav.25, in the parts manual, it looks like that...
Try to get a hold of the wiring harness that goes to the motor, through that panel. There's plenty of slack. Unplug the harness. Ground one wire...
I've decided to let my 1983 Mondial Cab go. It's listed on E-Bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-...item1c16b772fe Thank you all for...
Ok, here's the people that sold me my cover for my 83 Mondial: Google "Dash Designs". It comes in two pieces, one covers the instrument pod (the...
I've decided to let my 1983 Mondial Cab go. It's listed on E-Bay:...
I would add: While the belts are off, check for play/wobble (very carefully), the timing belt drive pulley, outer bearings.
Thank you all. Intercity it is !
Who are the favored car shippers? Seattle to Detroit. Thanks in advance.
Had the same problem. New wheels were "thinner" where lug bolts went thru. Rear bolts went further into the threaded holes and interfered with...
+1.
I thought it read OK. Wanna see long sentences, read Hemingway.
Good tip!
I couldn't afford to own a Ferrari ('83 Mondial Cab) if I didn't do all the work myself. I had it a month when it threw a belt and ate 16 valves....
I'd say you were competent enough to do it. You will have to buy/borrow some special tools, and F-car parts ain't cheap, . There are many people...
R134A is in no way as efficient as R12, unless, it is used in a system designed for it. This is the crap that the "tree huggers" force upon us all...
Thanks for the advice. Glad I asked. That switches days are numbered!
Not sure of its proper name, but it's the 2-position switch next to the battery, that breaks the ground circuit, from the battery to the body....
Of course, old cars are more unsafe than new cars. If this is of concern to you, sell your Ferrari and by a Volvo or something. The rest of us...
It sounds like your talking about the shifter rod that is coming out of the engine oil pan. If so, that can't be right. Given the above, I'd pull...
