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Hi raemin, I ended up doing just that. I left the compressor in place and isolated the cable which turned out to be damaged. I guess I need to...
Hi raemin, I bought gasket paper and used a dividers (??) to cut a new gasket. Worked fine. The distributor is going back in tomorrow. All seem...
Thank you for the reply. It is probably the most rational way but since I dont know the satus of the rest of the system and I dont want to spend...
Hi, I would like to remove the AC compressor in my 400i. It has not been functional for many years and the combination with it being a...
Thank you for all support. I have now removed the distributor and cleaned out all old muck. I did find the "wick" below the small boss that...
Good that you found it! For the record the rubber dampers are 6mm in diameter and 7mm long. Made of pretty sturdy rubber (not soft) The o-ring...
Not sure why there are two alternatives for drive shaft. Maybe the one you looked at is for older cars. I look from the ling that it is for the...
This is the part Ferrari part 115728 - Bush See Tech Letter 420 | Maranello Classic Parts (ferrariparts.co.uk) One rubber damper goes into the...
Hi Martin, They are in the drawing and do carry part numbers, please see above. There is a flat drive shaft that goes into the pump and the cam...
Hi Martin, See the drawing for parts. They are available and not very expensive. You can probably make the rubber dampers yourselves and maybe...
I just wanted to confirm the the LED and PCA LED dimmer described above works perfect. It took some to time to free up some garage time but the...
In the vacuum pump there is a drive shaft that fits in the cam shaft. To reduce noise this shaft has two rubber inserts that wear out and can...
Hi raemin, They can probably do any color. The anodized black looks good in ”the flesh”. Don´t think I would want it in ”wrincle finish”. Also...
Dear all, Many of us have more than one steering wheel for our cars. Most solutions are not nice but now there is a good solution. And it is...
Great news. Thank you. A new seal just arrived from UK and I have the rest of the parts so I will pull the distributor over the weekend or next...
Great. Does the seal com up with removing the distributor or how do I get to it? I also thought about using a compression gauge to find tdc 1....
Thank you for all the help. This is a great forum. I did take a look at the bottom of the distributor and it is rather dirty with some brownish...
Thank you for the replies. Look like the leads were in the right order. Good news. Agree, the cap can only be mounted one way and the index pin...
Hi all, I have a 400i 1980. And just took my distributor cap and rotor off to swap in a new ones and noticed that the leads may not have been in...
A few of these water jet cut speaker grills for sale. 28 Euro per grill + postage. They are cut in aircraft quality alu and can be painted in...