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I recommended Straightline to a friend who was looking for a Bentley Turbo R and unfortunately he bought it without a PPI (but based on a good...
I've found that the tools are pretty model specific because of the clearances, especially the hold-down tool. I made my own tools out of an old...
I've dealt with Ray Catena for years with both Porsches and Mercedes, and found them to be straight shooters. I can understand their unwillingness...
#1 The safest way is to take the cam out and clamp the pulley between wooden "chops" in a vise and use a breaker bar and special socket to remove...
I also went through gasket hell removing the old gaskets. I think it took about a week of evenings laying on a plywood platform above the engine...
We need to replace about 6 windows including a bow window. I had a big regional company in to give us a quote (live in the Philadelphia area) and...
If it's really a one owner car, as stated, maybe the owner can shed some light on it. The sticker and pop riveted plate that are wrong were...
Bruce - This is a wonderful site where you can download any Ferrari manuals you need for free:...
I have one grab handle totally missing (as in holes in the headliner) and one that has broken brackets that I think I can fix. I've been looking...
These are common Mondial 8 problems and you can find a lot of information searching archived posts. The power loss/backfiring problem sounds like...
I also use a piece of 1X2 wood to keep jumper cables apart, but one of these days I'll make an adapter for the 12V aux. lamp socket in the engine bay.
Thanks Birdman - I just installed your carpet grabbers and they work great for non-driving projects like this as well. I finished the dash work...
I just finished a 30K on the Mondial 8 and decided to have the cam covers, Belt guards, and plenum powdercoated in Wrinkle Red while everything...
I've had a problem for a while with dash lights flickering on and off with vibration, and jiggling the dimmer switch isolated the problem. I did a...
1. Rust 2. Rust 3. Rust 4. Evidence of poor DIY service (rounded nuts, buggered screw slots, Walmart Oil Filter, etc) 5. Bad repaint or color...
Just finished a full Major with valve adjustment on an '81 Mondial 8 for a friend and the parts total (including Hill Engineering tensioner...
They were on sale for $21.77 each compared to $78ea at T. Rutlands and $156.41ea at RicambiAmerica!! They arrived from an East Coast AutohausAZ...
Thanks Ed, That worked great! I removed the shift linkage and the two rear motor mount bolts and jacked up the front of the engine to give me...
After I elongated the slots a bit it seems like the cover moved back to the previous position, even with the bolts very tight. I'm not sure how...
The engine cover on my '81 Mondial 8 sits high by about an inch in the front (firewall side) and it had moved far enough back that the paint on...