I am looking to have some service done (oil change) and I would prefer not to have to travel to Boulder for every service job, if I can help it. Do any Ferrari owners in Evergreen or Golden or Lakewood for that matter, take their cars to a shop in that general area? Or is Dave Helms/FoD the only place you go? You can PM me or reply here. -F
I live in deer creek canyon outside of aspen park. Dave Helms is my primary tech. i do all my own oil changes. however, Tom at aspen auto in englewood is quite competent with italian cars, especially alfa, fiat etc. He does have the expertise to work on ferraris if the work is not too complicated.
I live in Genesee and will not anyone but Dave Helms touch my F355. It is a bit of a drive, but well worth it in my opinion.
Furman If you've never changed your own oil, take the car to Dave Helms. He'll show you how to do it yourself the next time, besides there are other fluids that should probably be tended to such as the transmission (easy to confuse the drain plugs for trans and engine sump), brakes, coolant, etc. Dave's a great guy and totally knowledgeable on all Ferraris. Hope you're bringing the 328 to the CP show on June 10th. The three other 328 GTB's in Colorado will all be there. Ricardo
Furman, You should learn to change your own oil. It's easy and you only need to do it once a year. I believe instructions are in your owners manual. Dave
I am eager to do so but the only thing holding me back is getting the car up. I have seen the threads about the jacks on either side but I am a little scared of cracking the rear window in the process. Does anyone have recommendations on getting the rear off the floor, whether with jacks, ramps, or some other method? Regarding the change itself, I have read the owner's manual and the workshop manual and a few great FChat threads and I fully understand the process and the different locations of the trans and engine oil plugs. I think it does look easy. Just don't know about getting the car up. I am working on attending the CP show. -F
Furmano, What I do is use the jack that came with the car to lift up a side at a time and slip wide wood blocks under the wheels, then you are set to go, or you can get some low profie ramps. No worries about cracking the rear window. I have not heard of that happening? I use mobil 1 0-40 which has the best overall viscosity specs I have read at high temps and best flow at low temps. Dave
