Diablo Owners?

Thanks. Peeking under the rear bodywork, I can see the tops of the rads and check the connector on the water temp sensor. The connector looks corroded. One thing, there appears to be a jumper wire added to the connector which connects two wires of the three, which causes me to think that the po either did not want to replace a temp sensor, or did not know enough to clean the connector terminals. Before I start cutting wires and experimenting, might anyone have a wiring diagram? I am trying to order a full service manual for a 93 2wd car, but they are hard to find.

 

Quite a collection of manuals.

When I started a restoration of a Countach in 2008 I learned that there are a lot of passionate (crazy) and helpful Countach people out there. Seems that the Diablo enthusiasts are even more helpful. Many thanks to all.

 

My Diablo questions continue. My early car is missing its original Konis, in their place are some Japanese replacements. No idea if they are any good (I have not driven the car yet).

I found a complete set of shocks from a SV locally. I am interested in buying them, but should figure out if they will fit an early car (I suspect so, but my early car has no front end lift feature, while the SV shocks do). Can the lifting feature could be added to my car through simple wiring and a discreet switch, or does it require some form of ECU which I may not have?

As well, they will almost certainly need a rebuild; does anyone do that work? Koni rebuilt my Testarossa shocks to be as good as new, but I recall reading that they do not service the Diablo shocks. Any truth to that?

 

I note the first SV's did not have a lifting system (1997) but the 1998 and later cars did. I have yet to see the used shocks on offer firsthand, but maybe I am lucky (the shocks from an early Diablo front shock and a 1997 SV have the same part number).

Do those people with the non-lift equipped cars have major ground clearance issues?

 

My other cars include a lowbody LP400S and a BB512 with a very low front spoiler, so I am used to approaching even painted stripes on the road at a 45 degree angle.

 

Wow. Ok, yes, that is now on my list. Terrible.

 

An additional question - as I trace a slight misfire, how can I access error codes in the LIE computers? Is there a rare and exotic LIE specific tool to interrogate the computers? I note the 1996 and later cars has normal OBD functions.

As my 1992 car lacks the ability to flash codes on the dashboard I can just throw parts at it or swap parts from the left and right banks (Testarossa diagnostic style), but there must be a better way.