Driving in a pouring rain

LOL!!

 

Hey, I think your pulling our leg here - SURELY Ferrari wouldn't use the word "shan't" in their manual!

 

driven my 85QV GTS in the rain. No issues, no leaks.

 

I have found when driving 002C in the rain it's important to make sure that the holes drilled through the floor aren't plugged with dirt as if the water level raises more than 6 inches inside the car it can short out the magnetos.

When stopping for lunch always remember to flip over the seat cushions if it's raining.
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Funny thread...no problem driving in the rain, more should do it! Only two concerns I can think of and both are easily remidied. One is targa top/spider top seals..get new ones if needed. And make sure you have tight fitting spark plug well covers. It these are not fitting well, then water can leak into the spark plug wells, causing plug fouling. New covers and no more problems for me on my previous 78 308GTS...Hey, those covers last 23 years!

 

Just curious. How does this "water fouling" occur?

My Harley has no well covers. And, no windshield, fairing or any other protection. I have ridden 200 miles to the Outer Banks in near hurricane conditions and then weathered a category 1 at a motel with no cover on the bike and it ran just fine. It is not a modern bike being only 10 years younger than my carb 308 and it has over 100K miles.

Seamus

(Why would anyone sane do such a thing? They wouldn't. It was a regular Labor Day weekend thing so we went anyways. The storm completely cut in two NC12 farther south, creating a channel. But, it was still fun .

 

The spark plug wells are quite deep....water gets down in them and causes the spark to short against the plug well or something like that...all I know is I replaced several plugs until I got the new plug covers...then all was well. Do Harley spark plugs fit down inside a deep well, or are they exposed? Maybe they are just better shielded in the first place....I have no idea.

 

I have an '89 Softail. The plugs sit almost right out in the elements.

Seamus
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That is why you don't have a problem. In the Ferrari, the plug fits down in a metal "well"...with a long extension on the plug wire. When water collects in the well, it shorts out.