F1 to manual

Just curious, what did it cost for the conversion

 

Why did you convert it?

 

Let me know if you wish to sell any of the F1 parts

 

Can't believe its taken this long to gather the parts.
I have a few things I have collected but if I wanted everything its all on Ebay from all the normal exotic salvage yards.

Interested to see what they charged you and if they used all brand new or used parts to convert it.

also Interested in your F1 parts if you want to sell including the broken pump and the actuator.

thanks

jp

 

I'de love to hear the whole story. I'm guessing if my F1 was that bad, I would sell the whole car and be done with it, however I'm really interested in this story.

 

I just posted and deleted my response on your other double posted thread
Yes I would like to know and see what was involved in your conversion.
Lots of info and pictures please

 

Seems like you are converting due to a shop that does not know what they are doing...that's a shame.

 

You may have had a case until you decided to convert the car. The time to get on this was when they sent the car to another shop. Now you have made the decision to convert instead of fix. I'm not an attorney but I think this is where it will get muddy. Had you had shop 2 fix the problems, you would have had recourse to get shop 1 to pay for it.

 

pretty frustrating situation..

I am not familiar with F1 system maintenance costs.. since I have a manual..
so you are saying it would cost more to repair or buy new/used f1 pump to keep the car as an F1.. versus doing a whole manual conversion.. which you are estimating with labour will be ~$8,400..?

aren't 355 F1 owners often switching to 360 f1 pumps..?

so from what I gather from this.. once the f1 pump goes.. you are looking in the vicinity that it would cost to do a major..?

 

That was almost the exact story of my car. worked fine for 38k miles, went in for a belt service, came out and wouldnt go into gear. dealer said pump dead. Owner converted it to manual. At least there is two of us now! we should start a club haha

 

The part of all of this that is troubling is the F1 system can stay untouched during a major. Yes - untouched!

Certainly F1 fluid service should / can be done but servicing the belts can be done without messing with the F1 system.

 

Ah but you are assuming that the folks doing the major know what they are doing.

 

What would be done to fail the F1 pump during a major? Incorrect bleeding?

Just saying maybe it is coincidence. Could have been on the way out and running it enough to bleed the system finished it off.

 

I would say you do have a case. Does your state have an automotive bureau that mediates between shops and consumer? No lawyer is needed.

Reina International is not well adept in the 355.

 

I'm trying to figure out how the shop caused this failure. Any ideas other than timing of failure? Like exactly what they may have done to cause it? I'd like to know so I don't make the same mistake.

 

That's what I would like to know. Sometimes things are just old and fail once disturbed, no matter who did it.

Not saying that's definitely what happened here but would like to hear how the shop would have ruined the pump.

 

They really did not need to touch the F1 system so perhaps they noticed and issue or hurt something (hose) while working on the car...

 

Correct.

Spending nearly $10k because a shop didn't know what they were doing and damaged something seems rather extreme.
Despite being early tech and pretty crude the F1 system has proven to be pretty robust overall, according to the expert Ferrari trained mechanics I deal with.

However, if you're happier with the three pedal conversion result then that's fine.

 

Do you have a list of all the parts needed for this conversion? I think ultimately you'll be much happier with a 3 pedal...