Ferrari 328 Door Map Pouch Repair - Springs

A few of the 328 owners seemed interested in this relatively simple repair, so I thought I should post my results.

I already had the doors off, in order to re-dye the leather, so I figured it would be a good time to repair the nagging map pouch on the driver's side that didn't want to stay shut.

On the back of the door was a few nuts holding the map pouch assembly in place. After removing those, the map pouch assembly comes free.

I had to pull back the leather a little bit on the back side to expose the hinge holding the spring in place. Unscrew the 2 screws to remove the spring. Below is a picture of 2 old springs (bottom) and 2 new springs above them. The old springs were busted on the part that goes under the hinge.

There is a bit of a trick in putting on the new springs. Once you slide the spring on the post and get the left piece under what looks to be a brass holder, the right piece of the spring that is extended needs to be turned 180 degrees and then tucked in under the hinge. Then hold it there while you screw in the hinge. I replaced just the driver side springs and I have 2 extra springs in case the passenger side decides to break.

For all the help I have received on this great site, I hope this is able to help someone out! Please message me with any questions - I am more than happy to help.

I ordered the springs from http://parts.ferrari.co.uk - Special thanks to Mark Langfield for being more than patient with my questions regarding available parts.

Here are the part #'s :

LH Spring - # 62311800 - Price - £3.30 - Which equals about $5.54.

RH Spring - # 62311800 - Price - £3.40 - Which equals about $5.70.

Funny, didn't notice the small price difference between the left and right spring until now.
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Another Pic of the new spring :
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I already had the door off - So not very long - The hardest part was really figuring out that I had to "wind" the spring first and figuring out which which spring went on each side.

If the door was on, I would estimate :

Remove door panel - 60 minutes. There are a few screws around the door and 4 more buried in the carpet. Then you must remove the door handle which is complicated by the door handle cable system and the electronics (power windows, power mirrors, and light). There is a great step by step instruction for this that Rob put up here - Thanks to Carl Rose :

http://www.ferrarichat.com/partsandservice/index.htm

Next just remove the few nuts that hold the pouch on the door. Then replace the springs - 30 minutes.

Then reassemble the door.

2-3 hours is a good estimate of total time required. If you then do the second door, it would probably be faster due to learning curve.

 

Greetings Dla -

Here is a picture of the hole for the window crank - That circle piece just pops off. I don't have the actual device to crank it though, so I have no pic of that - Maybe another F-Chatter does.
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Hi Jim-

I don't think so. Not sure how you could get to the bolts without taking the panel off.