I bought a time machine

FINALLY, in the shop. Its a new shop in Vegas but I've known all the Ferrari techs for years since the Wynn "Batcave" that some of you probably visited years ago. They are also authorized McLaren which the Vegas area desperately needed. McLaren sales are now at the Wynn.

Finally got a chance to look underneath and we all agree its a really good car - well taken care of. Nothing strange or out of the ordinary. Getting a lot of routine stuff done: T belts and oil service mainly. Gotta small oil leak that we need to look at. The throttle is a bit sticky at times.

Tires, brakes, suspension, frame -- all excellent. WHEW!

I'm replacing the door locks and window seals that came with the car when I bought it. I'm having them check every fuel line just in case.

I want to convert the AC from R12 to R134a. But aside from the AC everything else works. I miss driving it already!


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Its getting ready for the Wynn Concourse d' Elegance coming up in about a week.

 

Exactly. One advantage of not using an authorized F dealer is you can install parts like these from GT.

 

It worked for a while and quit. Assume its a lack of gas. In any event it would be an upgrade and increase the value, aside from making it more comfortable in Vegas 5 months of the year.

 

Yah but most likely a seal. Can't be a big leak because it held the gas for a long time.

 

Ya know, I don't know. But the previous owner bought them on advice of Ferrari of Seattle. I know it was serious whatever the problem was as the locks were not functioning. Both door latches came with the car when I bought it.

Not sure yet about the AC conversion yet but its been done in Vegas. There are questions though. IMO, it can be done.

 

Ya know I locked up the brakes one time in this car. I was heading into a left hand turn and some idiot decided to move in front of me. Its weird not having ABS but it didn't bother me at all. I kinda liked how the car reacted. Concave wheels mean -- no ABS.

 

Well , went over to the shop today and my AC problem is not a little one. The compressor froze so the belt snapped off. I noticed nothing when it happened but evidence of the melted belt was there. So we are going to do the complete AC changeover most likely from the GT Car parts upgrade.

Also they found an incorrect fuel line so we’re going to replace all lower hoses with a kit as well as the fuel filter. One appears to chafe so we will sort that out. Both rear CV boots are cracked with one split already so we will replace those too.

We will do a complete tune. Going to check the valve clearances and put in a new set of spark plugs. Then the complete T belt kit. The mechanic feels the sticky throttle problem is just cleaning and lubrication of the shaft so we’ll try that first.

Someone back in the 80s put on an aftermarket immobilizer so we are going to sort out what they did and remove it. The door latches are going in today and the immobilizer is connected to the wiring in the door latch that triggers the opposite door when it’s locked. The mechanism in the drivers door was worn out.

To replace the window seals the door glass has to come out but both door panels need to come apart anyway for the latches.

So it’s not coming home anytime soon. Most likely Dec. My goal is to get it to run right and reliable, then just due routine maintenance.

 

Cleaned and tracing the oil leak. Nothing so far. Will keep an eye on it but it’s small.

Incorrect t fuel line so we will get a kit for them all.
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So I don't believe my car will ever be a true "collectible". I'm not so worried about originality but want everything working to its best. GT Car parts is a parts supplier in the US. Been around a very long time. They have stuff like this. Not sure what's in stock though.

 

Totally agree with the Hill bearings. We all agree that's the way to go.