Hey all! I recently picked up my first Mondial through Copart. It's a 1986 3.2 Cabriolet with water damage. I'm very excited to get this thing going again. Curious if anyone happens to know anything about the history of it it. Maybe the previous owner is on here? Came out of the Los Angeles area and was left outside in a rain storm. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
No history to share, only wishing you luck. Hoping you share this journey with us. Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Thanks! I’m working on going through the fuel system right now. Hopefully it will be up and running soon.
Hopefully it was a fresh water flood. Sometimes I wish mine was red. Also before you do anything Crack the drain plug on engine and trans. Loosen them a bit and and if there is water it will come out first. Then put a socket on the crank and rotate the engine a few times to make sure there is no water on top of a pistons. Good luck
Wishing you the best of luck! I am a preservationist and I love people that love on old Ferrari's. People that get the culture and have a true desire to bring Ferrari's back to life. Way to go! and thank you for not parting out the Ferrari. I have found through my experience to not underestimate the important of the fuel distributor. The rubber diaphragms dissolve over time and/or get gunked up with ethanol residue. This causes the Fuel distributor to dump gas into the cylinders and this causes a multitude of issues. The engine will have no power, the engine will stumble (seeming like a timing issue, or a top dead center issue or distributor electrical issue) If you have no power watch out for gas being pouring into the cylinder which might turn into a catalytic converter to glow and burn-up not to mention gas getting into your oil system as it by-passes the rings and enters the crankcase.......all experiences I have gone thru. I would recommend sending off the whole fuel distributor unit to Larry Fletcher, CIS Flowtech in Mobile, AL 251-929-3771. From my understanding there only maybe 2 mechanics in US that perform this critical service. Good luck and welcome to the family
And another thing, in my opinion, dont put fuel injection cleaning products in the gas. This loosens up the build-up in the fuel distributor and the particles get clogged in the diaphragms and cause a critical failure. (my experience) Try to run, non-ethanol gas.
Luckily it was just rained in and wasn't underwater! Oil and trans fluid were both free of water and I got it running now!
Thanks for the advice! I've always loved bringing cars back to life and am so excited to finally be doing it with a Ferrari. So far the fuel distributor seems good, but I will definitely keep that in mind!
Hey Daniel, welcome to our Ferrari club. Beautiful car. ( oh, is that a 914-6 I see in the garage? Eduardo 1981 Mondial 8 euro.
I see the 914, but not enough detail to see if it's a 6. The 6es didn't have flared fenders (916 did, right?), the main way to tell a true 6 is the 5 lug wheels (and the 2.0 T engine?). Many people put the flares and the 5 lugs on a 914-4 to give it the 6 look. I actually test drove a 914-4 with a 2.2S engine swap back in probably 84, closer to the 916 specs... DAMN THING WAS QUICK! As I recall, the 6 had a dry sump oil reservoir inside the bodywork/fender, required mods to a 914-4 to get it to look "true".
Thanks! I’m happy to finally be a Mondial owner. Close! It’s a ‘74 Porsche 914 that has a group 5 style Widebody kit. It is still a few years away from driving, but has a Chevy v8 engine, Porsche Boxster S transaxle, and Porsche 911 suspension/brakes.
Update! While cleaning the mold out of the car I managed to find the registration and the previous owners business card. I guess I should have looked a little harder when I got the car. Finally got a hold of him and was able to learn a little more about the car. He confirmed that it was outside in a rainstorm when the cover blew off and rain got in the partially open top and open rear window. He was having trouble getting it to run right before that and so with the interior damage decided to file with insurance. He was the second owner and had it for around 20 years in which the timing belts were never replaced He did only put around 3k miles on the car, but I'm feeling pretty lucky that the belts held up for my first test drive! I replaced the Fuel pump, filter, and accumulator and it started right up! Can't wait to get the timing belts done and take it for a real drive.
Great that you got it running. Good to hear about the age of the timing belts, now I'll worry less about my more than 3-year interval. I was surprised that a rainstorm would cause that much damage, but if there were other circumstances that makes more sense. My car has been parked in the rain before, and while some water gets through the louvers I've never observed that it does anything bad. It does rain very gently here, though, so perhaps that's a factor. I just took mine on a work trip since my son needed my daily, but also because I knew I would enjoy the drive. 300 very pretty highway miles in two days, which is the most it has had in a long time. It needed that run, and it sure seems to have helped with cleaning things out. I don't think the reimbursable will cover the fuel costs, though... Good luck with it!
