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'The Ratarossa': The Testarossa Spider Rebuild Project

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  1. turbo-joe

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    #676 turbo-joe, Apr 13, 2018
    thx for explaining WDC. those short cuts in english are not usual for me, that is why I sometimes ask
     
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    #678 theunissenguido, Apr 14, 2018
    How much do you have between floor and front spoiler ? 12/13 cm or 5 1/8 inch should be enough.
    The oil sump of an old model mini has 11 cm or 4 21/64 inch floor to sump !

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    #679 spiderscott, Apr 14, 2018
    Very handy to know. I will check and measure tomorrow
     
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    #682 spiderscott, Apr 17, 2018
    Green Eco Testarossa = all parts recycled :D
     
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    #684 JoeTSI, Apr 18, 2018
    At least you have some beautiful weather ahead for the week to work on the car. I'm over here now and cannot believe how warm and sunny it is!
     
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    #685 spiderscott, Apr 18, 2018
    Loving it, 27 degrees in London tomorrow. A month ago it was snowing ....British Weather !
     
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    #686 spiderscott, Apr 18, 2018
    Not got much done the last few days as with this weather been focusing on my sick red 355 spider, roof down and to nice not to take full advantage.
     
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    #688 spiderscott, Apr 18, 2018
    Fuel box is now all cut in place. I have just had to order some new bonding glue to fix it to the underside of the rear fender. Then once in place can figure out best routing for filler neck to mate with the old tank tube
     
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    #689 spiderscott, Apr 19, 2018
    Changing front pads - the old pads had plenty of meat on them (pretty much new) but I don’t know how old they were and my brakes are still weak

    Rear pads already done.

    Have also tested the brake vacuum system and everything engine wise at the pump and plenium all sucking good. Need to check at booster end but it’s not easy to get to hose on this car.

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    #690 spiderscott, Apr 21, 2018
    Ok have now tested the brake system everything works, but I still have a hard pedal and little brake power. It’s tricky as the car has been off the road for so long, might just be a case of all the new pads needing to be bedded in.... or maybe a faulty booster
     
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    #692 spiderscott, Apr 21, 2018
    Then had to spend some time figuring out the fuel leak/smell in my 456

    Notorious common issue of cracked plastic fuel cap on tank
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    #694 turbo-joe, Apr 25, 2018
    I will be back from long vacation in thailand in my garage coming weekend scott. may I invite you to visit me and clean up at my garage also :)
    free drink and eat :)
     
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    #695 spiderscott, Apr 25, 2018

    Ha ha ha would love to Romano. My old garage was really cool, I had granite floors and silly blue lights in the skirting boards :cool::cool::cool:

    Actually it feels really therapeutic working in a clean space where I can actually find my tools :D
     
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    #697 spiderscott, Apr 25, 2018
    Had a super productive day on the Ferrari front, one of those lovely days where all plans go well.

    1. Tidied garage so I could move around and find stuff
    2. Fitted fuel filler on Ratarossa
    3. Fixed my 456 passenger window (none movement) issue with a new ECU
    4. Fixed the red 355 false RPM issue with a new Crank Sensor

    Happy days :):):)
     
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    #699 spiderscott, Apr 27, 2018
    Not made much progress on the Ratarossa this week. I’ve had to focus my attention on fixing a couple of problems on my other F cars. One more job to complete on the red 355 then it’s bavk to business on the Testarossa
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    I want to move to the UK just to hang out in the garage with you!
     
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