WEEKEND AT PAP'S

My little ones love spaghetti monster too.

You're not wrong PP!

$30K? We are mates...........bring $20K.

 

Sounds like a plan.

I think so.

 

The beauty of Ferrari Chat.

Pics from a thread on here from 10 years ago.

I don't even have to try and measure up the bearing to try and source one from SKF.

I am going to order one from SKF on Monday.
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Yeah, I don't think they will have one in stock. But it's all good lol.

 

Yeah man, had it all sorted back in March when they first sold the tickets to their shows.

Will chase up any potential refunds etc as soon as possible.

 

Ok, here's an update on PAP348.

I just got the car back on the road today. Bearing failed on the 31st of August. Man time flies lol.

I called the local SKF branch to chase that bearing the next day, nope...................that bearing is available ex-USA only. None in the country at all. *FFS*

Bearing was AU $100 trade price, express post is AU $45 on top, but it doesn't come straight to the Mount Isa SKF branch. Nope, the bearing has to go to the Melbourne distribution centre. Add another $15 to express post it from from Melb-Isa after that. *FFS*

Express post from the USA was $45, but will take 4-6 weeks into the country they told me. I said bugger that, any other options to get it here quicker. Same day air freight into the country (still 3-4 days to Melb) would be $175. *FFS*

I asked if there was another option, there had to be. They told me no. I said there has to be, something identical, but maybe not a C3 bearing, or have high temp grease etc. Nope, she told me there was nothing else to suit this actual bearing. *FFS*

Told the local branch "thank you, I will call Ferrari and see what they have for sale". *FFS*

I knew there would be another option, but I was sick of dealing with that pecker head on the phone so I called the main SKF branch in Brisbane.

They told me same thing, don't have that actual bearing in the country, but then the guy asks me if it has to have the '22' grease in it. HT22 on the end means High Temp grease (I knew that), the 22 is the specific type of grease wanted at the time at the factory when they made the car. Still available to buy of course, ex USA. But it doesn't really matter which type of grease in that bearing for my particular application.

He said he had an exact same bearing in stock, but with the standard high temp bearing grease in it. $19.95 and he had 10 of them in stock lol. I paid express post and it was $34.95 delivered to my door 3 days later. Bearing 6007-2RS2/C3HT.

He also said there was 3 stocked in the local branch, but I told him I didn't want to deal with these ass-clowns again, so I was happy to pay the extra $15 to post it out from Brisbane. No hurry anyway, I still had to source the aircon and alternator belts.



Now the belts. I must not have recorded the info down last time when I ordered and changed these belts, so I had to call the dealer again to purchase them.

Called Ferrari in Brisbane, talked to some lad there and gave him the VIN number for my car to purchase both aircon and alternator belts. I told him it was the Denso alternator in my car, the other option is the Delco alternator.

No worries Pap, that will be $53 delivered for 2x belts express posted from Sydney. I couldn't believe how cheap these belts were from Ferrari. They were Dayco belts in Ferrari packaging.

5-6 days later, the belts show up.

I go to fit them a month later. Nope, they are both too short. NO idea what belts they sent me. *FFS*

Didn't bother to call back to ask what happened, I measured the ones they sent and went to Repco and ordered ones both 20mm longer. I ended up with a 5PK880 for the aircon and a 5PK760 for the alternator.

Both Dayco belts also, $55 for both belts trade price, without any shipping costs involved. I still don't know how those Ferrari belts were so cheap lol. They were $18 and $13 each from Ferrari.

The car is all back together, back on the ground and all good. I will take the kids for a quick drive to school tomorrow in it before I park it out the back again and consider parking it up until I drop that engine out to change the cam belts and all that other jazz that goes with them.

 

Yep, next time I will more than likely buy local because I can walk in and give them the correct bearing number I want and walk out without getting angry.

Same with the belts, I recorded down the bearing number and belts so next time they blow up (muhahaha) or the next time I change them I will order the parts first and change them on the day.

 

Hi man,

I haven't seen this video before but I will check it out soon.

Thanks heaps and I hope all has been well.

 

Yeah man, someone said we've had around 120ml of rain the last few days.

With another approx 80ml to come over the next few days.

That's the new bridge in town that was opened mid December 2019, they spend X-amount of millions and made it around 1m higher than the original bridge.

Was always going to go over, dunno why spend all that money and not decide to spend X-amount more to build it higher so it doesn't flood.

When we have floods like we do every rain season, there is only the 'big bridge' open in town for a few days.

So again, don't know why they didn't be a little smarter about it and lift that new bridge another 1m or 2m higher to always have 2x ways to cross town when the floods come.

Meh............

 

Crazy rain!

Or should I say................Crazy Train.

 

Muhahha.

 

Yeah, I was a little too young to see all those legends in their prime! What a time to be alive in the 70's and 80's eh gents?

 

Cheers mate!!

The 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal.

Here is the band who has reigned supreme 41 of those 50 years of metal.