What’s going on?
Sooo
I learned a lot today speaking to the lead tech on my
575.
When driving use the manual shift stay away the the auto
mode
When slowing down to a stop light go into neutral DONT DOWN
SHIFT ie 5-4-3-2
It tears up the clutch!
In other words treat it like a slush box
In stop and go traffic stay in first gear and accelerate easy
once the clutch is full engaged
Your good to go from there on out
Change your transmission fluid yearly the same with your
transaxle end fluid it’s the blood of the unit
With regards to the transaxle and F-1 fluid change you will
never get all of it out on a flush so if you do it once every 15k miles you will
eventually have fresh fluid in the boxes.
There is a small filter in the transaxle, make sure they take
that out and clean it as well.
Also since I have a 512 TR I was unaware that this car had
proportional steering in other words at slow speeds more assist as speed pick up
less
My sensor was not connecting correctly, but I didn’t know this
since it felt just like the 512 TR steering which has no power at
all.
So if your 575 is hard to turn when the car is slow , now you
know what the problem is.
Checking the engine oil level is done with the engine hot at
idle !!!! Yes idle
And check it several times since it splashes around a
lot.
Didn’t have a leak in the transaxle, it was something else and
luckily I had an excellent tech who diagnosed it properly.
The car had a new clutch installed around 26/k when this is
done the entire transaxle assembly has to come out and they’re are rear brackets
that hold all of that stuff in place
The guy whom was at an authorized Ferrari dealership I might
add, never properly aligned the transaxle and put it in at a slight angle when
loaded up the box causing a seep, in fact he over torqued one of the bolts and
stripped the thread, it was a mess but at least it’s done correctly
now.
I can’t over emphasize that preventive maintenance is a must
on this car
Get the phantom back tomorrow out of IRAN( inspect and repair
as necessary)
Will report on the FCF and the deployment to MEI for a
reunion
Just got back
Car got 18 mpg with a 27 gal tank that’s a lot of
range
Replaced the left front cooling duct
What a pain
The under tray on this car is huge
A/c is excellent 90 outside 50 inside
Acceleration is phenomenal
I have no idea what the top end is
But I am guessing 180
Clyde out
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Hi
Clyde,
Received loud
and clear!
Cheers,
Grahame
Test
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