Ferrari Mailing List: Re: TR service

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

What kind of coolant do you use in it, Clyde?
Tom
Tulsa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "clyde romero" <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TR service


> I have a 512 TR with 88k on it and have never had a problem with the water
> pump leaking. I change the coolant yearly.
>
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>
> Clyde
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Stark [mailto:MStark [at] Copper.net]
> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:29 AM
> To: clyde
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TR service
>
> Tom -
>
> The water pump repair and timing belt replacement alone would have cost
> approx. $4300.and the additional items added approx. $2600. to that.
> (Had I not supplied the Mobil 1, brake fluid (LMA), and Freon R-12 it
> would have cost about $400. more.)  I chose to have the work done at a
> dealer since I've recently had several negative experiences at
> independent repair shops - F-car and other marques.  The TR was in the
> shop for about 2 weeks.
>
> Fwiw, most water pump problems are due to leaking seals not failure of
> the pump to circulate coolant.  My TR was cooling just fine, but
> replenishing the coolant and cleaning it up from my garage floor was
> becoming a pita.  I did send an email to Zerex detailing the failure and
> offering to send them the old seal for analysis.
>
> For the ultimate irony, I dropped off my wife's XK8 at the dealer on the
> way to reclaiming my TR; reason, leaking water pump.
>
> Tom Reynolds wrote:
>
> >Marty,
> >        Holy moley.  Er, if I may ask, what did all that cost? I have a
> >figure in mind, obviously a guess, but if you don't mind...How long was
it
> >in the shop/off the road?  Did you experience cooling difficulties which
> led
> >to the service initially? I remember back in the dim past when my water
> pump
> >went south and I paid (to me) the ridiculous sum of ~$400 for another one
> on
> >the departed 'Mario'.
> >Thanks, Marty.
> >Best regards,
> >Tom Reynolds
> >Tulsa, OK
> >P.S.  How many miles do you drive it per year, approx?
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Martin Stark" <MStark [at] Copper.net>
> >To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> >Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:09 AM
> >Subject: [Ferrari] TR service
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Getting ready to reclaim my '87 TR from FoNE this afternoon.
> >>
> >>A leaking water pump seal prompted a modified major service that
included:
> >>
> >>    * Rebuild the f*ing water pump (which was rebuilt less than 12K
> >>      miles ago)
> >>    * Flush coolant (Zerex G-05) and replace with Shell std green
> >>
> >>
> >antifreeze
> >
> >
> >>    * Rebuild the alternator, upgrade its rectifier bridge, and replace
> >>      the plastic fan with a metal one
> >>    * Clean the clutch dust from the starter's pinion shaft and install
> >>      thread inserts (not Heli-coils) in its mounting holes
> >>    * Install stronger rear brackets for the belly pan
> >>    * Replace a bad coil lead
> >>    * Replace one distributor cap and rotor and both caps' cork gaskets
> >>    * Replace timing belts and tensioner bearings
> >>    * Clean both throttle plates and adjust baseline mixture and idle
> >>    * Repaint the cam covers in situ
> >>    * Heli-coil oil sump plate
> >>    * Flush brake fluid
> >>    * Change oil and oil filter -  Mobil 15W-50
> >>
> >>I wonder if the highly praised G-05, which I switched to about 2 years
> >>ago, might have caused the pre-mature pump failure.  I'm considering
> >>sending the carbon seal to the Zerex folks for analysis.
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