Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Mods to the 308

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Deep socket.  AND then the nut is corroded to the ultra fine, but ever so 
racing light 3 inch die stock that if turned too far in, cracks the 
gazillion dollar lamp housing.  OH, yesh, and mind you to get those lamp 
housings snuged up juuuuust so - too loose, water comes in; too tight - ya 
crack a housing.  Gawd I love working on my car.  heh heh
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rui Gigante" <rui.gigante [at] gmail.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Mods to the 308


> Good point, Rick. Today I've removed the rear lamps from my 328. The
> signal lights were easy. The brake lights were a completely different
> matter. I don't know if it is the same on the 308 (probably is) but it
> is close to impossible to get at the 7mm hex nuts !!!!
> There is a structural part of the car that gets in the way, and the
> only way I can think of is removing the rivets were the covers (with
> the lamp) attach.
> That makes for 12 rivets to drill, remove and then replace just to get
> at the 7mm hex nuts. Nuts is the right word, I guess .....
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2008 1:16 PM, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Bob, et al.,
> >
> > I have found, as Bob has pointed out, that Ferrari
> > sometimes chooses the most complex and arcane
> > solutions to common automotive engineering problems.
> > And these are not performance solutions, just
> > awkwardly complex solutions.  Perhaps the designers
> > didn't subscribe to automotive engineering journals?
> >
> > --- Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > --- "robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com"
> > > <robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I know this is heresy, but I've done a few mods
> > > > over the years to my 308GTS in order to fix some
> > > > rather annoying deficiencies in the old carb
> > > > version of the 308...
> >
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