Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Workin' on the 308

[LS (lashdeep]

Wow, are those factory welds underneath the paint???

Halloween isn't until October!

LS


--- "robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com" <robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com> wrote:

> Now that I have rebuilt the suspension front and rear, things are much
> stiffer now, and a problem I have had for a while is much worse.  Sounds
> like something is broken in the frame.  Car rides fine, but if I hit a
> bump, there is a loud sound like something banging around.  Been looking
> around for a while trying to find the source.  Think I may have found a
> couple of candidates today.
> 
> I had a lady sideswipe me a couple of years ago on the right front
> corner.  Dented things up a bit.  I had it repaired at Symbolic here in
> San Diego.  They did a pretty good job from a cosmetic standpoint, but I
> think they missed the structural damage.  In looking at the spiderweb of
> welded struts in front of the RF tire, I found that there were several
> breaks in the struts.  Picture attached.  Not sure how I am going to fix
> that.  Guess I'll disassemble the front as much as I can and re-weld it
> in place.
> 
> Also found a problem in the back.  The cooling water pipe that runs from
> the water pump down the front of the engine and then over to the center
> of the car goes right above the fuel balance pipe between the two fuel
> tanks.  The exhaust system is right there also, so they installed a heat
> shield for the fuel balance pipe.  Lots of stuff there with not much
> clearance.  The water pipe was sitting just above the vertical plane of
> the shield.  Having nothing but the rubber hoses to support it, the
> aluminum water pipe was free to bang down against the sharp edge of the
> shield.  Don't know if it made any noise, but there was a definite grove
> dug in the pipe where it hit.  So I took off the shield and modified it
> to give more clearance.  Of course, the shield is a sandwich of two
> metal plates with some stuff in between.  Probably asbestos.  So I'll
> probably die of asbestos poisoning sometime in the next 100 years....
> 
> Those of you with 308s might want to check that pipe clearance when you
> get a chance.  There is also a potential clearance issue on the top pipe
> as it passes by the oil filter.  Mine was contacting one of the nuts for
> the intake manifold.  Punched a hole in the pipe.  Had to do emergency
> repairs in Victorville CA.  110deg in the shade that day.  Not fun.
> 
> Bob
> '01 Corvette Z06
> '78 308GTS
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