Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Workin' on the 308

[robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com (robert_h_bowser]

Doug -

I'm going to disassemble the front end bodywork today.  I'll post some pictures 
of the progress.  I'll see if I can get a picture of the shield.  It is up in 
an area that I doubt will show up, but I'll give it a try.

Bob

-- "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
wowsers Bob - look like a bunch of bird $hit welds in there as if someone 
has been there before.  I can not imagine Ferrari all black frame getting 
its skin to look like that.  I better check mine too.  Got any more 
pictures?  Nice shot - how did you get it? Also interested in your shield 
thing - any pics of that?
Thanks,
Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Workin' on the 308


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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