Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Workin' on the 308

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Thanks Bob - every little thing helps - on these 30 (yikes) year old cars. 
The shame of it all.
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Workin' on the 308


> 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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