Ferrari Mailing List: Re: (no subject)

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Altho I do much of the work on my car, I leave the major stuff
to someone who actually knows what he's doing.  So I don't have
first hand experience. However.....

I've never seen the engine removed for a 308 major.  Belts, valve adjust,
etc. should be all do-able from the top with engine in place.  As far as
removal, seems the 308 "sidewinder" motor gets removed from the top,
and the later "north-south" cars (348, etc.) get taken out from the bottom
together with a subframe holding all the goodies.  I *think* parts of
the frame would interfere with bottom removal on the 308.

Just guessing,
Hans.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:34 AM, bill ward <williamward [at] stonewerx.com> 
wrote:
> Not sure of protocall here but would like to pose a question. I own  a 78 308 
> gts and we're doing the major service. Why would'nt you pull the body off the 
> engine and transaxle rather than remove engine from top? If i'm mistaken 
> please save me from a painful learning experience. Thanx, bill ward
>