Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Mondial QV wrenching

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

LOL!  I like it too.  The real point is that the car is now officially an 
"antique" in the TX DOT system.  That means no emissions testing, plate renewal 
every five years, not annualy, NO FRONT PLATE required and major discounts on 
tax.  FWIW, there's one just like it on the 308GTB. :-P

rick


--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Steve Jenkins <steve [at] stevejenkins.com> wrote:

> From: Steve Jenkins <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Mondial QV wrenching
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:07 AM
> The old car on the antique plate cracks me up :)
> 
> SJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Misc [mailto:misc [at] 308systems.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:04 PM
> To: Steve Jenkins
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Mondial QV wrenching
> 
> Rick -
> Great to FINALLY hear a real mechanic tale on the list.... 
> Thanks for the
> wrenching post.
> 
> Mark Lueker
> 308 SYSTEMS Inc.
> 970-282-7006
> www.308systems.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:17 PM
> To: Mark
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] Mondial QV wrenching
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Folks,
> 
>    I thought I would post a few pictures of the ongoing
> Mondial work.  Last
> weekend I got some quality garage time with the car.  I
> removed the exhaust
> that I had installed the weekend before.  The rattle was
> bothering me and
> the muffler didn't align just right because I reused
> the old exhaust flange
> donuts.  They were too compressed.
> 
>   With the muffler removed I did the obligatory start-up
> with the muffler
> off.  That timid little Mondial sure sounds aggressive with
> open pipes!
> While listening and looking for sources of pipe rattle, I
> noticed a little
> puddle of liquid accumulating in front of the right-rear
> wheel well.  I was
> prompted to an immediate shut-down to investigate further.
> 
>    Yep, it was a fuel leak, fortunately found with the car
> on the jack
> stands.  It turned out the be a leak between the pipe
> fitting on the fuel
> pump and the fuel pump body.  I loosened the fuel pipe a
> tiny bit, just
> enough to tighten the pipe fitting and re-crush the copper
> washer.  I then
> tightened the pipe onto the fitting.  Remember, the
> (almost) full fuel
> pressure was on the line!
> 
>    After tightening everything and cleaning up, Nancy
> turned on the key and
> I verified that everything was clean and dry.  Disaster
> averted.  No leaks.
> 
>    I then reinstalled the exhaust with new donut gaskets
> and using washers
> at the mount points, aligned the muffler correctly.  It now
> hangs straight
> with no stress applied to the header pipe extensions.  BTW,
> 2-1/8" ID
> generic exhaust donuts, available at O'Reilly's
> work just fine.
> 
>    Upon start-up the pipe-against-frame noise was gone.  I
> also realized
> that some of the rattle that I heard is actually IN the
> muffler and that it
> diminishes as the muffler heats up.  Aside from cutting it
> open and
> searching for broken welds, I don't know what to do. 
> This is a stainless
> steel factory exhaust from a EuroSpec car and its in
> otherwise, great shape.
> Superformance has a beautiful aftermarket exhaust for my
> car but its over
> $1000 (delivered).  I can put up with a little cold-running
> rattle.
> 
>    That's about it for the prose.  Here are some
> pictures.  Some are
> repeats.
> 
>    Here's the newly installed exhaust,
> http://www.aubard.us/Mondial/HPIM1421.JPG
> 
>    Here's a look through the right-hand wheel well with
> the inner liner
> removed, before I cleaned up the oil mess,
> http://www.aubard.us/Mondial/HPIM1423.JPG
> 
>    Here's the fuel pump and accumulator.  The leak was
> at the fuel pump
> (left) outlet.  The accumulator is on the right,
> http://www.aubard.us/Mondial/HPIM1428.JPG
> 
>    Here's perhaps a better view,
> http://www.aubard.us/Mondial/HPIM1432.JPG
> 
>    Here's a view from the other side.  The clutch is
> right behind that
> oblong package containing the 'drop gears',
> http://www.aubard.us/Mondial/HPIM1433.JPG
> 
>    On the bulkhead, behind the inner fender well on the
> left-hand side are
> the twin Magneti Marelli DigiPlex ignition modules.  The
> 308 engine, used in
> the Mondial, has two independent ignitions, one for each
> bank of the V8.
> Arranged this way, the total amount of power available is
> doubled.  Ferrari
> ignitions are well known for their 'arc welder'
> status,
> http://www.aubard.us/Mondial/HPIM1434.JPG
> 
>    Some of that previous tesxt was copied from a note I
> sent earlier to the
> Triumph TR3 list.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick
> 
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