Ferrari Mailing List: Re: HELP! How to replace 308 headlamps

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

David – that picture URL is terrific – thanks.

 

SO - If your head light beam is jittery and not rock solid – could be the following:

 

#13 are the plastic bushings are scrunched.  Or -

 

#5 – (NLA) are the control arms are broken or misadjusted.  If these are adjusted too tight they will jamb the housing against the bushings and egg shape them.  Also, undue pressure may crack the oil-lite bearings.  If anyone knows a source – tell me.  Always good to have a source for unobtainium parts.

 

Onward

DOUG

 

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From: David [mailto:david [at] tynerroberts.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 6:22 AM
To: DOUG
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] HELP! How to replace 308 headlamps

 

A picture is worth a thousand words – or thereabouts.

 

http://www.ferraricambi.com/part_diag.php?tav=308GTB_GTS_118

 

Note that there’s a changeover in the design at about chassis number 27855 for GTB and 27757 for GTS. Just knowing this last point might help make sense of some of what’s going on.

 

HTH, Dave

 

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From: Pat Scopelliti [mailto:pscopell [at] stny.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 2:52 PM
To: David
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] HELP! How to replace 308 headlamps

 

OK, I’m stumped.  I’ve got a nice relay kit for my308’s headlamps.  Seems to work fine.

 

I also bought new Hella headlamps, but for the life of me can’t figure out how to replace them.  It looks there is a heavy bracket holding the headlamp that is attached to the whole assembly by four screws that are blocked by the fender, which makes me think I have to remove the two pivot bolts for the headlamp assembly.  Looks like I have to remove the fender to get to those bolts loose.

 

There are also three bolts on the back of the headlamp assembly.  I’m going to try loosening those to see if that releases the lamp.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Pat

 

Pat Scopelliti

pscopell [at] stny.rr.com

 

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