Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Unwritten Italian labor law

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

>>Todd notes "We have the German Addendum to that law on my modern
Volkswagens:
         Before working in the engine compartment, always first remove the 
belly pan.  If you don't, you WILL drop some small part, which will land on 
the pan, which will require you to remove said pan to retrieve it.  If you 
do remove the pan first, you will not drop any small parts at all."

Picture this - second weekend with out 78 GTS and I am going to replace the
thrashed foam on the hood above the radiator.  I'm going to remove the hood
as this time as I had previously done a terrible job with the hood in place.
I get the proper socket and set about removing the hood.  "-Plink-" the
socket drops off the ratchet and I hear it roll down the aluminum belly pan.
Nuts.  Snatch my long magnet thingy on a 2 foot flexible wand and try to
fish it out.  DAMN - the stinkin' frame of this car is STEEL and the magnet
hooks up with EVERYTHING but the dropped socket.  Eventually tenacity rules.
But that was a lesson learned.

DOUG