Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Unwritten Italian labor law

[George P . (ygpz4re]

> From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Unwritten Italian labor law
>
> 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

I'll do ya one better Doug,  Picture *THIS* - newly acquired 308 in need of cam belts and other servicing.  While working under the cam covers (front bank, natch), putting a cam cap back in place, when "-Plink-" goes the washer down into an oil passageway.  Well, CRAP!!  What now??  Sprayed about an entire can of brake-cleaner down that passageway, then dropped the oil pan.  There, on top of one of the horizontal "baffles", lay the washer as if to say "Here I am!"  Whew!!!
 
Never worked there again without stuffing all those holes with paper towels!
 
gp