Ferrari Mailing List: Re: fuel gauge on 308

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

North Hollywood has done Ferrari and Bentley work for me, no issues. 

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> On Sep 21, 2014, at 2:39 PM, George <ygpz4re [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Also consider Bob's Speedometer for gauge repair.  I used them to repair a 
> 308 QV clock and they did a super job for a very reasonable price.
> 
> And just for the record,my experience with PAS (trying to get a speedo 
> repaired, supposedly their "specialty") was considerably less than optimal.  
> FWIW, YMMV, yadda yadda yadda.....
> 
> Regards,
> 
> George P.
> 
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>>  1. fuel gauge on 308 (Michel Savard)
>>  2. Re: fuel gauge on 308 (Doug & Terri)
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>> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:21:17 -0400
>> From: Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca>
>> To: ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: [Ferrari] fuel gauge on 308
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>> 1981 308 GTSi: As you remember I had problems 2 weeks ago with my car dying 
>> on me 3 miles from home. It was a faulty fuel gauge. It read 1/4 of a tank 
>> left but I had 3 liters left.
>> My mechanic told me on the phone that in 35 years he changed a fuel gauge 
>> ONCE on a Ferrari. Needless to say he was very surprised.
>> My question is, is it worth changing it ? I saw a fuel gauge on Ebay for 
>> $200.u.s. How long does it take to change ?
>> I drove without a fuel gauge for 11 years, then decided to change the 
>> "control arm" that goes into the fuel tank. Everything was fine for 2 years 
>> and now the actual fuel gauge is faulty.
>> 
>> Michael Savard
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>> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:29:30 -0700
>> From: "Doug & Terri" <dnt [at] dock.net>
>> To: "'Michel Savard'" <mysavard [at] videotron.ca>
>> Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] fuel gauge on 308
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>> Hello Michael ?
>> 
>> Now if I read your notes correctly ? the ?sender? was giving you trouble but
>> now you are referencing the ?fuel gauge? ? the gizmo in the dash board.  Is
>> that correct?  If so ? I am sure you have a local gauge repair shop but if
>> you don?t, might I recommend either one of the following:
>> 
>> *       North Hollywood Speedometer info [at] nhspeedometer.com
>> <mailto:info [at] nhspeedometer.com>   [terrific for VDO and German] Close 
>> to Los
>> Angeles; or, 
>> 
>> *       Palo Alto Speedometer.   <http://www.paspeedo.com/> www.paspeedo.com
>> [they list a dozen marques ? including Ferrari].  I have not used them but
>> am told they are A#1 and a bit pricy.  The place where Pebble Beach Concours
>> de Elegance go for correct fixing.
>> 
>> Best of luck ? but if that fails ? do what my wife does ? she considers the
>> fuel tank empty when the gauge (a good one) reads ? full.  Out of our
>> family, she is the only one who has never run out of gas and she delights in
>> reminding me.  Curses.
>> 
>> Onward
>> 
>> DOUG
>> 
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>> From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com] On
>> Behalf Of Michel Savard
>> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:21 PM
>> To: DOUG
>> Cc: The FerrariList
>> Subject: [Ferrari] fuel gauge on 308
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 1981 308 GTSi: As you remember I had problems 2 weeks ago with my car dying
>> on me 3 miles from home. It was a faulty fuel gauge. It read 1/4 of a tank
>> left but I had 3 liters left.
>> 
>> My mechanic told me on the phone that in 35 years he changed a fuel gauge
>> ONCE on a Ferrari. Needless to say he was very surprised.
>> 
>> My question is, is it worth changing it ? I saw a fuel gauge on Ebay for
>> $200.u.s. How long does it take to change ?
>> 
>> I drove without a fuel gauge for 11 years, then decided to change the
>> "control arm" that goes into the fuel tank. Everything was fine for 2 years
>> and now the actual fuel gauge is faulty.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Michael Savard
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