Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Advice on what to do and were to get parts?? 308 re commission

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

I'm not sure about your car, but the QV came with a battery cutoff cable. You can just pull it off. On my car (85 euro) at least that is the case.

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 1:45 AM Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

In regards to the water pump, considering it’s a ’78, check first to see which one it is, a small bearing or large bearing pump. It would be quite obvious if it’s a small bearing pump as the “nose” is rather skinny. I had found with my ’75 GT4’s pump, I’d have to rebuild that thing every year, even when I was driving the car a lot. The seal diameter was just too small for the application/ capacity and would leak. I switched to a large bearing pump (that was rebuilt by a U.S. east coast specialist [whose name escapes me at the moment. Rob Garven recommended him to me]) and I installed it ten years ago and it’s still bone-dry. Ferrari introduced them with the QV models, but they’re backwards compatible and were used on the 288 GTO and F40 too.

 

Obviously, if you see a drip of coolant from the weep hole, it’s rebuild time.

 

Don’t buy the new large-bearing pumps, even from official Ferrari suppliers. They’re Chinese made sand-cast junk. Try to find a used, die-cast pump and have it rebuilt.

 

Peter

 

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From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dino308gt4=hotmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> on behalf of Gavin <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2019 2:55:22 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Advice on what to do and were to get parts?? 308 re commission

 

Hiya guys,

Long time no post.  I have decided that the time is high to get the 308 back on the road.

I bought it 12 years ago, right after it had a fully dealer service at 60000 miles.  I drive it 2000 miles and have hardly used it since. It has not run in 3 years.

I have a very good workshop and the skills to do a service and get it back on the road and I am making a list of what needed and looking at where to buy the parts needed.

Please take a look at my list and see what I might have missed or what might not really be needed...

Regards

Gavin

New Zealand.

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Ferrari 308GTB 1978, carb, dry sump, Euro spec service/re commission.

 

Spark plugs.

Timing belts.

Tensioner bearings

Air filter.

Engine oil.

Oil filter.

Fuel filter.

Water pump. ? ? Needed or not?

Oil seals. Crank & cams

All accessary belts, PS, Air cond, alternator

Fuel lines, replace all.

Check/replace if needed fuel filler pipe.

Check/replace water hoses as needed.

Coolant change and flush.

Change thermostat and rad cap.

Change brake fluid.

Recharge air conditioning.

Check if calipers move freely or need rebuilding.

Check brake pads

Replace all tyres.

New battery and fit isolator switch.

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