Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Manual transmissions - a sticky situation

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Or turn the spacers upside down so they come off with the air cleaner....

Hans.

On 11/10/21, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
> Nice picture Rob – but then you’ve always been a good photographer.
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> I see you have the rubber gasket under the air horns.  VERY tricky to remove
> the air cleaner without losing one or more of the metal spacers . . .  down
> the carb throat.  Thankfully the spacers are made of a magnetic material . .
> . and COUNT all of them before starting the engine, eh?
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> My solution is to immobilize the little bastards in place.  So, with the air
> cleaner removed, I placed the spacer on the air horn stud and put one drop
> of Loctite 242 blue on them.  Easy enough to break the bond should I ever
> need to get into the carb and they seem to stay in place when I remove air
> cleaner.
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> Again – nice picture.
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> Doug
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