Matt,
Amazing service. I can’t imagine any of the people that I bought parts from over the years including Brian not doing that for you…..
Rob Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2023, at 7:59 AM, Matt Boyd <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com> wrote:
Perhaps my approach was too simplistic, but when I had this issue a long, long time ago (I am almost sure it was my Mondial, which would mean 1996/1997), I drove to Ferrari of Washington, jacked my car up, pulled the sender, checked resistance across the terminals, and then went inside and asked the parts guy to check resistance across a new sender. He refused to do it for me. I figured if the readings were significantly different I'd know for sure that the sender was the issue. We had a debate about this but he flat out refused and said I could either buy the sender or not, but he wouldn't help me in this way.
I finally just bought it, installed it, put the car back down, and drove away and it fixed the problem.
-matt '85 euro 308
PS-It wasn't $500+ in the 90s, but at over $200 it was still an expensive experiment.
We considered that, but a new sensor is around $500, so my friend didn’t want to waste the money. The sensor seems to test good, so we’ll see what the speedo does.
Just buy a new sensor
That’s the issue 99% of the time
When mine stopped working that was the problem
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Hi gang! I’m helping a friend repair his 308. His speedometer and odometer have both quit. He’s dug through FChat and Facebook groups for diagnostic help. The original consensus seemed to be the sending unit would be bad. So this weekend,
we removed the sending unit and tested it per this document:
http://www.dinoplex.org/instruments/vegliaspeedosensor/?fbclid=IwAR3C6CZSPeCCVjtFFamIV5ypy371p5Rkn6PZiP_qtv74nJBh5jH3KrVoZW8
His is the Type 2 sensor in the document. Per the testing procedure, the sensor is good. It reads a hair over 4V with no metal in front of it, and bringing metal in close proximity to the coil makes the voltage jump to 8V.
So now we’re on to what’s next. Some people have said the needle/shaft on the speedo itself binds up and may need lubrication. Some have said the speedo board itself is bad. So some questions for you 308 gurus:
1) Is there anything else we should look at?
2) What’s the easiest way to get the instrument cluster out of the dash? I’ve read that if you pull out the smaller warning lights that there are screws behind them that will release the cluster and you can draw it out from the front without
removing the steering wheel. Any additional information from those that have been there/done that?
3) If the speedo requires repair, what’s the best course? I know Palo Alto still rebuilds them. But you can also buy boards from Ricambi and some other suppliers. Any recommendations/warnings/suggestions?
Thanks!
-- charles
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