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    Ferrari 308 Projects

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    I recently got a 1980 Ferrari 308GTSi, primarily as a restoration and project car.
    I first fell in love with Ferraris from watching Magnum P.I, and this is the Magnum car, so…

    I’ve put up some photos of the car here and some of the work photos here

    I’m planning on making sub-pages with details on some of the repairs for others.

    I’ve been trying to keep a list of what all I’ve done to it. I’ve managed to forget many of the things (many of them are a “while I’m in here I might as well just…” type events). Here is an initial list, from April 2014 to August 2014:

    What
    Changed drivers’s rear outside brake caliper.
    Bled brakes (drivers rear only, purchaced caliper adjuster covers)
    Installed Edelbrock/Russell Speed Bleeders on rear calibers
    Removed handbrake pully mechanism, disassembled, cleaned and lubed
    Painted rear emblems.
    Removed driver’s door panel, lubricated the window motor / mechanism, cleaned window switch contacts.
    Cleaned signal / headlight contacts.
    Removed driver’s seat, fixed seat rails (slider mechanism / bearing worn, removed bearings)
    Removed and clean shift knob, removed and polished shift gate.
    Removed tail lights, disassembled and cleaned
    Installed JVC KD-NX5000 Single DIN NAV system
    Installed replacement powered radio antenna
    Removed and cleaned battery connectors, grounds in front trunk, repaied battery cutoff switch.
    Made new spare wheel tie down (McMaster Carr)
    Installed Dynamat in trunk, cleaned and repaied sound insulation / heat stuff
    Reglued trunk carpets (rear, light covers, etc)
    Redid the trunk weather stripping (replace sometime?)
    Painted exhaust / cat cover
    Removed and painted pedals
    Disconnected cold start air valve
    Cleaned contacts on Magneti Marelli MED 801A Digiplex (ECUs)
    Cleaned contacts on ignition coils
    Installed new fuel accumulator. Discovered frayed fuel hose.
    Installed new LED headlights
    Installed new braided steel tank to pump fuel line
    Replaced clock.
    Removed and painted plenum
    Removed and cleaned throttle body
    Replaced fuel lines from fuel distributor to the injectors on bank 1
    Replaced all fuel injectors – reused injector seals
    Replaced the oil sender unit.
    Replaced oil filter / oil / crush washer
    Replaced fuel lines from fuel distributor to the injectors on bank 2
    Drove Bluemont to Dulles
    Drove Father’s Day carshow.
    Fixed fiberglass in passender door card (so card stays on better)
    Installed Dynamat in passenger door card
    Restrung and relubricated the passenger side window. Now closes fully!
    Installed new door edge warning lights
    Adjusted passenger door lock / locking mechanism
    Installed stainless steel braided brake lines, bled brakes.
    Installed new front and rear brake pads
    Painted and reinstalled undertray
    Adjusted handbrake cable
    Replaced fuel filler hose (Gates 23976), cleaned up filler neck, cap, vent tubes
    Cleaned and painted passenger fron suspension arms
    Created battery tie down plate, bolted down battery.
    Installed new battery cut-off switch
    Adjusted clutch cable, took up slack and lubricated cable (now doesn’t have odd detent!)
    Installed new duct to airbox boot.
    Installed Verell’s shifter bushing
    Repaired driver’s door lock spring.

     

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  • Ferrari 308 Door lock spring

    Ferrari 308 Door lock spring

    Recently I discovered an issue with my driver’s side door lock. I almost never use it, because I usualy do not have the targa top on, and so thier is no point on locking the door – anyone can just reach in over the window and pull up on the door locking knob. 

    Anyway, while repairing the slow window issue on the passenger side (required restringing the entire window) I decided to lubricate the lock, and so when I replaced the door edge lamp on the driver’s side I figured I should do the same. At this point I noticed that the driver’s side lock does not return to center when turning the key – this means that you have to fiddle with the key to get the lock to stay down, and be able to remove the key. 

    Anyway, I decided that this would drive me nuts, so I removed the door card (yet again!) and then unbolted the door lock (below picture of passenger side, forgot to take driver side photo)

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    When I removed the lock I found the issue. There is a return spring that wraps around the lock assembly, and the ends of the spring stick through the shell into the plug. When the plug is rotated from center, either one side or the other of the return spring gets engadged, trying to pull it back to center. One arm of the return sptring had sheared off, right at the bend.

    To repair it I first cleaned off all the old, accumulated grease with brake cleaner and then slid the return spring out of the slot and off the end of the barrel. I then bent a new arm (of about 5.5mm) in the spring right where it had sheared. I then slid it back over the barell, and engadged each end of the spring. Beacuse the spring is very slightly shorter (around 10mm) it is probably very slightly harder to turn, but this is not in any way noticialbe (and the spring has probably lost some of it’s tension over time, so this cancels out :-))

    I then sprayed the keyway with dry lube, and the whole body with spray lithium. A small bit of RTV silocone goes on the head / barrel nut to try keep it all waterproof, and done!

     

    Some photos of the repaired lock:

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