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[VintageLambo] re: Engine #536

aaron arnold

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Hi Group - Engine #536 is now running nicely on all 12 cyls. A new set of points did the trick, and #s 4,5,6 are now firing. The car sounds great, I am beside myself. I attempted disassembly of the entire distributor as recommended, but did not want to proceed blindly.So I packed a little extra grease in the top bearing, installed the points, and lubed the lobes. I tries several methods to remove and install the points around the cross section.In my final attempt, I installed the points base/lower contact first. Then I took the upper contact, bent the three "leaf" type springs around into "shape" and tied a small piece of wire to hold them together.This allowed me to set the upper point contact into place, install the bushing and clip, then remove the small wire with needle nose pliers, and re-install the semi-eyelet/elec wire. I toyed a little with the idles, in sequence, but am having some trouble with a sticky throttle cable. Oil pressure is very good, brought the oil temp up, and drove about 100 foot circle then back into the shop. Tried out gear even and yes it is notchy,but I am sure the trans needs some warming up and use. Measured all the old plug wires, so I can order new ones - and found the engine number barely visable around the water distribution tube.#536, but the car has no chassis/engine # plate, so I must wait to get the document from the factory to see if it original. So, we can now remove one old Lambo from the dead list, it starts instantly now. Thanks for the help, Aaron (586) ----- Original Message ----- From: antoine torre To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 12:51 PM Subject: [VintageLambo] how to rebuild the brakes on your 350/400gt I have a small tech section on my maserati website on how to rebuild the brakes.The early Maseratis used the same brakes as the 350/400gt.you may find it interesting. http://maseratisource.com/v8_links.html http://maseratisource.com/articles.html Jacques >From: "lamboguy " >Reply-To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com >To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [VintageLambo] Re: 400GT Ignition >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:49:40 -0000 > >Hi Gary, > >Honored to have you here! > >Rumor has it that you are able to make our old 400s run with a single >MSD unit.Is that true?I"d love to know more about that (unless it >is a "trade secret" -- in which case I would understand taking the >5th...:) > >All the best, > >Fred > > > _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

 

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