Fiat 128 3p running and driving and for sale now! £450

Did some work on the 128 3p and managed to get it started. Needed to replace the plugs (they were well past it) and clean and resit the points. Also cleaned the idle jets and fires up and runs nicely now.
Tried to drive it but the clutch was seized so I used all the old tricks summarised here and it eventually it freed off. Took it for a spin round the block and it's great. Nippy and the gears are smooth.

It's for sale now as I've a bit too much on my plate at the moment so if you fancy it then £450 secures it for you just email me.

Fiat 128 3p

Bought myself a Fiat 128 3p, something I always fancied and in particularly in this colour scheme and trim level. It's pretty rusty and quite sorry for itseft and doesn't yet run although did last year.
I'm going to assess it over the next few weeks and use it to generally learn about this model although I have twenty years of experience with Fiats of this era.

Carburettor setup on Ferrari 308 GT4

Used Birdman’s excellent carburettor sync tutorials to set the four Webers up. A little scary as you have to reset all the control screws and adjustments before you start. However, it all worked out and ran very well afterwards. Used an STE flow meter from CB Performance

Have been assessing the spark plug colours since and adjusting the mixture control screws where necessary to bring the plug colour up to a nice biscuit.

Also found a great article and discussion of Weber carburettors here

Spark plug change Ferrari 308 GT4

Spark plugs changed. NGK BP6ES, stock 0.7mm gap

1 Biscuit
2 Biscuit
3 Dirty
4 Biscuit
5 Dirty
6 Dirty
7 Biscuit – difficult to get out, the seal lock ring had run down the plug thread
8 Biscuit

Great plug discussion on www.ferrarichat.com and the NGK website

Watery grease on plug ceramic for plugs 6 and 7. Plug extender seals 6,7,8 hard and perished. Replaced extenders and seals with new from Superformance costing £80 total.

Replacing main fuel hose on Ferrari 308 GT4

Replaced main fuel pipes with Demon Tweeks Sytec 8mm and 6mm cotton over braid OEM style and Norma 12-13mm clips from ebay here




Renewed perished OEM style (but 19mm ID - oem is 20mm ID) crank case breather hose from http://www.thinkauto.com/moqoilhose.htm

Difficult to get on but used the hot water to soften. Used Fiat Punto Mk1 (->1999) - Breather Tube airbox plain oil breather hose on cam cover to balance pipe sections.

Removed the forward carburettor bank choke lever as it could be moved by the oil breather hose. Choke isn’t used anyway as these carbs don't really need it.

Ferrari 308 annual service and MOT

Annual service and MOT by Nick Cartwright. Engine oil change, fluids check. Brake fluid change. Also replaced the top hose on oil cooler as it was showing signs of failure. Included transport to and from NC’s

Replacing Ferrari 308 GT4 header tank

Noticed leak from the top of the header tank – rusted through from the inside:


Secret bolt behind the tank which is not visible but easy enough to reach once you know it's there


Ordered new aluminium tank from Superformance http://www.superformance.co.uk/a-308/cooling.htm £150

Emptied coolant to below tank level and replaced the tank. Easy job: