Yellow tachometer face on your non-Challenge Ferrari 360

Our friends at Hill Engineering make a nice yellow tachometer face (http://www.hillengineering.co.uk/catalog/d360y430-p-305.html) to replace the stock black one in your Ferrari 360 Modena. It's a fiddly job to swap, but our friends in the US show you how to do it:

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176480


http://ferrari-servicing.com/Ferrari360.aspx

Maybe I'll work up to doing this modification. Keys Motorsport Ltd, Silverstone, UK can do the job for you though.

All the service manuals and documents you will ever need for your Ferrari 360

As a DIY owners it's important to have all the correct factory documents and repair manuals to hand for you Ferrari 360. You can get the factory repair book, service diagrams, service manuals free here:

http://www.ferraridatabase.com/The_Downloads/Downloads.htm

On the 360 page of the Technical information and updates you will find the updates, recalls and service campaigns document and it's an interesting read.

After reading this I'm seeking confirmation from Ferrari that my car has seen campaign #97 - replacement of the exhaust variator which has been known to fail causing valves and pistons to get intimate which be a shame and very expensive to fix.



As with anything you download for free from the internet, be sure of the source before and document type.

Ferrari 360 failed door lock and door trim removal

Here's a great thread if and when the door lock mechanism fails on your Ferrari 360. The handle operates the lock via a cable and is prone to stretching and seizing.

Check out this DIY repair thread.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175604

Ferrari 360 wheel detailing

You need to keep on top of the condition of your alloys to keep them in as-new condition. Ferrari 360 wheels are made magnesium so are a little more tricky to have professionally refinished if they corrode. Mine are a little corroded so will need work in the future to get them perfect.



In the mean time (and yes these are Porsche Cup II wheels from my 993) I remove the wheels every few months and give them a deep clean with soap and water particularly in the inside. I use a toothbrush for the tough dirt and AutoGlym wheel cleaner for stubborn brake dirt.

There you go, clean enough to eat your dinner off :)

Need Brembo brake discs for you Ferrari 360

I bought genuine Brembo front brake discs for my 308 from an online shop called www.nextdaybrakes.com. They did arrive the next day and were really cheap. For the 360 they are cheap at £110 each including next day delivery. I really couldn't fault them when I used them earlier this year. They cost about £20 more each from www.eurospares.co.uk

Of course if they just need a skim your old discs can be brought back to new like this and it's about £40 a disc.

Ferrari 360 brake reservoir cover repair

Ten years of checking brake fluid has left the inspection cover on my Ferrari 360 a little scarred. The aluminium had corroded underneath the flakey paintwork so I scraped off the loose paint.



Then sanded the oxidation off and feathered the old paint edge before a few coats of high build primer.




Not bad from a spray can - satin black



Finally made three plastic washers to prevent the paint cracking in the future when the thumb screws are tightened by over zealous technicians. Ahh OCD.

Cleaning the engine and red intake on a Ferrari 360

The red crackle paint intake plenum on my Ferrari 360 were dirty so I tried cleaning them up after seeing other 360's where they were nice and bright red.

Petrol on a toothbrush didn't make much different and is nasty to work with, so on recommendation I used AutoGlym Engine Cleaner (purple logo bottle) from Halfords. It also gets good reviews from other owners http://reviews.halfords.com/4028/153353/reviews.htm

It worked a treat and really brought the colour out on the red as well as quickly cleaning other engine areas such as the engine cradle frame - and it smells of oranges :) I used a toothbrush to work it in once applied and a clean cloth to wipe the dirt off.



I also used some 1200 grit wet'n'dry on the Ferrari logo to polish out the light surface corrosion built up over ten years. Enjoy.

Ferrari 360 speaker grills resto

The door trims take a beating on the Ferrari 360, I think because people catch their shoes on them every time they get in and out. You can see scuff marks on the aluminium door pockets and the speaker grills get scratched.




I pulled the aluminium door pockets off (M5 bolts) and removed the speaker grills. Sprayed the grills with simple black paint from a spray can and cleaned the scuff marks from the alloy on the door pockets with some solvent - they came up a treat! and just like now.

And the finished job (grill and door pockets) are sharp and clean.