F50 clutch job

http://www.universalautosports.com/service/projects/index.html

^^^Sht, sht, sh*t! left my Rolex in there.^^^

Who wants to bet the shop manual says "installation is reverse of removal"?

And I wonder if all Ferrari mechanics grow to become as grizzled and miserable looking as Gino (possibly Nino), here.

Jay wrote: Who wants to bet the shop manual says "installation is reverse of removal"?

Who wants to bet that the manual is not available in English?

Who wants to bet this is a lot easier on an F-150 than the F50.

TJ wrote: Who wants to bet this is a lot easier on an F-150 than the F50.

It is!

Reminds me of doing the clutch on a tractor. You got to split them in half too.

Was that quoted at "flat rate" or "hourly".

JFX001 wrote: Was that quoted at "flat rate" or "hourly".

From what I understand, It doesn't matter, you're getting a good deal either way.

That would probably be easier in an F15! Oh, wait, they don't have clutches, do they?

$10 says a couple of Air Force NCO's could swap out a jet engine in the F15 quicker than Gino and Nino could swap the clutch in the F50.

That shop floor is cleaner then my damn kitchen counter though...

Somewhere I remember seeing pictures of the Lotus F1 mechanics doing the same thing to a Lotus 49(no chassis aft of the front of the engine).

This would be in 1968 or '69, mind you...

That doesn't look that hard actually... out come a couple bolts and hoses... remove half the car and you have easy access.

It does explain why every internet Ferrari crash you see involves the car splitting in two though.

Looks easier than doing a clutch on a SW20 MR2, with the Ferrari you have to remove a lot less parts.

walterj wrote: That doesn't look that hard actually... out come a couple bolts and hoses... remove half the car and you have easy access. It does explain why every internet Ferrari crash you see involves the car splitting in two though.

I was going to mention that... and explains why the cockpit area is always intact.

wonder if it makes accident repairs easier?

I saw this a while ago and forwarded it to all my BMW motorcycle mechanic buddies. This looks a lot like doing a clutch on a modern brick K bike, with an extra wheel, and less bodywork to take off.

meh Audi was able to do it in less than 4 minutes at Le Mans a few years back....

On the topic of miserable looking Ferrari mechanics. I once worked at a Chevy dealership and there was a Ferrari dealer/service center not to far away. Mechanics from Ferrari ate at a lot of the same places during lunch time and they just seemed like they wanted to blow their brains out half the time. My girlfriend said "I would hate to be those guys." I reply with "Yea and working at Chevy is any better?"

Is it just me or does it look like there's enough room for a pair of turbos in there?