Wanted The Tool

Tambi,

all kidding aside, what you need besides the tool is a set of my "355 Skid Plates"!! They make going in & out of driveways incredibly better!

http://www.ferrari-talk.com/discus/m...3111/2327.html

Actually I have a set on. I put them on after being in Monterey one year and coming out of the Monterey Plaza and rubbing really bad. Of course a year or so later I ended up ripping one off (not sure how that happened), so I had a new set put on. Premier Motorsports put mine on. They are great products, thanks for looking after me and my baby. I truly think everyone should have them installed.

$1000 would be cheap for this tool from Ferrari, it looks like it was put together with $30 in parts from a hydraulic supply shop.

I just had a few moments to more closely look at your skid plates...so these are actually titanium??? Hummm...now that is different....mine are black, don't really know what they are made of - I would guess some sort of composite material. Yours are cool, very cool.

I suppose a grand + is cheap, but since I truly hope to never need it again and for the most part just want it for my collection. I would rather not spend that much on it. Frankly I don't care if it was made out of paperclips and rubberbands it got the job done and that's all that mattered on that day. Maybe you should start making them and sell me one. haha.

Forget the tool. A gold membership to AAA is only $85 bucks a year. I went that route instead of buying all the tools. Besides, I can't travel with my tool box anyway. It's too big.

Yeah...No AAA here...no thanks. Have my tow guy on speed dial...all of his numbers. He is the best even at 3 a.m., always gives me the best of service!

If you still have the tool you could take it to a hydraulic shop they may be able to make something similar that would work, but the end fitting that attaches to the tranmission on the car is probably going to be the hard part.

As usual with Ferrari specific tools or items something may be specifically made on it that you can't get anywhere, probably on this the metric sized fitting on the end that attaches to the transmission but you never know, the rest of the tool is just a pressure pump probably that something else could be subsituted, I am sure JRV has had to prime F1 clutches before so he uses an alternative that works the same.

Good Luck, as long as your leak is fixed you'll be fine and never need the tool again.

BTW Did you use the tool yourself where it was parked or have it towed to a shop and fixed?

Thanks for the info. on possible production ideas.
My car was "nose in" in an area that no tow could get to. So with the car stuck in first and not being able to get it into neutral to start it, the tool was used on the car enable it to be pushed out and up the incline and on to the flatbed. The car left on the flatbed with the tool still in place so the shop could move the car as well upon arrival. I got crash course on using this thing - made some notes and drawings afterwards. The shop fixed the leak all is well now. No I hope never to need it again but it is not a bad thing to have laying around. But I am back to my happy motoring self - so all is good!

I have a call in to a couple of 'friends'!

We'll see what's up!