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F1 pump explained and how to
You will first notice when your F1 pump is on its way out by the occasional appearance of your cc light on the dash , the occasional popping out of 1st/2nd back to neutral , initially this can be overcome by battery resets BUT it is a sign that either the relay or the pump is on its way out ,
Do take this seriously , and change the relay straight away, this just may give you a new lease of life on the pump, and prevent some major expense and inconvenience.
What tends to happen with this set up , is the relay tends to start sticking in the on position more often than not when you have turned the car off , the pump is only supposed to come on for short periods of a few seconds just to re-pressurise the gearbox change , even whilst driving , The extended running of the pump tends to burn out the motor side of the pump , which will render it dead and you stranded probably in the most inconvenient of situations
Firstly you can get the pump refurbished at a cost of £167.00 plus vat at this place
Multi truck Ltd Mount Farm Industrial est Milton Keynes
Manager Andy Cambell
Workshop Kenny
They will refurb your pump and it will come back like new
Alternatively the Alfa selespeed pump is identical ive given comparisons so take your choice
Alfa Selespeed F1 pump Part no 51736315 £ 319.26 plus vat
Maserati old style F1 pump Part no 178757 was £ 950.00 plus vat
Maserati Updated F1 pump Part No. 213264 new superceeded £1223.07 plus vat
Relay comparison
Maserati F1 pump relay part number 155437 £ 32.70 Plus Vat
Alfa relay part number 11130287 £ 8.50 Inc Vat
So you can see there is quite a saving to be made but please note the alfa pump price is for the earlier Maserati Pump the same one you have probably taken out, Maserati have recently superceeded their pump and the price now at £1223 and that's a Eurospares price so dealers are probably dearer hope this helps
Depending on how dexterous or daring you are , you may want to tackle this job yourself , providing you have a reasonable tool kit , its not rocket science to do , just apply as much logic as you normally would when working underneath the car
Tools Needed Heaps of tenacity
Knuckle protectors
Good Jack/Ramp or Garage pit
10mm socket and or spanner
12mm spanner
17mm spanner
My advice is after lifting car up
Remove exhaust bracing bracket for more working room ony 4 12mm bolts
Undo Cable retaining clip bolt on side of resevoir
Remove the hydraulic feed pipes from the bottom of the pump
Remove the 3 10mm nuts that hold the resevoir to the pump
Remove the 3 10mm long nuts that hold the pump to the gearbox
(the top one is the trickiest)
Now this is how i reckon the dealers do it with out dropping the gearbox the power cable connector is right at the very top of the gearbox on the opposite side , only access is to either drop the box... long and too technical for me i removed the boot carpets and the fibreglass spare wheel holder about ten 10mm nuts and then just behind the aluminium heat protector you can nicely get at the connecor and have excellent aceess to refill the hydraulic resevoir once new pump is fitted
To refit the new pump just reverse the order hopes this helps and saves a few bob in the process
If you haven't already now is the time to replace the F1 pump relay as this is really what caused the problem in the first place
One thing to note , if you are replacing the F1 pump with the new uprated style pump £1223.00 , not 100% sure but the fuse and relay rating is increased to 50amp hopefully Alfa will be following shortly with the uprated pump and
a greatly deflated price one can only wish
Regards loz
You will first notice when your F1 pump is on its way out by the occasional appearance of your cc light on the dash , the occasional popping out of 1st/2nd back to neutral , initially this can be overcome by battery resets BUT it is a sign that either the relay or the pump is on its way out ,
Do take this seriously , and change the relay straight away, this just may give you a new lease of life on the pump, and prevent some major expense and inconvenience.
What tends to happen with this set up , is the relay tends to start sticking in the on position more often than not when you have turned the car off , the pump is only supposed to come on for short periods of a few seconds just to re-pressurise the gearbox change , even whilst driving , The extended running of the pump tends to burn out the motor side of the pump , which will render it dead and you stranded probably in the most inconvenient of situations
Firstly you can get the pump refurbished at a cost of £167.00 plus vat at this place
Multi truck Ltd Mount Farm Industrial est Milton Keynes
Manager Andy Cambell
Workshop Kenny
They will refurb your pump and it will come back like new
Alternatively the Alfa selespeed pump is identical ive given comparisons so take your choice
Alfa Selespeed F1 pump Part no 51736315 £ 319.26 plus vat
Maserati old style F1 pump Part no 178757 was £ 950.00 plus vat
Maserati Updated F1 pump Part No. 213264 new superceeded £1223.07 plus vat
Relay comparison
Maserati F1 pump relay part number 155437 £ 32.70 Plus Vat
Alfa relay part number 11130287 £ 8.50 Inc Vat
So you can see there is quite a saving to be made but please note the alfa pump price is for the earlier Maserati Pump the same one you have probably taken out, Maserati have recently superceeded their pump and the price now at £1223 and that's a Eurospares price so dealers are probably dearer hope this helps
Depending on how dexterous or daring you are , you may want to tackle this job yourself , providing you have a reasonable tool kit , its not rocket science to do , just apply as much logic as you normally would when working underneath the car
Tools Needed Heaps of tenacity
Knuckle protectors
Good Jack/Ramp or Garage pit
10mm socket and or spanner
12mm spanner
17mm spanner
My advice is after lifting car up
Remove exhaust bracing bracket for more working room ony 4 12mm bolts
Undo Cable retaining clip bolt on side of resevoir
Remove the hydraulic feed pipes from the bottom of the pump
Remove the 3 10mm nuts that hold the resevoir to the pump
Remove the 3 10mm long nuts that hold the pump to the gearbox
(the top one is the trickiest)
Now this is how i reckon the dealers do it with out dropping the gearbox the power cable connector is right at the very top of the gearbox on the opposite side , only access is to either drop the box... long and too technical for me i removed the boot carpets and the fibreglass spare wheel holder about ten 10mm nuts and then just behind the aluminium heat protector you can nicely get at the connecor and have excellent aceess to refill the hydraulic resevoir once new pump is fitted
To refit the new pump just reverse the order hopes this helps and saves a few bob in the process
If you haven't already now is the time to replace the F1 pump relay as this is really what caused the problem in the first place
One thing to note , if you are replacing the F1 pump with the new uprated style pump £1223.00 , not 100% sure but the fuse and relay rating is increased to 50amp hopefully Alfa will be following shortly with the uprated pump and
a greatly deflated price one can only wish
Regards loz
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