Recent content by Boomer00

After speaking to the guy who usually looks after my car it looks like it is just a crappy part that has to work very hard. It's just an Alfa selespeed part. It so happens that there was a guy in the workshop who is a retired Ferrari and Maserati mechanic. Apparently the 3200 body shell was...

Just spent the day changing the pump. All seems to be working well. It please be aware that this job is not as easy as it looks. The hardest part was getting the old pump off and dealing with the nuts that hold the heat shield on as these shear very easily. I also had the benefit of a full...

Sod that, I was going to buy sweets

Cheers guys, new pump arrived today. Alfa alternative brand new for £190. I am fitting it tomorrow, bit worried that the pump is not getting power, if that's the case then it will be a trip to the garage. I have always wanted a 4200, I love the lines, the engine and the noise, especially with...

Nice one, thanks for your help and patience

Nice one, thanks for your help and and patience

Sorry for being thick but is the motor part of the pump or separate? As the Alfa pump is about £800 cheaper than the Maserati model I will just order one so I can cover the bases. I am no mechanic but I can undo a nut. If the pump is not getting power then I am buggered, I would not know where...

Hi Thanks for the welcome. The relay is brand new and all the fuses are all ok. The pump used to prime but no more. Maybe if there was enough pressure stored within the pump it would have enough to fire up. I am not to worried about replacing the pump as it seems relatively easy to do. What I am...

Sorry, which thread?

Gents Sorry to barge in but I am hoping you can help me out with the dreaded F1 pump problem I have a 4200 cc which a few months ago would not engage a gear after reversing off of the drive. We managed to get the car on to the drive but she would not start an I has the cc warning light on. I...

Gents Sorry to barge in but I am hoping you can help me out with the dreaded F1 pump problem I have a 4200 cc which a few months ago would not engage a gear after reversing off of the drive. We managed to get the car on to the drive but she would not start an I has the cc warning light on. I...

Gents Sorry to barge in but I am hoping you can help me out with the dreaded F1 pump problem I have a 4200 cc which a few months ago would not engage a gear after reversing off of the drive. We managed to get the car on to the drive but she would not start an I has the cc warning light on. I...