OK, the exclamation point is probably overkill and the title a little clickbaity… Guilty as charged. It was not really a surprise that the car started without too much drama. Overall, this car has been very reliable and has never failed to start in the 11 years I have owned Read more…
With the airbox off the car, I’d be remiss if I didn’t do some detailing on the engine. There are a couple of things to be concerned about when detailing the engine of an early 308. The first is moisture. While moisture is essential to actually clean the engine, there Read more…
I was going to title this post “Even pros make mistakes” since this is not a story of something I did, but rather a tale of something my old mechanic did not do. Every time I ran my 308, the garage always had a heady smell of fuel after. I Read more…
With the airbox removed it’s easy to see where the throttle cable attaches and where it broke. The cable is still attached to the carburetor linkage at the right-hand side and has broken just where it goes through the tensioning bolt on the cam cover on the left-hand side. The Read more…
Fitting a new throttle cable requires removal of the air box from a 308 engine which requires removal of the decklid… this is like your Ford dealer having to remove your entire hood to change your spark plugs. Ridiculous but unfortunately necessary (on my car – see update at the Read more…
The throttle cable broke while accelerating around 5 miles from my home. I managed to recover the car using a ‘bricolage’ hand throttle made with fishing line tied to the carb linkage. Macgyver would have been proud! The throttle cable runs from the throttle pedal, backwards through the space between Read more…