Hello from California

[stevepaa 0]

Bonjour à tous

I purchased my 2002 F575m about three years ago and have enjoyed it very much.  I bought it 6 months before I retired from being a rocket engineer most of my life.

I had a 1992 911 with 236k miles on it when it was rear ended in 2013 and It was my daily driver.  I also had a 2008 Cayman S which felt like it was glued to the road.  I sold the Cayman and took the money from insurance settlement on 911 to buy the 575. I now have a 2001 Jaguar xk8 as daily driver.  I do my own work on cars and I rebuilt the 911 engine in 2004 and have done all maintenance on 575 so far.  Next year will be belts and I believe I have the tools and docs I need to do the work.

 

I am just now trying to add rear fog lights to my 575 and would appreciate it if anyone in Europe could look under the passenger foot well and take a picture of the relay R9.  It is the relay with the C label.  US models do not have a relay installed in that location.

 

thanks

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[Nicolas21 2 537]

Welcome

[philM 3 540]

welcome steve

I am very interested by your work on the Maranello, I hope you will share a lot of pics with us

but it's my turn to help you today !

non very easy to remove the retainers of the panel but I won !

 

 

 

 

[stevepaa 0]

Excellent, many thanks philM.

 

The 575 then uses that same relay for many functions.  All the black relays are the same. 

But Ferrari used a special rear fog relay unit on the 456 and the 550.

 

One more question for you.

When you press on the rear fog light switch, does it move to an "on" position or is it just momentary and it springs back by itself?

[Biturbo 675]

I just love this kind of stories ! Welcome Steve !

[philM 3 540]

il y a 12 minutes, stevepaa a dit :

When you press on the rear fog light switch, does it move to an "on" position or is it just momentary and it springs back by itself?

i don't know, i have never used it, I will try tomorrow (0:15 am for me ! )

[AzScud 56]

Welcome Steve

[philM 3 540]

Il y a 8 heures, stevepaa a dit :

When you press on the rear fog light switch, does it move to an "on" position or is it just momentary and it springs back by itself?

it springs back by itself

[Jacques 259]

Welcome Steve ! You did it !

PhiM is ''the Man" for 575M here and I am happy you reach him. Moreover his sense of humour is legendary !

[camille 5 057]

Il y a 2 heures, Jacques a dit :

Welcome Steve ! You did it !

PhiM is ''the Man" for 575M here and I am happy you reach him. Moreover his sense of humour is legendary !

Hi Stevepaa,

 

legendary sense of humour but not yet recognized internationally!

[stevepaa 0]

2 hours ago, camille said:

Hi Stevepaa,

 

legendary sense of humour but not yet recognized internationally!

It is now 

 

thank you PhilM   much appreciated

[Carlos 89]

Welcome on Ferrarista steve!

 

Your 575M is beautiful! 

[camille 5 057]

Il y a 4 heures, stevepaa a dit :

It is now 

 

thank you PhilM   much appreciated

c'est bien que la France aide l'Amérique. Cocorico.

[Olivier 44 6]

Waooo, your car looks just fantastic, both inside and outside!!  I can see the weather in California suits her  Lucky car :-) (I used to live there)

No issue with the miscellaneous parts "sticking"? I own a Maserati of the same era and I keep on changing the plastic parts inside cause they don't age that well with hot weather and too much sunshine...

Olivier

[stevepaa 0]

I cleaned the row of switches with denatured alcohol and they look great.  Only one of the knobs on the climate panel is sticky.  My real problem is the tabs holding the climate panel in place are broken.  I need to repair.  I have some plastic pieces on order to replace the  posts which sheared off and I will make new tab supports from aluminum sheeting.