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222SR
MASERATI
222SR
This vehicle had been purchased some time before I took delivery of it, and had been at a body shop for some 12 months having new sills and front wings fitted. It was then resprayed in a metallic maroon colour and had been driven from the body shop straight to me for a service and some mechanical issues to be sorted out.
The cam belts and drive belts were changed, along with a fair amount of cosmetic tidying up and fluid changes. A number of components were re-chromed, vapour blasted or stove enamelled and most of the fasteners were replaced with stainless ones. The left hand exhaust manifold was badly cracked and had to be renewed. The engine had a serious oil leak, which necessitated in the right hand cam box casting needing to be removed. It was re-sealed and refitted to complete the job.
This is a general view of the finished engine bay.
A view from the other side.
Here you can see the re-chromed intercooler pipes and re-finished cam covers and plenum chamber.
The finished car, freshly re-sprayed ready for collection.
The left hand video, shows the bronze bar being machined to size. Here the part that will become the threaded section, is being turned to a diameter of 22mm, before being screw cut with the new thread.
On the right, the hexagonal part of the plug is being made, the part set up on the rotary table, which makes the process straightforward.
Once the hexagonal part is completed, the piece is put back in the lathe, for the thread to be screw cut. This is shown below, and the finished plug fitted to the block.