[Tony Jaskeran]

Sorry to hear about your problems, first of all do a battery reset and see if this clears any gremlins. Also how old is your battery as a weak one will cause havoc. If you have a tester see how many volts it give out.

Otherwise you will need a diagnostic check, if you go down this route let us know where you are geographically as there may be an independent garage nearby with the necessary diagnostics.

[Tony Jaskeran]

I remember a friend had a canvas roof that shrunk a little bit, he used to put warm not hot towels that were slightly damp not wet across the roof. He warmed them up in a microwave.

I think the above is a temporary solution as there will always be shrinkage over time.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful.

[Tony Jaskeran]

Congratulations on your purchase, the GT is beautiful car and sounds amazing to.

 

[Tony Jaskeran]

Guessing you can’t make it now, really sorry to hear that.

[Tony Jaskeran]

Have a look at this thread, I helped a friend remove his, took us 3 hours, it then went to the paint shop and we refitted it.

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/how-to-rear-bumper-removal.20398/

[Tony Jaskeran]

Personally I don’t have the time for posting on some of the social media sites. I have limited myself to a few that I use regularly.

The Facebook page is a good idea, however it really requires someone to take ownership and post regularly otherwise it will not get used very much if the content is always out of date.

[Tony Jaskeran]

I also used to do a battery reset on my 3200 for all sorts of electronic issues, most of the time it solved these. I would also test your battery, our cars don’t behave well if the battery is on its way out.

If the issue still persists a diagnostic reader would be needed, however you can go to an indie and have it read first for about £80.00 if there is one near you.

 

[Tony Jaskeran]

Glad to hear you located the issue and fixed it Frank also thanks for posting your observations. This should help other owners to fix or eliminate their own problems.

[Tony Jaskeran]

Not aware of anyone doing this Lee other than having some instruction on the official track days. Might be worth asking around on Sunday at Brands Hatch.

[Tony Jaskeran]

Thanks, I’ve used Greg before and he has always been helpful.

Also David Askew can source and refurbish parts, he has refurbished a lot for me. http://www.davidaskew.co.uk.

Regards

Tony

[Tony Jaskeran]

You could try having a look at the diagrams on eurospares https://www.eurospares.co.uk/parts/maserati/4200-coupe/all/front-passengers-compartment-control-station-20204/170762

 

[Tony Jaskeran]

There is a plastic clip that holds the cushion down, as you can see it will probably break when you pull up. I managed to get a similar one from eBay. The backrest should just pull away, I had to give a bit of a heave as it sits quite low so you sort of have to pull up and back in a jerk movement.

[Tony Jaskeran]

Hello, here are the photos from when I dis-connected the tracker, according to the diagrams it looks the same for the 3200, 4200 & GS.

Best wishes

Tony

[Tony Jaskeran]

I used a Dremel to drill out from the front, being careful to mask up around. The grill needs to come out so you can remove the bolt from the underneath <u>, </u>a bit fiddly if you have large hands but long arms will help. If you get stuck let me know & I’ll try to find a link for a how to.

[Tony Jaskeran]

I purchased my Gransport bonnet badge from eurospares, give them a call, the part number I ordered was 670101565 with postage and vat £18.40. Quality was the same as the one I replaced, took me about 30 mins to fit.

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