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    Brake Discs, again!

    Please assign me a full set in the second batch. Thanks! Slidefighter
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    Sports Maserati brake discs - third group buy

    Whoever they are, can you ask them to be able to take PayPal for their payments? Wiring money to Europe from U.S. banks has gotten to be a major hassle. The process now takes several days, fax transmissions (which most people don't have) and other safeguards. Not convenient at all; not...
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    Sports Maserati brake discs - third group buy

    Conaero: I appreciate your response. With regard to the money, I hope it was clear that that was not my real concern. I just figure it's time to move on and a resolution would help us all do that. Or maybe, I'm the only one who doesn't get it and perhaps everyone else has already pulled up...
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    Sports Maserati brake discs - third group buy

    Maybe the British feel differently, but getting taken advantage of is not a popular sport here in the U.S. Here typically there would have been (long ago, by now) a significant confrontation between the person who paid the money and didn't receive his goods and the person who got the money and...
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    Sports Maserati brake discs - third group buy

    For the record, I have NO quarrel with MAF at all; the way I hear it, he's done quite a lot for the Forum and more than his share on the rotors project. Frankly, I have no interest in getting my money back at all if MAF has to cough it up out of his own pocket (only speaking for myself, of...
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    Sports Maserati brake discs - third group buy

    Three days from now, 14 Sept, will be the two year anniversary of the original announcement of this "third group buy" of aftermarket discs. This looked like an excellent opportunity when first announced. Nevertheless, it seems to me that we are long overdue for "calling in the loan" on this...
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    Still working on my fuel cap door

    I posted this picture earlier on my first thread on this subject. Since then I've tested everything you guys have suggested in that thread without any luck. This picture is a shot of a disconnected two-pin connector that originates from up in the area of the fuel door solenoid. It seems...
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    Getting the Fuel Cap Door Open

    Been busy again with other issues, so I've been off this awhile---my apologies for the slow response to the some of the help provided. 1. I think the problem may well be the "loose" white, two-element plug in the picture I submitted. Visually, the wire pair it is attached to appears to...
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    Getting the Fuel Cap Door Open

    Voila! The credit card trick got it open---thanks Rockits! I've lubricated the solenoid lightly and it moves easily, but is still not responding to the glove box switch, even with the fuel door open and no load on the latch. Next up are the fuses, I suppose. Apparently (Maserati M138...
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    Getting the Fuel Cap Door Open

    Stewart: Another good suggestion for tomorrow. THANKS! Lee...
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    Getting the Fuel Cap Door Open

    Okay, enclosing a picture worked! Above is a picture of the right side of my trunk/boot that shows the red solenoid release cord (split in two, but now fixed) and a small electrical connector that I found disconnected adjacent to the release cord. Anyone know if this connector has anything to...
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    Getting the Fuel Cap Door Open

    Maseratisti: Maybe I'm not using the right search term(s), but nothing is coming up on this issue. My 2001 4200 needs gas and all of a sudden the fuel cap door is not responding to the switch in the glove box. I've located and tried pulling the "cable" release (mine is actually a nylon cord)...
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    America election

    Perhaps next time we have an election in America, we should check with you Brits to see who we should vote for. I mean really, who do we think we are, electing the candidate we wanted and not the one you wanted? Or maybe you might just learn eventually to disregard the U.S. Liberal Media and...
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    Picked up my Granturismo s MC shift today :)

    That thing is just plain good looking! I'm thinking you've gotta black out those rear tail lights though. I've seen some over here done that way and it completely changes the way the car looks---and definitely for the better in my opinion. Beautiful... Lee...