Hi Guys and Girls,
Hope everyone on here is well. Haven't been on here in a while. Too much of life's little stresses I am afraid.
Talking of stresses, my QP ('04 Duo-select) hit the skids today by way of an MOT failure - excessive rust to an area of the front engine subframe. There is a pretty little picture of the subframe here: https://www.eurospares.co.uk/parts/maserati/qtp-2003-42/bodywork-lighting/front-underframe-42870
The rust is to the area sitting between where the upper lever is secured. A common theme on QP5s sadly I believe. I will look at potentially having this area welded in situ but this likely will still involve removing a significant part of the front suspension/steering components.
My question to you all is this. If I were to choose to replace the subframe (about £1800 from Maserati - not bad considering) instead of going down the welding route, what best way of doing this? Would it be a complete engine out job? Or would it be possible to support the engine and (everything attached to it) and remove the subframe from below? We will of course assume that pretty much all of the front suspension and necessary steering components will be removed for the purposes of this job - would need to do that anyway even if I went down the welding route. That would still leave lots of pipes/wires attached to and/or running through the subframe (which would require removal) but could removal of the subframe be achieved from below by NOT having to lower the engine? Last item to detach would of course be the engine mounts!
Any thoughts or words of wisdom appreciated.
Cheers, D
Hope everyone on here is well. Haven't been on here in a while. Too much of life's little stresses I am afraid.
Talking of stresses, my QP ('04 Duo-select) hit the skids today by way of an MOT failure - excessive rust to an area of the front engine subframe. There is a pretty little picture of the subframe here: https://www.eurospares.co.uk/parts/maserati/qtp-2003-42/bodywork-lighting/front-underframe-42870
The rust is to the area sitting between where the upper lever is secured. A common theme on QP5s sadly I believe. I will look at potentially having this area welded in situ but this likely will still involve removing a significant part of the front suspension/steering components.
My question to you all is this. If I were to choose to replace the subframe (about £1800 from Maserati - not bad considering) instead of going down the welding route, what best way of doing this? Would it be a complete engine out job? Or would it be possible to support the engine and (everything attached to it) and remove the subframe from below? We will of course assume that pretty much all of the front suspension and necessary steering components will be removed for the purposes of this job - would need to do that anyway even if I went down the welding route. That would still leave lots of pipes/wires attached to and/or running through the subframe (which would require removal) but could removal of the subframe be achieved from below by NOT having to lower the engine? Last item to detach would of course be the engine mounts!
Any thoughts or words of wisdom appreciated.
Cheers, D