Chapter 8: The problem is the spark plug
"Sir, since you know it's the Ferrari 250 GTO, don't make any trouble."
The owner of the car shop couldn't figure out Lu Zijian's bottom for a while, and just refused indifferently.
Luo Wen Atkinson just glanced at Lu Zijian, without saying anything, his face was obviously full of distrust.
"Okay, I'll contact Ferrari headquarters now, but you will be responsible for the maintenance costs this time. If the Ferrari headquarters cannot be repaired well, hum."
The boss of the car shop looked dark. If he couldn't repair it well, he would be in trouble.
You know, the last time the Christie's autumn auction was sold at the Ferrari 250 GTO, but it was sold at a sky-high price of $31 million. The key is that it was 10 years ago.
The value of this Ferrari 250 GTO is now unestimated.
"How about we make a bet?" Lu Zijian saw that he turned into air, so he had to use his trick.
This move is really effective, and it directly focused Luo Wen Atkinson and the owner of the car shop on himself.
"What's the meaning?"
"If you repair it, you will give me 150,000 yuan. If you can't repair it, I will give you 150,000 yuan."
Lu Zijian was full of confidence, and this sentence instantly ignited the audience.
There were so many technicians and engineers present, and they didn’t dare to try it. How dare a young young man make such a bet?
"You have a lot of breath, you have 150,000?"
Lu Zijian sneered, took out his personal check, filled in the number 150,000, and handed it to the owner of the car dealer.
"What? Do you want to check if the check can be redeemed?"
"This..." The check is from HSBC. If you can make a personal check at this bank, the identity of this young man is not simple, at least he is a rich second generation.
To be honest, Lu Zijian just scares the other party and wants to call HSBC and reveal himself immediately.
But as a rich second generation, I can’t lack confidence if I don’t lack anything.
Lu Zijian stood here with a confident smile on his face.
"Let him try."
"Mr. Rowan?"
"I said he would try it. If the repair cannot be done, I don't want your money. If the repair is done, I promise to pay you 150,000 pounds for the boss. How about it?"
Lu Zijian's performance successfully aroused the interest of Luo Wen Atkinson.
"As you wish." Lu Zijian smiled slightly. This time, he had the right bet.
Lu Zijian walked to the Ferrari 250 GTO's car, stroked the front of the car with his hand, and looked emotional.
This is the first time I have admired this legendary sports car so close. When I opened the front cover, a stream of black smoke came out.
Lu Zijian waved his hand for a long time before the black smoke dissipated. The Ferrari 250 GTO is a front-mounted rear-drive. Unlike the supercars after Ferrari, the engine is on the back.
After removing the engine and checking it carefully, Lu Zijian's professional technique also made Luo Wen Atkinson and the owner of the car shop breath out. He was a wise man, at least he didn't do anything randomly.
I have to say that the technicians in this store are quite capable, the maintenance is good, at least it is very neat, and there are still experts.
Lu Zijian carefully checked the fuel inadequate combustion or air filters, and there was no problem. Just as Lu Zijian thought, if this problem really happened, then these technicians could collectively seduce the stomach.
The engine oil was also cleaned very clean, and there was no abnormal wear and tear in the engine cabin conduit and throttle.
Then the problem should be with the spark plug.
Lu Zijian first opened the cab door and looked for it.
"What is he doing?" Lu Zijian's actions made Luo Wen Atkinson unable to understand.
"I don't know this either. Maybe I can't find the reason, so I want to pretend."
Until now, the owner of the car dealer has no confidence that Lu Zijian can solve this problem.
——I found it, Lu Zijian checked it carefully, it was a 1964 model.
Lu Zijian returned to the engine and started fiddling.
"How did this guy pull out the spark plug?"
"This kid, you won't naively think that this is a problem with the spark plug."
Seeing Lu Zijian's movements, the technicians around him began to whisper.
Lu Zijian pulled out the spark plug and checked it carefully. Not long after, the smile on Lu Zijian's face became brighter and brighter.
The 150,000 yuan was obtained.
"Mr. Luo Wen, fortunately, I found the problem."
Lu Zijian smiled and returned to Luo Wen Atkinson and the owner of the car shop with a smile.
"What's the problem?" Rowan Atkinson asked curiously.
"It's not a big deal, the problem lies in this spark plug." Lu Zijian said with the spark plug in his hand.
"Impossible." At this moment, the technician responsible for maintaining the engine of the car stood up with a look of disbelief.
"This gentleman, Roy is the best technician in our car shop and the person in charge of this engine repair." The car shop boss introduced the identity of this person.
The owner of the car shop must believe in his technician. He has worked with him for so many years and has never made a mistake.
He is his trustworthy subordinate.
"Believe it or not, the problem is indeed on the spark plug."
"Hmph, boy, I tell you, we spent a lot of money to deploy this spark plug from Ferrari headquarters overnight. It is 100% genuine. Are you trying to tell me that something is wrong with Ferrari headquarters?"
"Sir, do you know that the Ferrari 250 GTO was replaced with a 4.0-liter Colombo V12 engine in the 1964?"
"I thought you were going to say something, of course I know that before 1963, I used the Type125 engine with a 3.0-liter exhaust volume, and after 1963, I used the 4.0-liter Colombo V12 engine."
Roy said confidently.
"You guy just looked for a nameplate in the cab. You know these things, you are indeed very good, but we have considered this issue for a long time."
"So, do you know that there are three Ferrari 250 GTOs that were shipped from 1964, and the next four are replaced with the 2-type body version?"
As soon as Lu Zijian said this, Roy was instantly lost. What is going on? He doesn't know so much?
"This? Even if you said, there are 4 models of the 1-type body version that are replaced with the 2-type body, but they still use the 4.0-liter Colombo V12 engine. This should be no problem with the spark plug."
"No, Mr. Roy, on the contrary, this problem is huge. Unfortunately, these four Model 1 body versions are replaced with the 250 GTO with Model 2 body. Due to cabin reasons, the 4.0-liter Colombo V12 engine cannot be properly installed."
Lu Zijian smiled and said the key point.
"So, the engineers at Ferrari had to lower the body, although it was only a trivial 10 mm. For this reason, the spark plugs of the 4.0-liter Colombo V12 engine were also redesigned, which was 3 mm shorter than the normal size, which was the thickness of a spiral."
"Hiss..." Hearing Lu Zijian's explanation, everyone around him took a breath.
I have never heard of this before, and I don’t know if Ferrari’s own current engineer knows this.
After all, there was no computer at that time.
All these sophisticated technical tasks are handed down by humans.
There is no record of this paragraph in the maintenance manual released by the Ferrari 250 GTO.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other.
Chapter completed!