[DeTomaso] DeTomaso] Do I own a Pantera or a Gremlin...?

[Christopher Kimball]

I'm thinking that's probably about what's happening in my car, too.  The 
tolerances are so minute the even a quarter inch or less movement anywhere 
and things start rubbing and chafing.  Reminds me of high school gym 
class...


Chris


>From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
>To: "'Christopher Kimball'" 
><chrisvkimball at msn.com>,<MikeLDrew at aol.com>,<montecarlo296 at yahoo.com>,<detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso] Do I own a Pantera or a Gremlin...?
>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:08:33 -0700
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>I had a problem where I would get metal-on-metal sound whenever I had a
>passenger in the car, but I would never hear it without a passenger.  It
>wasn't too loud, but it was loud enough for a passenger to hear which was
>embarrassing.  This drove me nuts for about two years, as I could not 
>figure
>it out.
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>Long story short, it turned out that the weight of the passenger pushed on
>the fiberglass cover which pushed on the metal cover which moved every so
>slightly but just enough to make contact with the alternator bracket on the
>passenger side.
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>I was able to confirm this by putting some chalk on the tip of the
>alternator bracket.  I replaced the metal cover then pulled it off.  There
>was no chalk mark on the cover.  I replaced the metal cover again then put 
>a
>passenger in the seat.  When I pulled the cover off, I found the tell-tale
>chalk mark.  A wrench to the tip of the bracket solved that problem.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:35 AM
>To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; montecarlo296 at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso] Do I own a Pantera or a Gremlin...?
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>Absolutely, and it is tight, but as far as I can tell, the fiberglass cover
>doesn't contact the belt.  I may drive with the cover off for a while just
>to watch what happens in there.
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>Chris
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