[DeTomaso] Engine Oil Analysis / Willow Springs Update

[Dan Courtney]

Donny,

I may just do that. There is a bronze gear and the rockers are very loose, 
so it MAY be just the solid lifter cam in need of adjustment, but I'd hate 
to guess wrong (again).
I just finished dropping a rebuilt SBC into my 67 Chevy trailer hauler last 
night so the cherry picker is still assembled and in the garage...

Dan
Dan F. Courtney


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donny Williams" <donnylee at ccwebster.net>
To: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>; "Dan Courtney" 
<dfcex at pacbell.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Engine Oil Analysis / Willow Springs Update


> My thought is if you have metallic sheen thats all you need to know.  Cut 
> your filter and look for metal imbedded in the element.  If you got noise 
> I am betting bearings.  Are you running a bronze dizzy gear?  That could 
> be a source of sheen, but so is copper bearing..... Change the oil hope 
> for the best, or pull it out which would be a direction you would have to 
> take to inspect it properly anyway.  What does the noise sound like? 
> Personally, I would save your money on the oil analysis, heck, you already 
> know you got metal...He would just say yep there is metal in your 
> oil........At that point its not that important what type, you will have 
> to pull it out anyway to fix it.  And should be easy to find the source 
> with the inspection.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
> To: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Engine Oil Analysis / Willow Springs Update
>
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>> Thanks for race report.....sorry to hear about your engine.....you drain 
>> the oil and pull filters yet?  Do a leak down test?  As Bob Benson likes 
>> to say if you aren't breaking anything you aren't trying hard enough.
>>
>>  md
>>
>> Dan Courtney <dfcex at pacbell.net> wrote:
>>  I was wondering if anyone remembers the contact info for the company 
>> that performs an analysis of engine oil.
>> "The Beast" got a hard work-out at Willow Springs last week and was 
>> making some noise by Sunday afternoon.
>> Nothing obvious when I pulled the valve covers but the oil has a metallic 
>> sheen.
>> Speaking of Willow Springs, we had a decent showing of Panteras but, 
>> sadly, no Panteras ran in the exhibition race, for the first time I can 
>> recall.
>> I arrived late and had no chance to warm up, Greg Esakoff snaped the 
>> input shaft of his ZF Friday, Chris Qualls (sp) had an axle snap Saturday 
>> morning and went 4 wheeling and the other Panteras present (Jim Saxtons 
>> Group IV, now owned by Jeff), Dr. Abe, and a beautiful red former 
>> Woodhouse Pantera all ran different groups.
>> The red group was very fast with alot of blazing fast Porches, Ferraris 
>> and Vipers leading the pack. "The Beast" was holding it's own by Sunday 
>> afternoon but some of those cars were just too darn fast.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> Dan F. Courtney
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