[DeTomaso] Vegas

[Myron Zadony]

"Deteriorated fuel stabilizer" isn't that an oxymoron?  I thought you put
fuel stabilizer in, just to do that!! I paid $2900 to clean up a 73 XKE V12
because it had "gelled fuel stabilizer" from the previous owner.  Tank
cleaned, Soft lines replaced, hard lines reamed out, electronic fuel pump
replaced, all four carbs rebuilt, & a new set of 12 spark plugs installed.
That sucks.  Myron the other guy from Cleveland.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:56 PM
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Vegas

In a message dated 4/30/07 9:19:26 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com writes:

<< my diagnosis was clogged fuel filter (since I'd experienced exactly the
same symptoms in the Cobra after its first outing on track, which whipped up
a
bunch of debris in the tank and plugged the filter up).   I have an Earl's
cleanable filter, which I opened up and found completely plugged up, with
the
fiber sock from the fuel tank pickup, and on top of that a healthy glob of
silicone, left over from somebody else's

poor decision to seal the fuel vent with silicone instead of the proper
rubber gasket >>

A Caution for all: to be described later in an upcoming TPOC article
w/photos, the chapter had tried to rectify such a carb-clogging problem in
Judy
McCartney's Pantera over several years, and the club finally elected to
remove &
clean the gas tank. According to Rod Kunshige, the tank had close to 20 lbs
of
crap in it! Shaking and dumping the heavy tank, they estimated there was
about a
12" thick layer of deteriorated fuel stabilizer, rust and other
unidentifiable debris that came out all over Rods now-permanently rusty
driveway. FWIW,
Judy M has owned this always-garaged California car since new. FWIW- J
DeRyke
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