[DeTomaso] Vegas

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No wonder I'm afraid a "quick hone and re-ring" will turn into a 9  
year restoration!

PS: I saw Jack (very dirty hands) and Judy wandering around the pits  
in Pahrump.  Since we (?) had "fixed" the massive oil problem on Tom's  
car w/ a dab of silicone and a tightening of the oil sender (my vote)  
I guess Jack wanted a challenge . . . .

David
can't wait to rassle a tank out




Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> 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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