[DeTomaso] Vegas

[F&D Terry]

That's odd we have 5 original Pantera purchasers in Chesapeake Panteras 
and none have had any trouble with such an accumulation of debris. 12" 
and 20lbs of crap in a gas tank might be something Ripley might have an 
interest in publishing in their book of records.

Fred T.

JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:

>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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