[DeTomaso] My ZF is scaring me

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/14/08 15 27 23, classicmusclecars at att.net writes:


> There is a guy named Phil Camp in the San Diego Pantera group.  He took his 
> car a couple years ago to the Vegas convention and drove it on the track.  
> His ZF basically blew a hole in the case and leaked out all of the fluid.  
> From what I understand some bolts backed out inside and then sheered off the 
> heads apparently over time.  And also until the hole blew out the case ending 
> his driving that day, the ZF seemed to function fine, even on the Vegas race 
> track!! Not entirely sure if the bolt heads caused the hole in his ZF case or 
> not.   Don't know if this is your situation.  But since it happened once, it 
> might happen again.  Just FYI.   I don't have Phil phone number, but if you 
> look him up in the DeTomaso registry and give him a shout.  He's a really nice 
> guy.  And would be glad to let you know his story and what he did to fix it.  
> Good luck.   Dan Miller in San Diego.
> 

Very true, but Phil's car blew the gearbox because he had failed to have the 
ring and pinion bolts safety-wired.   He got VERY lucky--all it did was punch 
a hole through the removable cover on the bottom of the case, not the case 
itself.

Marc's gearbox has been safety wired, so his problem is a different problem.

Mike


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