[DeTomaso] My ZF is scaring me

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Fri Aug 15 10:12:17 EDT 2008


Updated photo here:
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/gallery2/v/asajay/IMG00117.jpg.html

A bit fuzzy, but you can see where the bulge was and how he peened it to 
seal.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1973 Pantera L 5533
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MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/14/08 15 27 23, classicmusclecars at att.net writes:
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>   
>> 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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