[DeTomaso] Weirdness with my Cleveland ...

[Erik Anderson]

Well, thanks to many of you guys, I am back in the land of the living ...

All in all, it took me about 30 mins to pull the distributor, 3 hours to find a pin (!), 3 mins to insert the new pin and about 2 hours to set the timing. If this ever happens again, I could probably pull off the entire job in less than 2 hours ...

Thanks, guys. She's running great (knock on wood!) ...

EA

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com on behalf of msm at portata.com
Sent: Fri 11-Jul-08 2:17 AM
To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Weirdness with my Cleveland ...



It has been pointed out and oft repeated, but I suspect it is Pantera folk lore.  I have been running a HV pump without problems for a few years including some track days.  I have never heard anyone say they sheared a pin due to a HV pump.



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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of asajay at asajay.com
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:24 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Weirdness with my Cleveland ...

It has been pointed out, in the past, that running a 
high-volume/high-pressure oil pump will almost surely shear the pin in 
any kind of racing.  So if a double-pinned gear was still shearing, 
I'd start looking for other problems.

Asa Jay

Quoting adin at frontier.net:

> Opinions follow:
>
> There "must be some reason" the shaft is pinned.
>
> Also, if the pin breaks I feel it is for a reason, even if its only a
> valve keeper stuck in the oil pump . . . .bwahahahahahaha.
>
> Do you lock your car to keep someone from stealing a 7 dollar watch?
> How much does the broken window cost?
>
> THIMK! (Alfred E. Neuman, 1955)
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>:
>
>> What about replacing the roll pin with a carbide drill bit
>> shaft/shank? Wouldn't that work and be a more permanent fix?
>>
>> Someone on the PI board reported that his roll pins would not hold
>> (even double pinned) so he went to a 3/16" hardened bolt and locking
>>  nut (never a problem again).
>>
>> So, would it work to just press-fit a hardend drill shank?
>>
>>
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