[DeTomaso] Shifter rattle / Dick Ruzzin

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

I once was surprised by an 'odd' noise in a Pantera at a Nor-Cal tech 
session. We pulled the firewall cover & access hatch (infinitely easier than in a 
'Goose, I realize) and the noise from the running engine was defintely coming 
from inside the timing chain cover. Pulling the water pump, balancer & cover, we 
saw the stock-type cam chain had stretched so much, it was touching the inside 
of the front of the block, making the odd noise we'd heard. The inside of the 
block was shiny from being polished by the chain which had 25,000 miles on 
it. Why it hadn't jumped a tooth or three, I dunno. FWIW- J DeRyke


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