[DeTomaso] Autopsy

[asajay at asajay.com]

Will,

I can't remember if you said anything about it, but...

Is the distributor gear intact?  How about the timing chain/gears?   
I'm very anxious for your to take the pump apart as well.

I think we need more details to get at the root cause, but I think  
folks are right, you ended up starving for oil in a couple places,  
though I don't know that contributed to the failure, it could.

Asa Jay

Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> In a message dated 5/18/08 11:49:58 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
>
>> What about the melted rod bearing and the black journal?  The #3 + #7
>> journal obviously had problems.  Have you ever seen a rod journal   
>> overheat when
>> you lose a piston?
>>
> No, only when a stock oil pan was used in a Pantera, or when the oil pump
> driveshaft broke first. FWIW- J Deryke
>
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