[DeTomaso] Oil Leak

[asajay at asajay.com]

I assume we are talking about a Pantera here?

Easy answer.
Install a Cleveland.


Best Regards,
Asa Jay

:)


Quoting Trevor Fougere <trevor at fougere.com>:

> I have an oil leak.  The good news - it's not a gasket.  The bad news - it's
> the adaptor for the oil pressure sender.
>
>
>
> On the Windsor the adaptor is mounted just above the oil filter, and neatly
> tucked in behind my mechanical fuel pump.
>
> The sender adaptor is a 3 part assembly.  A threaded portion with a "molded"
> nut around the middle of the threads at the
>
> block.  The middle section is a double male barrel with a "molded" nut
> around the middle.  The third part ( only the beginning
>
> of which is visible screws into the other end of the barrel and has the Oil
> Pressure sender (electrical) mounted at the far end.
>
>
>
> It is  impossible to get any kind of a wrench in there.and, in fact, you
> need two.one to hold the barrel while you
>
> screw down the end piece into the block.  None of this is particularly
> visible/accessible  unless the oil filter is removed. It appears the only
>
> way to repair this involves removing the fuel pump, and I can't see or get
> at where it's mounted on the block.
>
>
>
> The Windsor block does appear to have another access hole (plugged up) just
> beneath the metal tube that runs into the
>
> slave clutch cylinder.  There is about 1-1/2 inches of clearance beneath the
> tube.enough to maybe get the sender
>
> mounted on some kind of angled adaptor.  The fuel pump has a rubber wrap and
> is right up against one of the metal coolant
>
> tubes (thus making me wonder if it should be replaced with an electrical
> pump to eliminate eventual damage due to contact vibration).
>
>
>
> So my question is what are my options for repairing this leak?
>
>
>
> Where do people typically mount an electrical pump, fuel regulator, etc?
>
>
>
> Can I  (somehow) get the fuel pressure sender adaptor out with some kind of
> grips?  Plug the hole and move it to the rear of the block, leaving
>
> The fuel pump in place without requiring it's removal and re-installation?
>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Trevor
>
> #3797
>
>
>
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