[DeTomaso] MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE

Ken Green kenn_green at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 12 20:07:24 EDT 2008


Chris,
 
    Did all the rockers break on the push rod side?  I think all the NASCAR types use oiler valve covers which spay oil on the valve springs to cool the springs.  Some of the oil may also get to the rocker shaft bearings?  I'm pretty sure the Jesel rocker do not have an oil circuit for the shaft bearing (T&D does).  As far as I know, the NASCAR motors don't break rockers and they run big springs at high RPM.  So I'm wondering if the bearings got dry and seized?
 
Ken

--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Chris Lewis <clewis at dmn.net> wrote:

From: Chris Lewis <clewis at dmn.net>
Subject: [DeTomaso] MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 11:13 AM

>From the PI Website:

The engine broke it's third Pro series Jesel shaft rocker on Labor Day
weekend. 

I had planned to attend Lime Rock Park's "Day In the Park" car
show the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend with Mel Goldenberg and some other friends.


We had left my house and were on the road and covered about 20 miles when the
engine started sputtering again and refusing to develop power.

I was forced to pull into the Darien, CT service area on Route #95 and get
flatbedded back home. Thank God for AAA Plus!

When I got the valve covers off there was another rocker arm, snapped off on
the pushrod side of the rocker. This time the rocker was on the drivers 
side bank. Last time two snapped on different cylinders on the passenger side
of the engine. One was an intake and one was an exhaust the first time. 
I am not sure whther it was exhaust or intake this time.

The good news is that Jesel has agreed to provide free replacement parts for
all 3 rocker arms in this case. Additionally they have asked to look at 
the car in an effort to solve my problem once and for all. 

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW! HOW COOL IS THAT! THEY ARE GOING WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND TO
HAVE A SATISFIED CUSTOMER. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!

MARK AND HEATHER MCKEOWN TAKE NOTES! THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT CUSTOMERS, NOT
TELLING THEM YOU ARE LOSIING MONEY ON THEM AFTER THEY SPEND $21K ON A MOTOR 
YOU BUILT FOR THEM.

So back to Jesel. How great is to have valve train experts like these guys look
over your motor to diagnose a problem?

I am planning to go down Jesel Friday the 19th and visit them. I will update
the forum members
as to what Jesel says is going wrong. 
  

REPLY
 
Cyboman 
  Posted September 12, 2008 09:15 AM  Hide Post 
Chris,

Did you sign any kind of contract, or agreement with MME?

Michael 
   
 
REPLY
 
DJEZC   Posted September 12, 2008 09:59 AM  

Mike - Yeah my contract read as follows:

We build it, you pay for it, no we don't warranty it, now stop bothering
us. 


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