[DeTomaso] pressure and overflow tank hose issue

boyd casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 26 23:55:05 EDT 2009


Hi Robert,
I don't have any advice on your situation but I wanted to know how your trip
to New Wngland went and what the Factory five plant was like?
Hugh



On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, <LEVITT1946 at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Hello Friends,
>
> My car is a 1972 Pantera #3196 that was just in the Gumball 3000.
>
> We had no overheating issues in the rally due to expert rewiring and
> installation of sucker fans by PI Motorsports .
>
> Last week I saw antifreeze leaking from a hose connected from the neck of
> the pressure tank to the bottom of the overflow tank.The strange thing is
> that the neck of the pressure tank is 3/8" and goes for about 4" and then
> connects to a 5/8" hose.I went to home depot to retrofit a brass connector
> to
> mate the two hoses.Do I have the wrong overflow tank in the car? I feel
> there  should be one diameter hose from tank to tank .3/8" to 3/8" i
> believe is
> correct  but my overflow tank does not have a 3/8" neck to connect to.
>
> In 90 degree weather the temp gauge is sitting at 200 degrees.But that
> brass connection bothers me.I am waiting for it to blow under pressure.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Robert
> Team Pantera Racing #3196
> Gimball3000 #56
>
>
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