[DeTomaso] SORRY - but on the Mainseal leak........Re: Fw: Pandora: It's deja vu all over again...

[Christopher Kimball]

My engine builder used a SCAT 408 kit.  I also have an oil restrictor, if that makes any difference.

Sincerely,

Chris



> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:58:39 -0400
> From: cengles at cox.net
> To: teampantera at yahoo.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] SORRY - but on the Mainseal leak........Re: Fw: Pandora: It's deja vu all over again...
> 
> 
> Dear Dennis, 
> 
> You cad. 
> 
> No aftermarket steel crank. The Engine Research and Development Department at the Pantera Research Institute is on a tight budget so stock cranks are used and persuaded to perform better than stock. The rear main seal leak with the aftermarket cranks seems to be a real problem. I recall that Tom Todak's engine suffered the same problem due to a forged aftermarket crank being ever so slightly too much undersized. My problem was builder error (just a tad too much silicone......) and would have been a royal PITA to fix from underneath the car. 
> 
> Remember Werner Von Braun's inspriration words: "Research is what we're doing when we don't know what we're doing." 
> 
> Words to live by at the Pantera Research Institute, Chuck Engles
> 
> 
> ---- Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Woops....sorry....didn't mean to send my last email to you AND the List!
> >They put those buttons too close to one another ;-)
> >
> >Curious though if your main seal leak is from an 'aftermarket steel crank'....I've got that problem and talking to Russ, Dick and others I am hearing my choices are go back to a stock crank ore reseal and more then likely face the same problem with in a few months.....decided to live with it for the rest of the summer since I've been driving the car on weekends and Silverstate is in 3 weeks
> >
> >
> >Mad Dawg Antenucci
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> >
> >________________________________
> >From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
> >To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:20:51 PM
> >Subject: [DeTomaso] Fw: Pandora: It's deja vu all over again...
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
> >To: "Paul - Home" <thedrol at pobox.com>
> >Cc: <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:29 PM
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pandora: It's deja vu all over again...
> >
> >
> >>Dear Paul and Chris,
> >>
> >>You wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>"If you have a 10-quart oil pan it isn't likely that you will be able to
> >>drop the pan once you change the cross member to a removable one. I
> >>found that there just isn't space between the frame rails, shift linkage
> >>and hoses to get the 10 quart pan out unless you've modified the windage
> >>tray appropriately. It may be possible if you remove more stuff. Its
> >>been too long since I installed my 10 quart pan while the engine was in
> >>the car to remember what interferes with it."
> >>
> >>$$$$$$$ I did this during a chapter of engine building misadventure.
> >>Unfortunately, I can't recall exactly what the misadventure was, but I do
> >>recall dealing with this problem. The hangup after removal of the cross
> >>brace and oil pan bolts was the shift linkage. I was stumped and a real
> >>mechanic showed me the trick of loosening the nut on the trunion support
> >>to permit the linkage to move ever so slightly out of the way in order to
> >>get the pan off. I also recall that we had to modifiy the windage tray
> >>to permit re-installation.
> >>
> >>The next misadventure was a leaking rear main seal. I
> >>remembered the unpleasantness of the above mentioned operation and took a
> >>stiff triple shot of scotch and water and pulled the darn engine and
> >>proceeded to replace the rear main seal---voila no more leak. In my
> >>opinion, the engine out and in was a slightly lesser PITA than the very
> >>messy in-car job from below........
> >>
> >>I would agree with Larry and resign yourself to live with
> >>it for now and await the fullness of time for definite action.
> >>
> >>
> >>Warmest regards, Chuck "Engine
> >>Misadventures" Engles
> >
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