[DeTomaso] Oil Coolers (again)

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This article was excellent.  I have always seen the pictures in the 
repair manuals read the descriptions.  But this one and the accompanied 
pictures were excellent.

Thanks!
Paul
#9270

Larry - Ohio Time Corp wrote:
> David,
> 
> The big trick is to stop the motor when you have run it in the RPM range you
> want to check. Then pull the plugs. Yes it will be hot. Yes it is a PITA to
> do in a Pantera. I think you need to do this job not the little girl next
> door.
> 
> http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticles/reading-spark-plugs.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Larry - Cleveland
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adin at frontier.net [mailto:adin at frontier.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:22 AM
> To: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
> Cc: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Oil Coolers (again)
> 
> NO.
> 
> But please remind me, how does one tell from looking at a plug why I'm  
> getting a slight detonation at 2700 rpm in third gear????
> 
> David, has new advance curve and is much happier.
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Larry - Ohio Time Corp <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>:
> 
>> Has the age old process of reading spark plugs for mixture been lost?
>>
>> Larry (old school and have A/F equipment) - Cleveland
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
>> Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:17 PM
>> To: adin at frontier.net
>> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Oil Coolers (again)
>>
>> In a message dated 2/3/09 1:26:04 PM, adin at frontier.net writes:
>>
>>> If I'm getting pre-ignition "somewhere" in the range, how does one know
> if
>>> its advance or mixture?  I don't know enough to figure this out without
>> the
>>> a/f meter telling me the mixture during that
>>> pre-ignition.
>>>
>> Sorry, pal- I've always had trouble with this one myself! I usually fiddle
>> with the carb 'cause its easier for me; if I can't make the
>> preignition/detonation go away with richness, I figure its in the
>> ignition.... and hopefully, I
>> figure it out before the bearings give up from the pounding.
>> FWIW, happy-go-lucky Larry does have a factory crank & rods on display in
>> his
>> shop- with the very rare "blue rods & black journals" - when Pantera
> owners
>> ask him why they should pay big bucks for an Avaid oil pan.   Cheers- J
>> Deryke
>>
>>
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