[DeTomaso] Under car water pipes

Barry Seib oldwheel at mts.net
Mon Jun 22 15:17:34 EDT 2009


Hi Julian
In my limited experience, just because a "vendor" supplys a part does NOT
guarantee it will fit properly or that it will not be "mickey mouse"
compared to factory stuff. There are a fair number of "vendor" upgrades I've
read about that many people would now like to reverse if they could.
Thanks for the tip anyway.
Barry
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Julian Kift [mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com]
  Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 2:12 PM
  To: oldwheel at mts.net; De Tomaso List; asajay at asajay.com; Jack Deryke
  Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Under car water pipes


  Barry,

  No need for Mickey Mouse brackets as the vendors sell a removeable park
brake bracket. Removal of the OEM park brake bracket along with the
crossmember is a common upgrade to allow removal of the oil pan with the
engine in the car.

  Julian

  > From: oldwheel at mts.net
  > To: detomaso at realbig.com; asajay at asajay.com; JDeRyke at aol.com
  > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:06:21 -0500
  > Subject: [DeTomaso] Under car water pipes
  >
  > Having just been thru this, I can tell you that one side is full length
(one
  > piece) because you can get it installed quite easily with the engine
out.
  > The other side could also be one length, but you would have to devise a
  > removable park brake bracket to allow installation, even with the engine
  > out. It seems logical to me that the factory used as few hose
connections as
  > possible to save potential leak points (and money).
  >
  > Alas, I thought I was so smart, I would use two full length SS pipes
while
  > my car was all apart. Never have to remove them again. Trouble is, I
can't
  > bring myself to start hacking the park brake bracket off and making a
mickey
  > mouse re-attachment. My pantera project has turned out to be very
  > complicated without that kind of stuff. Besides, I just don't feel good
  > doing that to a 37 year old Italian car that has survived intact. I had
to
  > cut one SS pipe in half to save my original park brake bracket. Oh well,
it
  > was only aftermarket pipes. My original factory crossmember and bracket
took
  > priority for now.
  >
  > Barry
  >
  >
  > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
  > ----
  >
  > In a message dated 6/21/09 6:48:25 PM, asajay at asajay.com writes:
  >
  > > Why is one tube in one piece spanning the entire length, and the other
in
  > > two pieces?
  > >
  >
  > I wondered about that, too. The answer is somewhere in DeTomaso's
head....
  > The long pipe will not come out with the engine/ZF in place, without
cutting
  > it in half. But if its badly rusted, just cut it- scrap is scrap! All
the
  > ss replacements are two piece. Hope you have a Sawzall available; if
not,
  > cheap $29 copies are available from Harbor Freight and others. Cheers- J
  > Deryke
  >
  >
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