[DeTomaso] OK, now I'm screwed

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Do you know any plumbers who own one of those tiny Video cameras with
a tiny light on it?

Michael in Savannah

Have you tried sticking a magnet down the hole before you disturb
anything and "maybe" pulling them back out, if indeed they are in
there?





On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> As bad as it sounds, at least it's a dry intake manifold and much easier to pull and look inside than if water was running through it.
>
> Ken
>
>
> --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] OK, now I'm screwed
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 9:36 AM
>
>
> Today I was checking the valve lash on my Pantera. Pretty pleased, as I
> didn't have to adjust much - two valves were a little tight but not bad.
>
>
>
> I put the valve covers back on the drivers side. No problem. I started
> putting the valve covers on the passenger side when I realized that I have a
> problem.
>
>
>
> My valve cover bolts aren't typical bolts - they are winged stem bolt
> things. When I removed them from the passenger side, in all six cases the
> threaded portion remained in the head when I removed the bolt. It separated
> from the stem/wing part and remained behind. No problem. But when I went to
> re-install the bolts, two of the threaded portions were now missing. I don't
> see them under the car. In both cases, it was the bolt hole "uphill", toward
> the center of the car. Feeling around with my fingers I can't find them in
> the heads. Also feeling around, there is a big galley beneath both bolt
> holes that I can't feel the bottom. I have a sinking feeling that the
> threaded portion may have falled out when I was wrestling the valve cover
> off and may have fallen INTO the head. Since I can't find them, and since
> both bolt holes are directly above this valley, I have a sinking feeling
> that they have fallen inside.
>
>
>
> Now what? Where does this valley go? It surrounds the pushrod, so I assume
> down to the lifters. What happens if I start the car and they are indeed in
> there? (I think I know the answer)
>
>
>
> Someone please tell me I don't have to pull the engine because a bolt fell
> inside. Please someone tell me they swiped the bolts when I wasn't looking
> and they have them. Please someone tell me that they have most likely fallen
> straight into the oil pan, and if I simply drain the oil I'll find them.
>
>
>
> Charles McCall
>
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
>
> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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