[DeTomaso] OK, now I'm screwed

[art stephens]

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

         That sounds like a good idea.  I think you can find those things 
for as little as two or three hundred bucks?  (next cool tool on my list). 
Another thought is a magnet.  I bought one from Sears that is small,  but 
I'm not sure if it is small enough to go thru the hole.  I wouldn't be 
surprised if SnapOn has something like that,  although SnapOn probably 
doesn't do you much good in Europe.  SnapOn,  not to be confused with a 
"strap on" that the Dawg might be interested in.  :-)))

Art










> Michael in Savannah
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> 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?
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> 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
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>> --- 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
>>
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>> 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.
>>
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
>>
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>> 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)
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>> 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.
>>
>>
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>> Charles McCall
>>
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
>>
>> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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