[DeTomaso] Cleaning rust out of the console heater tubes

Sat May 9 05:14:45 EDT 2009

Pix may be seen on my POCA website as listed in my electronic signature, at
the end. On the second page you can see the result of cleaning the screen
after a couple hundred kilometers (not too bad)

Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
nombre de Mike Thomas
Enviado el: sábado, 09 de mayo de 2009 7:24
Para: 'Charles McCall'; 'Tomas Gunnarsson'
CC: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Cleaning rust out of the console heater tubes

Where on the pipe/hose did you install it?   Can you send me a picture?
Thanks
Mike 

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Charles McCall
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:16 AM
To: Tomas Gunnarsson
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cleaning rust out of the console heater tubes

 I have one of these installed on my car:
http://www.tefba.com/

It will help keep crap from flowing through your system, clogging up your
radiator.

Mike Drew first reported on this many moons ago, and installed one on his
GT350 clone, if I remember correctly. He found all kinds of garbage,
including actual pebbles and stones, in his system.

I had to have my radiator rebuilt once by DeTomaso (I think they rebuilt it
with gold-lining or something) and didn't want to have to do it again.
Something to consider, especially if you think you'll have rust flakes in
your system.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:56 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Cleaning rust out of the console heater tubes
>
>
> > I've finally removed my heater valve to rebuild it, and after not
> having
> > any
> > fluid in the pipes under the console for a long time, there is a 
> > fair amount of rust flake. I want to avoid getting that flake into 
> > my cooling
> system
> > and compromising my new radiator, so the question is how to try to
> clean
> > up
> > the inside of the pipes before I put the valve and new hoses back on
> and
> > fill the heater system.
> >
> > I've thought of devising some kind of long wire pipe cleaner that I
> can
> > run
> > the length of the pipes, but access at either end to get it in and
> work it
> > is a bitch. I'm not sure flushing it with water will do as much as 
> > the hot water coming through the system.
> > I wonder if just forcing a length of course hemp rope through and
> working
> > it
> > will do the trick, then running water through.
> >
> > I'm looking for suggestions. I realize I kind of screwed myself by 
> > not keeping fluid in the pipes far the last few years. The pipes 
> > seem to
> be a
> > pretty stout steel, so I'm not too worried that they've rusted
> through.
> > Guess I'll find out though.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Mike Thomas
> >
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