[DeTomaso] Cleaning rust out of the console heater tubes

Sat May 9 13:22:43 EDT 2009

Charlie,

I assume the preparation you speak of is for the Euro De Tomaso 50th
Anniversary event May 19-24. Word on that event has been non existent, I
hope you or Mike Drew will cover it with a story for us slackers.

***Exactly. Word on the event has been non-existent on this side of the pond
as well. After the initial brochure, I haven’t heard anything, so I have no
idea who else is signed up. Mike Drew and Gray Gregory will be attending –
the only other North Americans I’m aware of. A Canadian group was planning
on sending cars over, but decided to wait until the fall for various
reasons. They’ll be spending a week cruising around Italy in a little
wolfpack. 

Amaya and I are taking our time getting to Italy – spending 2 days in Dijon,
France, stopping by the Schlumpf museum – one of the largest car collections
in the world  (http://www.collection-schlumpf.com/en/schlumpf/), then going
to Munich, Germany for a couple of days, from there to Ellmau, Austria
(rendez-vous with Mike and Gray and the Swedes), then down to Modena.
Hopefully the weather will cooperate, as will the Pantera Gods

There will no doubt be adventures to be told. Nothing like doing 17
consecutive, back-to-back Silver States to get from here to Germany, but
without that pesky “average speed” thing to worry about!  ;-) 

How many folks were going from N. America in the end?

Watch out for woman drivers coming up on your rear!

Julian

> From: charlesmccall at gmail.com
> To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; guson at home.se
> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 15:39:50 +0200
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cleaning rust out of the console heater tubes
> 
> Speaking of filters, I'm prepping the car for a 5000+ km road trip next
> week, and took a peek at my Tefba filter. 
> 
> Photo from 5 minutes ago may be found here
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=6335
> 
> Not so thrilled about rust-colored debris, but if it's in there, I'd
rather
> it be trapped by the filter than the radiator!!!!
> 
> Charles McCall
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> 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 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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