[DeTomaso] "Houston, we have a problem"

[Charles Engles]

Dear Art,


               Holy Moly!   You are the man,as well as your brother!   I
wimped out and called the rollback truck for a short ride back home.   I
look forward to the pictures.


             Warmest regards, Chuck  Engles


            

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Stephens [mailto:artstephens at verizon.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 7:11 PM
To: Art Stephens; Charles Engles; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] "Houston, we have a problem"

Chuck,
I forgot to add that a pair of vice grips would have come in EXTREMELY handy

when my pedal broke. They could have been clamped on to what remained of the

pedal.  I later borrowed a pair to get myself home.  Prior to that,  my 
brother steered while I manually pulled on the throttle cable and operated 
the brake and clutch,  (not recommended).  I will send you some pictures of 
my repair.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>
To: " Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] "Houston, we have a problem"


> Chuck,
> When I broke my pedal,  I thought,  I can fix that.  So I did something
> similar to Mike's Okie repair,  except mine would probably be considered a
> Frankenstein Okie repair.  Anyway,  it works.  I think a good way to do it
> would be to find a good welder to TIG weld it for you and then I would 
> take
> some aluminum with you to beef it up and have him weld that to it.  I 
> would
> have done it that way if I knew how to TIG weld but since I didn't,  I 
> just
> used nuts,  bolts and some 1/8" strips of aluminum.
>
> Art
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: " Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:55 AM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] "Houston, we have a problem"
>
>
>> Dear Forum,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>               I pulled the BMW out of the garage this morning and was
>> greeted with blue skies and bright sunshine.  No clouds and no threat of
>> rain from horizon to horizon.  "Heck, I'll take the Pantera", I decided.
>>
>>
>>
>>               The new motor doesn't like to start cold and I think the
>> carb's electric choke is on the fritz.  Following a driveway warm-up I
>> proceeded two uneventful miles at low speeds with all systems go and all
>> gauges reading normal.   The freeway entrance appears and a touch on the
>> brakes with a downshift to second to launch a full throttle run down the
>> ramp.  The freeway is clear for entry and at the end of the ramp, I shift
>> to
>> third and apply the throttle.
>>
>>
>>
>>              Suddenly, there is no power and there is an unfamiliar
>> feeling
>> under my right foot.  The engine is running at 1000 rpms, but I have
>> either
>> broken the throttle cable or I have broken the accelerator pedal. 
>> Judging
>> the traffic and my situation, I coast to the next exit and pull off to 
>> the
>> shoulder.
>>
>>
>>
>>              Inspection shows that I have broken the aluminum accelerator
>> pedal.   Rats.
>>
>>
>>
>>             The rollback delivered me the Pantera back home in short
>> order.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>              How to proceed?   This is a known Pantera failure mode.
>> Repair by welding the two pieces?   Repair by replacing with a new pedal?
>> Replace the throttle cable at the same time??      I understand that the
>> throttle cable replacement is a PITA job.  Is the pedal removal/repair
>> equally difficult?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                          Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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