[DeTomaso] The bane of the early Pantera
Mike Thomas
mbefthomas at comcast.net
Sat Oct 2 18:14:17 EDT 2010
Rather than the trash can lid, get a piece of thin plastic, like a drop
cloth, cut it just to cover from the base of the windshield to the end of
the deck, and hold it in place with small magnets.
Better yet, either get it indoors, or get a carport/tent.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Sean Korb
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 11:35 AM
To: List Pantera
Subject: [DeTomaso] The bane of the early Pantera
Totally preventable, but the engine cover on an early Pantera does not have
a hood over the air cleaner. Those of us on the East coast may have noticed
a bit of rain last week. Unfortunately my car was stored outside for the
duration.
I uncovered my car to make it out to a car show and Bump! The motor
wouldn't turn over. Hydrolock. I removed all the spark plugs and 6 of the
8 had water in the cylinders. I spun the engine to evacuate the water and
it fired right up after reinstalling the plugs. No noticable water in the
oil, thank goodness! I'm hoping that enough cylinders were close to lock at
the same time and I haven't bent a rod, and it seems to run fine... I went
to the car show and back without incident.
So. I do have a plastic trash can lid to cover the air cleaner when it
rains. I just have to remember to put it on *every* *time* I park outside.
--
Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller "Computers are
useless. They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
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