[DeTomaso] Brass bypass flow restrictor-need one.

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/17/11 5 52 56, lplugw at hotmail.com writes:


> 
> I've been helping a friend freshen up his 72.
> We've found more than a few creative modifications installed by well 
> meaning priors along the way.
> Most recently we found a 192 degree windsor t-stat and no brass restrictor 
> plate seated in the block beneath.
> 
>>>Meaning that the bypass was completely blocked off, hopefully?

> >So I need a restrictor...
> 
>>>Those restrictor plates are damn hard to find.   Last year I searched on 
behalf of a Finnish Pantera dude whose 351C had been hacked by somebody who 
didn't know what he was doing; he wanted two plates.   I managed to find 
two NOS plate at an obsolete Ford parts warehouse; they only had those two 
left.

Marlin Jack (a Pantera owner who is a machinist) manufactures them, 
however.   He sells them for $35 each.

After I had already bought the NOS plates, he wrote to me:

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pantera1974 at verizon.net writes:


Hi Mike! For You! Anything You Need! $70.00 Bucks will get You two plates 
and I Will pay the shipping! Just give me an address to send them to. I have 
them ready to ship! Need them right away? You can pay the funds using PayPal 
and use the address of: thajacks563 at verizon.net

>>>I would contact Marlin at his primary address, pantera1974 at verizon.net, 
to arrange purchase.

>and I could use a source for a cleveland 180 degree t-stat too.

>>>I prefer the Robershaw unit, which is sold under a variety of brand 
names.   Summit Racing sells them under the Flowkooler brand.   Regardless of 
the brand (they are also sold under the Prestone name, among various others), 
the part number is always the same--it's 333-180.

Beware of the 330-180, which is nominally the same, except that it's a 
Windsor version, lacking the crucial 'hat' that partially covers the bypass 
plate you're trying to rig up.

> I should be able to get the new brass restrictor seated in the block with 
> the engine in the car, no?
> 
>>>I would assume so, yes.

Mike