[DeTomaso] One more question...

John Taphorn jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Sat Apr 30 16:24:39 EDT 2011


Great Charlie.  It will be nice having the Pantera running well for the big 
SPA Italia event you have organized for everyone.  Again, I wish that I was 
there to take it in as well.

Enjoy

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: "'John Taphorn'" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] One more question...


> Hi John
> Just wanted to let you know that this trick worked for me!
>
> One bowl was right where I wanted it, while I lowered the float level in 
> the
> other bowl just a smidge. The difference was small enough so that I'd 
> chalk
> it up to measuring error on my part.
>
> Silly plastic sight plugs have been replaced with brass, and I now 
> consider
> my carb clean on the inside and out, everything is hooked up, I had no
> fires, and the car sure sounds good!
>
> (solid lifters sound really nice when you are sitting on the ZF with the
> engine running...)
>
> 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 John Taphorn
> Enviado el: viernes, 22 de abril de 2011 0:07
> Para: Brent Stewart; Tomas Gunnarsson
> CC: Larry Finch; detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] One more question...
>
> Charlie
>
> I learned this tip from Dan DaVinci of the former DaVinci Carbs and it 
> works
>
> everytime.  He demonstrated it to me in person.
>
> Remove the float bowl.  Hold it upside down in your hand and adjust the
> float height until what is normally the top of the float is 3/8" above 
> what
> is normally the top of the bowl.  I have found that adjustment to be close
> enough on all Pantera applications.
>
> JT
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brent Stewart" <bjbstewart at yahoo.com>
> To: "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se>
> Cc: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] One more question...
>
>
>> Definitely worth the risk from where I am sitting!
>>
>> Brent
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2011, at 11:00 AM, "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se> wrote:
>>
>>> If you do the red hot poker thing with the carb on the car I have a
>>> feeling
>>> that the plug might come out in a hurry! :-D
>>>
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>>> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Larry Finch
>>> Sent: den 21 april 2011 19:31
>>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] One more question...
>>>
>>>
>>> Charlie,
>>>
>>> Some time ago I removed those clear plugs on my Avenger and replaced 
>>> with
>>> the standard metal units. I just took a look at the clear ones.
>>>
>>> They are threaded and need to be unscrewed for removal.
>>>
>>> How about heating a small flat-blade screw driver, cherry red, and 
>>> gently
>>> pushing it into the broken-off plug. Hold steady and let the plastic 
>>> cool
>>> and re-set.  Then remove as intended?
>>>
>>> Of course, with nothing on hand to fill the hole this will leave.......
>>>
>>> Did find this in an online  forum -
>>>
>>> "I finally heard back from Holley. Sight plugs are 5/16" - 24."
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
>>>
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