[DeTomaso] Water temp. sendor

Rob Dumoulin rob at dumoulins.net
Fri Jan 21 16:38:44 EST 2011


Ironic, ain't it? in the '70s, it was cheaper to use domestic parts. Now
that the U.S. manufacturing industry has become third world because it
cannot compete with cheap labor, it would be just the opposite. Kinda makes
you wish for the old days, eh?  Geez, I must be getting old for saying that.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 1/21/11 12:24:46 AM, dnunn at telus.net writes:
> snip....
> > ...It also uses an Italian water temp sending unit, presumably made by
> > Veglia and presumably a perfect match with the Pantera's water temp
> gauge.
> > Has anyone ever adapted one of these units to their Pantera? It appears
> all
> > that would be needed is a 16mm x 1.5 to 5/8" NPT adapter and a different
> > wiring connector....
> >
> One of the first things Ford did when they got control of DeTomaso and the
> Pantera project, was to 'rationalize' its production. An engineer was
> assigned to analyze every part and substitute Ford- or U.S-supplier (read,
> "cheaper")- parts as much as possible. This is standard procedure in any
> assembly
> where one factory designs something, builds a few prototypes, then a bigger
> company buys them out.
> Thats why the halfshaft bolts and nuts were changed to U.S. SAE as well as
> the sender- and likely a few other things that don't come to mind right
> now.
> Needing thread and electrical adapters to fit the Veglia sender to Ford
> blocks likely made this one simple to decide. There were at least 3 Ford
> 'fixs'
> for the sender mismatch but none cost them more than a couple of pennies. I
> suspect Veglia was browbeaten into redesigning their gauge for a more
> rational 0-260F range as well as a better match to the Ford sender. I found
> the
> 0-260 gauge needed nothing for a correct reading in our Pantera.
> On the same subject, Ford was seriously investigating the use of a cheaper
> Pantera ZF transaxle with only 4 speeds, another one with no LSD and a 3rd
> with C-6 guts to make a 3-speed automatic. The ZF was the single most
> expensive part of the Pantera- and that hasn't changed to this day. Details
> in your
> Feb newsletter- now in the mail. My best guess- J DeRyke
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