[DeTomaso] No Pantera in Reno - My Luck Runneth Out

[Christopher Kimball]

THAT SUCKS!  
You don't think that if we got enough guys together on Sunday afternoon we couldn't pull it, get the part on Monday, install it Monday night at then have you ready to go?
I have a relatively light schedule on Monday, and what I do have I could move, so I could get whatever part you needed in the morning if it's within a 90-mile radius, then bring it to your house that afternoon for the reassembly.
Sincerely,
Chris

> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 21:00:00 -0700
> Subject: [DeTomaso] No Pantera in Reno - My Luck Runneth Out
> 
> Well, it looks like my luck ran out.  Had the ZF all freshly rebuilt, back
> together and out for a few quick drives, and the clutch just doesn't feel
> right - engaging too high up the pedal and no free play at the top.  I'm
> talking to Doug Braun on the phone, trying to figure out why I've got next
> to no play in the lever arm, and recall that I put a new throw out bearing
> in from Quella, and I recall that it seemed thicker than the previous one I
> had in there.  Didn't think at the time that it would be an issue.
> 
> Here's where the luck runs out.  I've read numerous strings on the forum
> over the last few years about how you have to buy a Pantera-specific clutch
> to work properly.  When I put my clutch in a few years back, I put a
> Centerforce diaphragm unit in that was recommended to me by one of our local
> guys, and a NAPA throw out bearing #1625.  The clutch set was listed in
> Summit for a Mustang, but I've never had any issues with it until now.  I
> was always able to get the right amount of play at the pedal, and engagement
> was always solid.  With the thicker throw out however, I'm only getting
> engagement at the very top of the pedal, so I know it's not as fully engaged
> as it ought to be, and the only solution will be to pull the ZF and go back
> to the NAPA throw out I had in there before.
> 
> Damn, this is depressing.  I so wanted to have the car there for the 40th
> anniversary.  Oh well, I'll be driving to Reno, but it will be in the Acura
> 3.2 Type S 6MT: not a bad ride, but not a Pantera.  Guess who's carrying the
> extra bags this trip . . .
> 
> Mike Thomas
> Panteras Northwest 
> 
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