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

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Dude, you are sooooo not thinking straight.  I can have the ZF out, 
clutch replaced, throw-out bearing replaced, and back together in one 
day.  By myself.  You my friend will not live this down if you don't 
look in those pants and find some brass to get this done -before- 
Saturday.  Here's how you do it:

Wednesday night
- Disconnect battery
- Remove starter
- Disconnect half-shafts
- Remove clutch slave
- Move A/C condenser out of the way
- Disconnect reverse light switch
- Remove rear support bolts
- Have a beer, take a shower, get some sleep

Thursday night
- Your friends arrive, with or without a hoist.
- Remove remaining bellhousing bolts
- Using a hoist (or three friends) remove the ZF
- Replace the necessary parts
- Using a hoist (or three friends) install the ZF
- If the friends still have energy (prior to the application of Beer), 
have them help reverse the steps from Wednesday

Friday Night
- Hopefully your friends finished hooking it all back up and adjusted 
your clutch, so you can celebrate with your wife
- If not put the rest of it back together and test drive it on Saturday.

You only need two things
- The right parts
- The right friends

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 5/31/2011 9:00 PM, Mike Thomas wrote:
> 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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