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

[Curt Hall]

Mike...
 
Your right that Sucks! But like others have said you got a few days to get the Car repaired and it sounds like you could have help, all you got to do is ask! I'm sure you have helped others in a bind. Heck, like Larry said, the worst thing to happen is you still have to drive Acura! So give it a shot!
 
Good Luck
Curt  

--- On Tue, 5/31/11, Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:


From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
Subject: [DeTomaso] No Pantera in Reno - My Luck Runneth Out
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 9:00 PM


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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