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

[Bill Lewis]

I know this is preaching to the choir, but I'm always amazed at the "brotherhoodness" of the Pantera community.   ---Bill





> From: red3644 at hotmail.com
> To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:21:17 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] No Pantera in Reno - My Luck Runneth Out
> 
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> You really have to make this effort just because of the help offered by others.  I ALWAYS do EVERYTHING by MYSELF
> because there are just no local Pantera owners that come to the surface.  I sometimes have someone observe so they
> can call EMS if I drop something heavy on myself.  Enjoy it all.
> 
> Michael Frazier
> Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> > 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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