[DeTomaso] ZF Coming Out

[michael frazier]

Hi Chuck, All...
  You may already know about this most basic mod.  
Next time you have access to the ZF, replace the 6 studs and nuts on the 2 rear side mounts with bolts.  You can then separate
the mounts from the case and do not need to worry about clearing or bending the vertical ears on the frame.  If the 2 fasteners
inside the bell housing are removed, then you can indeed just pull the box relatively easily.  I don't think there are any real world 
downsides to running without them.  Hope that helps someone.

Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 



 
> From: cengles at cox.net
> To: JDeRyke at aol.com; julian_kift at hotmail.com; forestg at att.net
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 19:19:31 -0500
> CC: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF Coming Out
> 
> Dear Jack, Asa, Julian, Forest, and others,
> 
> 
> 
> Well, I am a dope. I've pulled and replaced four engines. The
> last two by myself. I thought I was "purdy good" with that process, but
> from this discussion I can see that I am ignorant.
> 
> 
> I confess that I would have expected to disconnect the headers
> from the exhaust; drain the coolant and, from what I had gleaned in the
> past---jack up the back of the engine and pull the ZF off. I am glad to
> hear that I have made it *harder* than it is. I just checked Mike Dailey
> and Chuck Melton's websites to see if I was overlooking Pantera ZF pulling
> and clutch changes for Dummys, but I didn't see one. Also, I didn't know
> about the trick to unbolt the ZF from the bellhousing?? Fiendishly clever,
> if I understand it correctly.
> 
> It certainly sounds like the task is pretty straightforward IF
> you have an experienced "guide" or a step by step process with, um,
> directions. Could this be something for the Newsletter? ....or an article
> for Dailey or Melton's websites??????
> 
> 
> Ignorant in Oklahoma, Chuck Engles
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:49 PM
> To: fresnofinches at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Chops Suitably Busted - ZF Coming Out
> 
> 1)- None of the cooling apparatus need be touched to pull a ZF. 
> 2)- Nor does any of the exhaust. The hoses and pipe couplings allow enough 
> motion without unbolting anything. It's just not that hard to do unless you 
> over-analyze the job and scare yourself. 
> A single 'retirement-age' guy once unbolted the bellhousing, unbolted the 
> AC condenser and slid the ZF back 6" then changed his clutch in the small 
> space created, in 3 hours- without pulling the ZF out (no help & no crane 
> available). Then he ran another competition event the next morning- 50 miles
> 
> away, and won his class. Just do it- J DeRyke
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