[DeTomaso] Shift gate lockout project

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/19/13 18 50 59, Pantera351C at Hotmail.Com writes:


> "Hoosier slicks mounted on my spare 8/10 inch Campagnolo wheels, brake 
> fluid
> changed, etc. etc."
> 
> Does this mean your Campy coffee table is gone from your living room?
> 
> Did Lori have a say in this? Oh wait, she's a car girl so I am sure she
> approved.
> 

>>>No, my Campagnolo coffee table is safe!   That wheel is actually an 
8-inch wheel that developed a hairline crack along the rim and won't hold air.   
It's perfect for coffee table use though!

I've also got a dented 7-inch wheel, a black-painted 7-inch wheel with a 
205/65 tire for use as a spare for my GT350, and a full set of 
(borrowed/stored) 7s and 8s with crusty BFG tires on them.

But my track tires are mounted on a set of 10s that I got from a guy down 
in So-Cal after I helped him sell his car (I convinced him that he'd get the 
same money for his car either with, or without the 10s, and he did, and then 
I bought the 10s so he made a bit more money on the deal) and a pair of 8s 
that were very kindly given to me by Dennis Yogi (and which travelled home 
with a friend, on a C-5 Galaxy, after first touring the whole Pacific 
region...)

Just got in from spending this afternoon tinkering in the garage, fixing 
this and that, checking ignition timing (I thought it had advanced itself 
because my idle speed suddenly went up for no visible reason, but the timing was 
fine, the intake and carb bolts were all tight--turns out my throttle 
return spring built into the cable had unwound itself and slackened off so it 
wasn't providing pressure to close the carb all the way).

Oh, and I got my backup lights working again.   Whee!

Oddly, installing my roll bar killed fuse #8.   Jim Seiferling theorizes 
that because one of the bolts for the roll bar is touching the lens housing 
for the dome light, it's shorting out somehow.   I was going to blow it off 
until after the track day, but then realized that the windshield wipers are on 
the same circuit.   Leaving it alone is a sure way to guarantee rain!   So 
I'll have to investigate that further in the next few days....

Mike