[DeTomaso] what should I have done while the car's in the shop?

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Mon Sep 23 21:49:44 EDT 2013


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHH!

oh, sorry... flashbacks.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 9/23/2013 5:45 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/23/13 16 56 16, pantdino at aol.com writes:
>
>
>> Anything else I should have done while it's there?
>>
>>>> This, is you:
> http://tinyurl.com/PanteraEngineBuild
>
> Assuming your engine is still as I remember it--basically stock, running 
> well, but 40+ years old.
>
> You just have a starter problem right now.   But while you're at it,   you 
> want to do the timing chain.   Wilkinson is exactly right--it makes sense to 
> do the water pump at the same time.   But then there's the cam, and 
> distributor, and it really should have a valve job, and the compression is probably 
> low so it could use rings, and of course you'd do bearings, but while 
> you're there, why not just do the whole damn thing?
>
> Slippery slope, in other words. :>)
>
> Mike
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