[DeTomaso] Steering rack follies (and a warning...)
marshall smith
marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 18 18:28:30 EDT 2015
Of course! I stand corrected!!
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On Mon, 5/18/15, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering rack follies (and a warning...)
To: "marshall smith" <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "576103" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>, "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com>
Date: Monday, May 18, 2015, 3:26 PM
And lets
not forget S.O.Bill! The wizard of electronics!
Boyd
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at
3:57 PM, marshall smith <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
So very
well said by you Mr. Casey.
Mike has always been there for ANY of us that have asked or
needed his help and information. He has helped me an endless
number of times with my questions. Mike has done more for us
as club members and car owners than anyone else with
exception of Jack DeRyke who runs a very close second
furnishing the advice that makes our cars better and keeps
them on the road.
Hard to believe Mike could get any better but then Lori
comes along!! A generous giving couple that puts the car and
members ahead of everything else. They are the largest asset
this club possesses! We are lucky to have them and call them
friends.
Marshall
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On Wed, 5/13/15, Boyd Casey
<boyd411 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering rack follies (and a
warning...)
To: "576103" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: "detomaso at poca.com"
<detomaso at poca.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 4:39 PM
Mike,
When I first met Chris Difani he told me
about this POCA member named
Mike Drew who rebuilt steering racks for
people as a hobby and just
because he was a nice guy. I was more then
a little skeptical (being
from NYC,) where people generally don't do
things for other people (
especially when the thing they are doing
is an expensive job.) But Low
and behold over the years the stories of
Mike drew rebuilding Racks for
Pantera owners proved to be 100% accurate
and that was only a small
part of the story. This mystery man also
transported parts all over the
globe, when there was a part that you just
couldn't find chances are
Mike drew had it and he would sell it to
you without gaffing you and on
top of all of this he also wrote A
articles for the Poca
newsletter and
could answer just about any question
concerning DeTomaso history. And
now you have become a television
personality putting to rest the
negative reputation that has haunted
Panteras since 1971. I would like
to take this opportunity to thank you for
doing so much for so many so
unselfishly. And now your lovely bride
Lori has been enlisted to join
you in your "good works" . POCA should
take some of the reported
$125,000 in the kitty to erect a monument
to the Drew's for all they
have done to promote our favorite Marque!
Thank you Mike and Lori you
two are the best and represent the epitome
of what makes Pantera owners
so special.
Sincerely,
Hugh Boyd Casey
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Mike Drew
via DeTomaso
<[1]detomaso at poca.com>
wrote:
A A In a message dated
5/12/15 22 33 50, [2]sjcarguy60 at yahoo.com
writes:
A A A Thanks for
sharing this information.A The '74 I just
bought
came
A A A with a stack of
receipts from "Panteras
by Wilkinson" in
Southern
A A A California. One
of the receipts from 2005
lists a rebuilt
steering
A A A rack.A The
receipt does not show the
mileage but based on
other
A A A receipts around
the same time I estimate the
mileage at
about 15,000
A A A at
the time.
A A >>>That seems
absurdly low to rebuild the
steering rack?A They
don't
A A normally start showing
wear until 30K or more.A I suppose
there is no
A A harm in performing a
lifetime fix before it *needs*
to be fixed
though.
A A A > The car now
has about 24,000 miles.A When I was under the
car I
A A A did notice the
boots still look clean and new
with no sign
of
A A A leaking.
A A >>>Which either
means they are working as
designed (they often
do), or
A A all the oil has leaked
out already, or the rack has
been
rebuilt using
A A grease
instead of oil.
A A A >The car
tracks straight without any
wondering and I haven't
noticed
A A A any noise. Is
there any way to tell if it
was properly done
aside
A A A from waiting to
see if it fails?
A A >>>Short of
taking it apart, no, not really?A I've never
heard
of a
A A rack failure from
Wilkinson so I would sleep
pretty soundly if
I were
A A you.
A A A > I take it
that the boots should be
packed with grease
rather than
A A A oil?
A A >>>It's not the
boots, but rather the inner
workings of the
rack itself
A A that
need to be
lubricated.A Whether one uses oil or
lightweight moly
A A grease is a matter for
debate; what's positive is
that if oil
is used
A A and the oil has leaked
out, that's a bad thing.
:<(
A A A >I'm sorry to
miss out on the Fun Rally this
year. I'll try
to plan
A A A for
next year!
A A >>>You'll love
it!
A A Mike
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