[DeTomaso] Thanks to all

Thu May 21 14:29:19 EDT 2015

I too wish to give recognition and big thank you to all who helped fix my clutch master cylinder problem Friday night and Saturday morning.

Bob Benson had some spare master cylinders in his truck (unbelievable) and Dave Bell and Shaun Gibson were wiling to tackle my master cylinder replacement.  We started working on my car Friday night half way through the car show.  While everyone else was looking at cars and rubbing elbows with Tom Tjaarda they were taking my bad master cylinder out and putting the new one in.  We ran into a snag with the pushrod being too long that the clevis wouldn't align properly with the effort reduction linkage so we got another MC from Bob that had a shorter pushrod.   The reason we didn't just swap pushrods when we put the new MC in was that it was a smaller bore than the one on the car and the pushrod had a solid retaining washer (instead of the slotted type) and it wouldn't fit into the bore.  We didn't see how we could get the washer off so we just went with the pushrod that came with the new MC.  We called it a night and planned on swapping MCs Saturday morning.

Shaun and I agreed to hit it again at 7:00am.  I was out there a little early and noticed that the pushrod length on the second MC was shorter than the first but still a little bit longer than the one that was on my car to start with.  John Buckman and a couple of other guys came out (sorry I can't remember their names) and saw me looking at the differences in the pushrod lengths.  I showed them the differences and why we couldn't just swap my old pushrod into the new MC due to the washer being too big.  We started talking how the washer would have to be cut off which would be very hard to do without a vise then one of the guys discovered that my jamb nut was separate from the pushrod and just screwed off the end of the clevis so the washer could be removed.  I don't know how we missed this the night before.

With the washer off it was a simple matter to transfer my old pushrod into the new MC and install it.  Both Shaun and John took turns laying on their backs under the dash to insert the pin holding the clevis to the linkage and putting the cotter pin in.  We got the MC installed and after some bleeding at both ends we finally got the clutch to work around 9:00, which allowed me to join the group driving to the track and the Bush library later that day.  

The next day at the pig roast, both John and Mike DiTucci helped adjust the clutch so it had the right amount of free play.  My clutch is now working perfectly.

I can't thank these people enough for the help and sacrifice they freely offered to fix my car.   I was talking with a guy named Marv you had just joined the club who was planning on buying a Pantera within a year.  I pointed to the Shaun and Mike working on Jim's car and told him this was a prime example of why this is the best car club I've been associated with because of the tremendous amount of knowledge and eagerness to help out a member in need.  I think he was very impressed.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Gray <grayjim at cox.net>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Wed, May 20, 2015 11:07 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] Thanks to all

I just wanted to give a heart-felt note of appreciation to everyone who 
worked
on my electrically-challenged car in Houston. My apologies to all who 
had to
walk around the black car parked under the hotel portico for two 
days.

My
special thanks to Mike DiTucci who lay under my car for 2 days, sometimes 
on
wet towels as we tried to diagnose my charging problems. He also loaned 
me his
truck several times to drive some 20 miles to get more parts.  My 
thanks to my
roommate and traveling buddy, Shaun Gibson, who set a new 
flat-footed vertical
leap record on Monday morning when the car started, the 
alternator charged and
we could shut it off.  He had been working on my car 
as well as Tom Shinrock's
for over two days.  What a friend to have.

At the end of the day it was Nick
Sakulenzki who crafted the small jumper 
wire that allowed me to drive back to
Oklahoma.  So glad we some smart guys 
in the Club.

There were several
others who came by and offered help or loaned tools.  My 
thanks to them all. 
I also have to acknowledge that Jon Haas was there, 
working in the background,
on several occasions to guide our repair efforts.

Thanks to you all.  You are
what makes me proud to be a member of POCA.

Jim Gray
Black #5926

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   I too wish to give recognition and big thank you to all who helped fix
   my clutch master cylinder problem Friday night and Saturday morning.

   Bob Benson had some spare master cylinders in his truck (unbelievable)
   and Dave Bell and Shaun Gibson were wiling to tackle my master cylinder
   replacement.  We started working on my car Friday night half way
   through the car show.  While everyone else was looking at cars and
   rubbing elbows with Tom Tjaarda they were taking my bad master cylinder
   out and putting the new one in.  We ran into a snag with the pushrod
   being too long that the clevis wouldn't align properly with the effort
   reduction linkage so we got another MC from Bob that had a shorter
   pushrod.   The reason we didn't just swap pushrods when we put the new
   MC in was that it was a smaller bore than the one on the car and the
   pushrod had a solid retaining washer (instead of the slotted type) and
   it wouldn't fit into the bore.  We didn't see how we could get the
   washer off so we just went with the pushrod that came with the new MC.
    We called it a night and planned on swapping MCs Saturday morning.

   Shaun and I agreed to hit it again at 7:00am.  I was out there a little
   early and noticed that the pushrod length on the second MC was shorter
   than the first but still a little bit longer than the one that was on
   my car to start with.  John Buckman and a couple of other guys came out
   (sorry I can't remember their names) and saw me looking at the
   differences in the pushrod lengths.  I showed them the differences and
   why we couldn't just swap my old pushrod into the new MC due to the
   washer being too big.  We started talking how the washer would have to
   be cut off which would be very hard to do without a vise then one of
   the guys discovered that my jamb nut was separate from the pushrod and
   just screwed off the end of the clevis so the washer could be removed.
    I don't know how we missed this the night before.

   With the washer off it was a simple matter to transfer my old pushrod
   into the new MC and install it.  Both Shaun and John took turns laying
   on their backs under the dash to insert the pin holding the clevis to
   the linkage and putting the cotter pin in.  We got the MC installed and
   after some bleeding at both ends we finally got the clutch to work
   around 9:00, which allowed me to join the group driving to the track
   and the Bush library later that day.

   The next day at the pig roast, both John and Mike DiTucci helped adjust
   the clutch so it had the right amount of free play.  My clutch is now
   working perfectly.

   I can't thank these people enough for the help and sacrifice they
   freely offered to fix my car.   I was talking with a guy named Marv you
   had just joined the club who was planning on buying a Pantera within a
   year.  I pointed to the Shaun and Mike working on Jim's car and told
   him this was a prime example of why this is the best car club I've been
   associated with because of the tremendous amount of knowledge and
   eagerness to help out a member in need.  I think he was very impressed.

   Tom

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   -----Original Message-----
   From: Jim Gray <grayjim at cox.net>
   To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Wed, May 20, 2015 11:07 pm
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Thanks to all
I just wanted to give a heart-felt note of appreciation to everyone who
worked
on my electrically-challenged car in Houston. My apologies to all who
had to
walk around the black car parked under the hotel portico for two
days.

My
special thanks to Mike DiTucci who lay under my car for 2 days, sometimes
on
wet towels as we tried to diagnose my charging problems. He also loaned
me his
truck several times to drive some 20 miles to get more parts.  My
thanks to my
roommate and traveling buddy, Shaun Gibson, who set a new
flat-footed vertical
leap record on Monday morning when the car started, the
alternator charged and
we could shut it off.  He had been working on my car
as well as Tom Shinrock's
for over two days.  What a friend to have.

At the end of the day it was Nick
Sakulenzki who crafted the small jumper
wire that allowed me to drive back to
Oklahoma.  So glad we some smart guys
in the Club.

There were several
others who came by and offered help or loaned tools.  My
thanks to them all.
I also have to acknowledge that Jon Haas was there,
working in the background,
on several occasions to guide our repair efforts.

Thanks to you all.  You are
what makes me proud to be a member of POCA.

Jim Gray
Black #5926

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