[DeTomaso] Headlights

[Himes, Terry (397C)]

I just replaced my headlight sprocket.  It gave out after only 41 years!  Geez.  ;-)

Without Don Byars tips & tricks I would have removed the headlight bucket and pulled
the radiator.   But, after we removed the hood, Don rolled up his seat and showed me how
it's done.  An hour later and 1 new sprocket later, Bingo!

This is tribal knowledge that we should not lose!!   It all needs to be recorded in one place
for our future Pantera owners.   Let's face facts.  Our Pantera's will outlive us.  Just sayin'



"Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life
  exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried
  to contact us!"

Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
InSight Sequence Team Lead
Rosetta/MEX Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
Fax:     (818) 393-3147
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
🇺🇸

From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at poca.com<mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com>> on behalf of Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com<mailto:spkorb at gmail.com>>
Reply-To: "spkorb at gmail.com<mailto:spkorb at gmail.com>" <spkorb at gmail.com<mailto:spkorb at gmail.com>>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 7:34 PM
To: POCA <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Headlights

I just spent an hour raising my headlights with the manual knob (try *that*
with your new...wait... do they even *make* hidden headlight models
anymore?) because I couldn't find the circuit failure easily,  I probably
just have to resolder a connection or two but some work with the voltmeter
comes first.

It looks great!  In fact, I already have a nerf bar, so I think I'll line 4
more Hella lamps on it (a-la Lancia Zagato) and just keep them up!  If
people want to see the lights hidden they can just look on the Internet!

But I'll get that project done too.  It just won't keep me from getting to
work tomorrow morning at 6:30.

sean

--
Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org<mailto:spkorb at spkorb.org> http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso

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   I just replaced my headlight sprocket.  It gave out after only 41
   years!  Geez.  ;-)
   Without Don Byars tips & tricks I would have removed the headlight
   bucket and pulled
   the radiator.   But, after we removed the hood, Don rolled up his seat
   and showed me how
   it's done.  An hour later and 1 new sprocket later, Bingo!
   This is tribal knowledge that we should not lose!!   It all needs to be
   recorded in one place
   for our future Pantera owners.   Let's face facts.  Our Pantera's will
   outlive us.  Just sayin'

   "Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life

     exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried

     to contact us!"

   Terry W. Himes

   JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   InSight Sequence Team Lead

   Rosetta/MEX Sequence Team Lead

   Phone: (818) 393-6261

   Cell:     (818) 653-8213

   Fax:     (818) 393-3147

   [1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov

   From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of Sean Korb
   <[3]spkorb at gmail.com>
   Reply-To: "[4]spkorb at gmail.com" <[5]spkorb at gmail.com>
   Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 7:34 PM
   To: POCA <[6]detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Headlights

   I just spent an hour raising my headlights with the manual knob (try
   *that*
   with your new...wait... do they even *make* hidden headlight models
   anymore?) because I couldn't find the circuit failure easily,  I
   probably
   just have to resolder a connection or two but some work with the
   voltmeter
   comes first.
   It looks great!  In fact, I already have a nerf bar, so I think I'll
   line 4
   more Hella lamps on it (a-la Lancia Zagato) and just keep them up!  If
   people want to see the lights hidden they can just look on the
   Internet!
   But I'll get that project done too.  It just won't keep me from getting
   to
   work tomorrow morning at 6:30.
   sean
   --
   Sean Korb [7]spkorb at spkorb.org [8]http://www.spkorb.org
   '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera
   #1382
   "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
   "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso

References

   1. mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
   2. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
   3. mailto:spkorb at gmail.com
   4. mailto:spkorb at gmail.com
   5. mailto:spkorb at gmail.com
   6. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   7. mailto:spkorb at spkorb.org
   8. http://www.spkorb.org/