[DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers

Larry Weston lplugw at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 1 08:02:30 EDT 2016


My remedy for the issue was to gently pry out the pivot tabs and 're temper' them with heat from the heat gun I use to set heat shrink wire insulation. Tension restored, no shims required and no tabs snapped. 

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> On Jun 30, 2016, at 8:46 PM, James coyne <tecnosound at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Roydon , If your only issue with your vents is that they are loose and
>   fall out , I was able to fix that issue on a set I have by sliding a
>   thin piece of metal ( or plastic , I forget which ) behind the plastic
>   tabs that they swivel on help them engage the outer housing deeper and
>   more securely . Caution is advised however since the tabs could
>   conceivably be snapped off if they are bent out too far out . - Also
>   keeping a stiff upper lip , :)  , Jim Coyne
>> From: grayjim at cox.net
>> To: cengles at cox.net; mycars at comcast.net;
>   detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:34:20 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers
>> 
>> But one big problem: You can get the little grills that direct the
>   air but
>> you CANNOT find the housing, either the late plastic or the early
>> vinyl-wrapped metal ones to hold the little grills in place in the
>   dash. If
>> any one knows of a source I may be a customer. Vendors don't have
>   them.
>> 
>> Jim Gray
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles Engles
>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 6:47 PM
>> To: 'MyCars' ; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers
>> 
>> Dear Roydon,
>> 
>> 
>> Good news: yes the Pantera dash vent registers come from
>> seventies Ford vehicles
>> 
>> Bad news: I can't remember if they were same vintage
>> Thunderbirds or another model
>> 
>> Good news: someone else who knows the answer will see this.
>> 
>> 
>> Stiff upper lip, Chuck Engles
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
>   Behalf
>> Of MyCars
>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 6:37 PM
>> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers
>> 
>> Hello,
>> Anyone know if the heater vent registers were used in other cars
>   (ford or
>> italian). I need to get 3, mine always fall out when I apply the gas.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Roydon
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