[DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers

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Fri Jul 1 08:09:23 EDT 2016 

Sounds like a great solution. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.
 Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )

      From: Larry Weston <lplugw at hotmail.com>
 To: James coyne <tecnosound at hotmail.com> 
Cc: "detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
 Sent: Friday, July 1, 2016 7:02 AM
 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers
   
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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   Sounds like a great solution. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )
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   From: Larry Weston <lplugw at hotmail.com>
   To: James coyne <tecnosound at hotmail.com>
   Cc: "detomaso at server.detomasolist.com"
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Friday, July 1, 2016 7:02 AM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater Vent Registers
   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.
   Sent from my iPhone
   > On Jun 30, 2016, at 8:46 PM, James coyne <[1]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: [2]grayjim at cox.net
   >> To: [3]cengles at cox.net; [4]mycars at comcast.net;
   >  [5]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' ; [6]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:[7]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
   On
   >  Behalf
   >> Of MyCars
   >> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 6:37 PM
   >> To: [8]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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