[DeTomaso] Techno question: setting the engine brace bar properly

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Dave,


              Uh-oh.    I am glad that you agree with my first 
assessment of the procedure, but I am confused again.  The resolution 
must await more techno experts and information.  This is beginning to 
sound a little bit like the great controversy of how to properly bleed 
the Pantera cooling of air:  Nose up  versus Tail up.  Hopefully all 
will be clear in short order.


                          Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles




On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Dave McManus wrote:

> I always did it the way Chuck first described what he thought was 
> correct, suspension loaded, gently tighten.
> IndyDave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cengles at cox.net [mailto:cengles at cox.net] Sent: Thursday, April 
> 20, 2017 11:54 AM
> To: charlesmccall at gmail.com
> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: setting the engine brace bar 
> properly
>
>
> Dear Richard and Charlie,
>
>                Ah-hah!   That sounds correct.   A little voice told me 
> to check and despite having done it multiple times, the memory became 
> fuzzy.  Thanks very much.
>
>
>                              Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Charles McCall wrote:
>
>   Dr. Chuck -  Someone who actually knows what they are talking about 
> will hopefully chime in, but I thought that the procedure was the 
> opposite. You needed to jack the car up to remove the weight from the 
> suspension and tighten the lock. But I don't have such a fancy system 
> so I've never done it myself - it's just what I think I remember. 
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 4:28 PM, < cengles at cox.net 
> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('cengles at cox.net')> > 
> wrote:
>    Dear Forum,
>
>                After almost two years on the engine project, I am 
> about
>    ready for the Pantera's tires to touch the ground again.  IIRC, the
>    proper tension on the engine brace bar(s) is done by loosening the
>    brace bar and then lowering the Pantera onto the ground.  Then with 
> the
>    suspension loaded, the brace bar(s) are tightened down.  The brace
>    bar(s) with the central adjusting tension nut are made gently snug.
>    Then you're done.
>
>               Is that correct?
>
>                    Just checking,  Chuck Engles
>
>    PS:  Bar(s) means exactly the big square steel brace with the 
> central
>    adjusting nut plus an accessory smaller brace mounted lower and 
> behind
>    the normal brace, just over the top of the ZF.  {full disclosure}
>
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