[DeTomaso] Techno question: setting the engine brace barproperly

[Larry Stock]

Initially it is nose up to get the air out of the heads, if this is a
fresh engine install or if the engine has been drained of its coolant,
then you can do the tail up to bleed the cooling system.
Enough said, Larry Stock

On 4/20/17, 10:58 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Larry - Ohio Time"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
Larry at OhioTimeCorp.com> wrote:

><< Tail-Up>>
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>I will vote for that way too.
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>Larry (the right way) - Cleveland
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
>Of Dave McManus
>Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:14 PM
>To: cengles at cox.net
>Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: setting the engine brace
>barproperly
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>Tail-Up
>IndyDave
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: cengles at cox.net [mailto:cengles at cox.net]
>Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:13 PM
>To: Dave McManus
>Cc: charlesmccall at gmail.com; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Techno question: setting the engine brace bar
>properly
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>Dear Dave,
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>              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.
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>                          Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
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>On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Dave McManus wrote:
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>> I always did it the way Chuck first described what he thought was
>> correct, suspension loaded, gently tighten.
>> IndyDave
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>> -----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
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>> Dear Richard and Charlie,
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>>                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.
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>>                              Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Charles McCall wrote:
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>>   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?
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>>                    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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