[DeTomaso] Collective wisdom sought - exhaust options.

[Mike Drew]

Joe,

When the time comes the muffler mods will be fully documented in the PCNC newsletter (which is free for all to view at the PCNC website). It might be some time though—we have been meaning to do it for years now. 

Today was spent tearing the underside of Lori’s car off to drop the oil pan to repair a persistent leak. It involves sawing off the emergency brake bracket (Dennis Quella sells a bolt-in replacement that I have standing by) and removing the previously installed bolt-in chassis crossmember. The original is welded in (dumb) and we cut that out and replaced it years ago. This bolt-in one appears to have grown since it was installed because it sure did not want to come out!  Lots of beating and whanging and tugging and prying, and finally using a broomstick and a BFH from above enabled us to get this ‘simple’ piece out. It was subsequently treated with the poor man’s end mill (Harbor Freight angle grinder) and will go in much more nicely now. 

Finally we were able to drop the pan, clean off the underside of the block and tap the pan rails flat again. It may be a few days before we install the new gaskets and reinstall the pan. The parking brake hasn’t been hooked up for years, but that will be the next project, as we have new cables and all the needed hardware so there’s no reason not to implement it. 

Lori worked hard today!

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Good times in the garage! 

Circling back around to the topic at hand, in the photos you can see her Wilkinson exhausts—they work great but the paint burned off long ago so they look sort of ghetto. A PCNC member with a body shop offered to ceramic coat them and paint them but I want to cut them apart and fix them first.  He needs to have his rear axles and bearings replaced which I’m equipped to do, so it will be an exchange of favors. Just waiting for him to get a break in his schedule to bring his hub carriers up here....

Mike


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> On May 31, 2020, at 18:51, Joseph F Byrd, Jr <byrdjf at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Some pics of that project would be greatly appreciated
> Joe 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 9:34 PM
> To: Rob DuMoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Collective wisdom sought - exhaust options.
> 
> . . . I am about to cut hers apart and rebuild them . . 
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