[DeTomaso] Collective wisdom sought - exhaust options.
Charles Engles
cengles at cox.net
Mon Jun 1 11:01:40 EDT 2020
Dear Jeff,
Egad, sir. You're a scholar and a *gentleman*. Well done.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Detrich
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 9:24 AM
To: Curt Hall
Cc: Mike Drew; DeTomaso Mail List
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Collective wisdom sought - exhaust options.
Mike,any woman willing to get under the car deserves a creeper for her birthday.
Jeff
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On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:37 PM Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Looking Good Lori, You go Girl!
>
> On Sunday, May 31, 2020, 09:06:27 PM PDT, Mike Drew via DeTomaso
> <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 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 thoughawe have been meaning to do it for years now.
> Today was spent tearing the underside of Lorias 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 asimplea piece
> out. It was subsequently treated with the poor manas 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 hasnat
> been hooked up for years, but that will be the next project, as we have
> new cables and all the needed hardware so thereas no reason not to
> implement it.
> Lori worked hard today!
> Good times in the garage!
> Circling back around to the topic at hand, in the photos you can see
> her Wilkinson exhaustsathey 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 Iam 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
> Sent from my iPad
> > On May 31, 2020, at 18:51, Joseph F Byrd, Jr
> <[1]byrdjf at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > i>>?Some pics of that project would be greatly appreciated
> > Joe
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On
> Behalf Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
> > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 9:34 PM
> > To: Rob DuMoulin <[3]rob at dumoulins.net>
> > Cc: P - Mail List <[4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Collective wisdom sought - exhaust options.
> >
> > . . . I am about to cut hers apart and rebuild them . .
> >
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