[DeTomaso] Tinker-in-place?

[Julian Kift]

That's great, the challenge will be keeping it as a work bench and not a storage shelf!

I spent a good potion of the day yesterday inserting a new fuel bladder in the Formula car, no mean feat getting a 24" x 20' x 10" fuel bladder into the carbon tub with an oval access panel of 8" x 10"!

To make matters worse the weight ballooned on the new bladder to 8lbs from the 4.5 lbs of the old one. This made it a lot stiffer and more difficult to scrunch up to get through that little hole with very little room to move. But warming it close to the garage heater combined with a dictionary's worth of  cuss words and it it's in, I have the bruises to prove it was a workout (or work over!) this morning!

This all started because I purchased a new AIM data logger and dash and went to mount the data logger under seat with the fuel bladder and fire bottle. I noticed it was a little sticky and turns out the old bladder was hardened and cracked around the fill hole, leading to minor leaking from fuel slosh (despite the foam fill) around the fill access. It was dated 1997 so had served it's useful life, so a call to Fuel Safe helped me lighten the weight of $2100 for the pleasure of making a new one.

So I get back on the primary task of installing the new electronics only to find that with the new cell and fire bottle there is just no way to mount the data logger in the correct orientation/location (internal 3 axis g sensor require specific orientation).

Today will be filled with fabricating an alternate location for the data logger behind the switch panel, but now all the cables are the wrong length so will have to be remade! Well at least I have time, there's not likely to be race anytime soon....

Stay thirsty my friends,
Julian

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:58 PM
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Subject: [DeTomaso] Tinker-in-place?

All,

With much of the nation on lockdown, we are faced with the prospect of having all sorts of time to attend to long overdue projects. After 30 years of working on the floor of my garage like an animal, or outside on a board stretched between sawhorses, I finally achieved a long-standing dream and made this:

[cid:9a22147c-55a5-4d0b-b503-3e0798f3bc95 at namprd08.prod.outlook.com]
[cid:b02ad44b-545d-4daa-aefe-88553236bf11 at namprd08.prod.outlook.com]


I recently got a big box of steering rack bushings, and I have six or seven Pantera steering racks needing an overhaul, so I will be getting after them in the upcoming weeks and rebuilding them here.

What are the rest of you doing with your forced time at home?

Mike


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   That's great, the challenge will be keeping it as a work bench and not
   a storage shelf!

   I spent a good potion of the day yesterday inserting a new fuel bladder
   in the Formula car, no mean feat getting a 24" x 20' x 10" fuel bladder
   into the carbon tub with an oval access panel of 8" x 10"!

   To make matters worse the weight ballooned on the new bladder to 8lbs
   from the 4.5 lbs of the old one. This made it a lot stiffer and more
   difficult to scrunch up to get through that little hole with very
   little room to move. But warming it close to the garage heater combined
   with a dictionary's worth of  cuss words and it it's in, I have the
   bruises to prove it was a workout (or work over!) this morning!

   This all started because I purchased a new AIM data logger and dash and
   went to mount the data logger under seat with the fuel bladder and fire
   bottle. I noticed it was a little sticky and turns out the old bladder
   was hardened and cracked around the fill hole, leading to minor leaking
   from fuel slosh (despite the foam fill) around the fill access. It was
   dated 1997 so had served it's useful life, so a call to Fuel Safe
   helped me lighten the weight of $2100 for the pleasure of making a new
   one.

   So I get back on the primary task of installing the new electronics
   only to find that with the new cell and fire bottle there is just no
   way to mount the data logger in the correct orientation/location
   (internal 3 axis g sensor require specific orientation).

   Today will be filled with fabricating an alternate location for the
   data logger behind the switch panel, but now all the cables are the
   wrong length so will have to be remade! Well at least I have time,
   there's not likely to be race anytime soon....

   Stay thirsty my friends,

   Julian
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:58 PM
   To: De Tomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Tinker-in-place?

   All,
   With much of the nation on lockdown, we are faced with the prospect of
   having all sorts of time to attend to long overdue projects. After 30
   years of working on the floor of my garage like an animal, or outside
   on a board stretched between sawhorses, I finally achieved a
   long-standing dream and made this:
   [cid:9a22147c-55a5-4d0b-b503-3e0798f3bc95 at namprd08.prod.outlook.com]
   [cid:b02ad44b-545d-4daa-aefe-88553236bf11 at namprd08.prod.outlook.com]
   I recently got a big box of steering rack bushings, and I have six or
   seven Pantera steering racks needing an overhaul, so I will be getting
   after them in the upcoming weeks and rebuilding them here.
   What are the rest of you doing with your forced time at home?
   Mike
   Sent from my iPad
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