[DeTomaso] Tinker-in-place?
John Taphorn
johnftaphorn at gmail.com
Sun Mar 22 22:15:00 EDT 2020
Julian
I wish we were competing in the same events. Heading east for any tracks?
JT
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:25 AM Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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Julian
I wish we were competing in the same events. Heading east for any
tracks?
JT
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:25 AM Julian Kift
<[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
A A That's great, the challenge will be keeping it as a work bench
and not
A A a storage shelf!
A A I spent a good potion of the day yesterday inserting a new fuel
bladder
A A in the Formula car, no mean feat getting a 24" x 20' x 10" fuel
bladder
A A into the carbon tub with an oval access panel of 8" x 10"!
A A To make matters worse the weight ballooned on the new bladder
to 8lbs
A A from the 4.5 lbs of the old one. This made it a lot stiffer and
more
A A difficult to scrunch up to get through that little hole with
very
A A little room to move. But warming it close to the garage heater
combined
A A with a dictionary's worth ofA cuss words and it it's in, I
have the
A A bruises to prove it was a workout (or work over!) this morning!
A A This all started because I purchased a new AIM data logger and
dash and
A A went to mount the data logger under seat with the fuel bladder
and fire
A A bottle. I noticed it was a little sticky and turns out the old
bladder
A A was hardened and cracked around the fill hole, leading to minor
leaking
A A from fuel slosh (despite the foam fill) around the fill access.
It was
A A dated 1997 so had served it's useful life, so a call to Fuel
Safe
A A helped me lighten the weight of $2100 for the pleasure of
making a new
A A one.
A A So I get back on the primary task of installing the new
electronics
A A only to find that with the new cell and fire bottle there is
just no
A A way to mount the data logger in the correct
orientation/location
A A (internal 3 axis g sensor require specific orientation).
A A Today will be filled with fabricating an alternate location for
the
A A data logger behind the switch panel, but now all the cables are
the
A A wrong length so will have to be remade! Well at least I have
time,
A A there's not likely to be race anytime soon....
A A Stay thirsty my friends,
A A Julian
A A
A __________________________________________________________________
A A From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
behalf of
A A Mike Drew via DeTomaso <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
A A Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:58 PM
A A To: De Tomaso Forum <[4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
A A Subject: [DeTomaso] Tinker-in-place?
A A All,
A A With much of the nation on lockdown, we are faced with the
prospect of
A A having all sorts of time to attend to long overdue projects.
After 30
A A years of working on the floor of my garage like an animal, or
outside
A A on a board stretched between sawhorses, I finally achieved a
A A long-standing dream and made this:
A
A [[5]cid:9a22147c-55a5-4d0b-b503-3e0798f3bc95 at namprd08.prod.outlook
.com]
A
A [[6]cid:b02ad44b-545d-4daa-aefe-88553236bf11 at namprd08.prod.outlook
.com]
A A I recently got a big box of steering rack bushings, and I have
six or
A A seven Pantera steering racks needing an overhaul, so I will be
getting
A A after them in the upcoming weeks and rebuilding them here.
A A What are the rest of you doing with your forced time at home?
A A Mike
A A Sent from my iPad
A A _______________________________________________
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