[DeTomaso] Engine cover

Fri May 8 18:58:35 EDT 2020

That would be good for fast removal and install. But I started out with a major problem of seat removal.

My seat tracks were warped and I could not get seats moved to remove nuts .... thus cut the nuts off under car .... then got rid of the 3/8 thick spacers .... tack welded tracks to strips of 3/8 flat stock ... trimmed carpet for flat stock clearance. I have 3/8-16 nuts tacked to the rails and bolts up through floor from under car ( star washers and silicone ). This also gives more under car clearance of the dropped floor pans. I use bolts with head removed and a screw driver slot cut in place of heads. I thread these into tracks, set seat into place, remove slotted bolts one at a time and install bolt, washer and silicone from under side of car. 

I installed a roll bar to pass SORC tech 105 class. This makes bulk head panel impossible to fit.. and my engine cover is now in two pieces to allow removal with roll bar installed. The top two cover holes fit over preinstalled studs as clearance to roll bar a problem... I still have not gotten upholstery cover of bulkhead figured out ... 

Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! ) 

    On Friday, May 8, 2020, 10:22:32 AM CDT, Jack Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:  

 Been reading the "ever-lasting" thread on these engine cover emails. Here’s what I did 10 years ago and been thoroughly happy ever since:Get rid of the old square nuts, grind off their carriers, drill the holes to accept an 8mm allen-head stud (of varying lengths), and use clip-on capture nuts to accept the 8mm studs. I did the same with the seats, running the 8mm allen-heads up from the bottom of the car and now act as locating pins for the seat railings with acorn nuts on the inside. Now, I can remove the seats and engine cover with the same electric screwdriver and be looking at the engine in less than 5 minutes. It’s very slick#4348 

On May 7, 2020, at 12:37 PM, B Hower via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
   For clarity .... I had to send a second email to explain that my note
   attached to the nut said Pantera NOT .... so actually I do not know
   where that nut came from .... I may be able to get one form 3400 as
   cover is off ... I think we got rained out of our farm yard tree clean
   up job .. So will later check on nuts installed in Lolita to see if I
   can get a true measurement. I am sorry for any confusion I may have
   caused.
   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )

   On Thursday, May 7, 2020, 11:45:41 AM CDT, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
   Mike,
   In the archives, which is how I view the emails, is this email from
   Bud. Did you not receive this? As they say, perhaps check your spam or
   junk mailbox?
   Larry
   Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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   That would be good for fast removal and install. But I started out with
   a major problem of seat removal.
   My seat tracks were warped and I could not get seats moved to remove
   nuts .... thus cut the nuts off under car .... then got rid of the 3/8
   thick spacers .... tack welded tracks to strips of 3/8 flat stock ...
   trimmed carpet for flat stock clearance. I have 3/8-16 nuts tacked to
   the rails and bolts up through floor from under car ( star washers and
   silicone ). This also gives more under car clearance of the dropped
   floor pans. I use bolts with head removed and a screw driver slot cut
   in place of heads. I thread these into tracks, set seat into place,
   remove slotted bolts one at a time and install bolt, washer and
   silicone from under side of car.
   I installed a roll bar to pass SORC tech 105 class. This makes bulk
   head panel impossible to fit.. and my engine cover is now in two pieces
   to allow removal with roll bar installed. The top two cover holes fit
   over preinstalled studs as clearance to roll bar a problem... I still
   have not gotten upholstery cover of bulkhead figured out ...
   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )

   On Friday, May 8, 2020, 10:22:32 AM CDT, Jack Donahue
   <demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:
   Been reading the "ever-lasting" thread on these engine cover emails.
   Hereas what I did 10 years ago and been thoroughly happy ever since:
   Get rid of the old square nuts, grind off their carriers, drill the
   holes to accept an 8mm allen-head stud (of varying lengths), and use
   clip-on capture nuts to accept the 8mm studs. I did the same with the
   seats, running the 8mm allen-heads up from the bottom of the car and
   now act as locating pins for the seat railings with acorn nuts on the
   inside. Now, I can remove the seats and engine cover with the same
   electric screwdriver and be looking at the engine in less than 5
   minutes. Itas very slick
   #4348

   On May 7, 2020, at 12:37 PM, B Hower via DeTomaso
   <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     For clarity .... I had to send a second email to explain that my note
     attached to the nut said Pantera NOT .... so actually I do not know
     where that nut came from .... I may be able to get one form 3400 as
     cover is off ... I think we got rained out of our farm yard tree
   clean
     up job .. So will later check on nuts installed in Lolita to see if I
     can get a true measurement. I am sorry for any confusion I may have
     caused.
     Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not
   be
     ! )
     On Thursday, May 7, 2020, 11:45:41 AM CDT, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
     <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     Mike,
     In the archives, which is how I view the emails, is this email from
     Bud. Did you not receive this? As they say, perhaps check your spam
   or
     junk mailbox?
     Larry
     Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
     _______________________________________________
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