[DeTomaso] Throttle cable length problem

Sat May 9 08:42:24 EDT 2020

When I had the axle to bearing miss fit with axles from a vendor, I called another and he measured his same style axles and told me the diameters. Turned out to measure same as what I had ( this was on second go around with first vendor ). So I thanked him and had my new bad axles sent out for hard chrome plating an ground to my specs.

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

    On Friday, May 8, 2020, 9:58:01 PM CDT, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:  

   Bud,

  Thanks for your last post as it gave me a little chuckle.
  On the surface your idea is totally logical, but when you insert a
  Pantera vendor into the equation things tend to get difficult.

  At least one vendor is unable/unwilling to provide an accurate
  reproduction and instead builds one with dimensions that simply will
  not work.  I have serious doubts that a request for their product's
  construction dimensions would provide anything of value.
  Obviously they do not understand the concept of measure twice, cut
  once.
  Larry

  Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
  On May 8, 2020, at 7:37 PM, B Hower <[1]b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:

  If you knew/know length needed, could you not get vendor to state
  dimensions of his product prior to placing an order. If we had
  dimensions listed some where, we could state to vendor what we had to
  have.
  Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
  ! )
  On Friday, May 8, 2020, 9:22:13 PM CDT, Julian Kift
  <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
    Larry,
    Perhaps in similar fashion to the parts interchange spreadsheet, we
    should start a spreadsheet of vendor parts that don't fit? If other
    owners have experienced similar issues and no one is prepared to call
    out the vendor publicly on a specific part to forewarn other owners,
    then in my opinion that's just as much a part of the problem,
    collectively we are a much stronger voice.
    Respectfully,
    Julian
      __________________________________________________________________
    From: DeTomaso <[3]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
  behalf of
    Larry Finch via DeTomaso <[4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
    Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 5:55 PM
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    Subject: [DeTomaso] Throttle cable length problem
    Mike,
    Thanks for your offer to provide dimensions. However, I do have my
  old
    cable and have been reviving it with some long needed cleaning and it
    looks like it will serve. I am also documenting all of the cable's
    dimensions. I was buying a new cable, just because it was new, and
  was
    going to keep my old as a traveling spare.
    As you noted, the housing can be lengthened to any length, but the
    cable needs to reflect the same additional length. What happened with
    this assembly is the cable length stayed the same despite the
    lengthening of the housing.
    No Worky.
    I received a private email from another owner that had similar
    problems, and he needed to resort to modifications similar to what
  you
    related.
    I know we all like to honor our vendors and thank them for their
    service. But on a part like this, thousands of which were
  manufactured
    by Ford and successfully installed in thousands of cars, there is NO
    REASON why replacements shouldn't likewise be universally correct and
    proper.
    The vendor did offer to accept a return and give me appropriate store
    credit, which I am fine with.
    Come Monday I will contact other vendors and likely wind up buying
  two
    or three more prospects. Perhaps one of our vendors actually knows
  how
    to correctly reproduce this part.
    Perhaps I should count my blessings that I didn't just revive and
    reinstall the old cable, and carry the new vendor cable unopened in
    it's plastic bag, only to discover in a time of need, far from home,
    that it was a piece of junk that wouldn't fit.
    Maybe if all of us would raise enough of a stink when they sell us
    parts that don't fit, the vendors might actually get their act
  together
    and stop foisting this crap on us.
    Ma Dickers!
    Larry
    Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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   When I had the axle to bearing miss fit with axles from a vendor, I
   called another and he measured his same style axles and told me the
   diameters. Turned out to measure same as what I had ( this was on
   second go around with first vendor ). So I thanked him and had my new
   bad axles sent out for hard chrome plating an ground to my specs.
   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )

   On Friday, May 8, 2020, 9:58:01 PM CDT, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     Bud,
     Thanks for your last post as it gave me a little chuckle.
     On the surface your idea is totally logical, but when you insert a
     Pantera vendor into the equation things tend to get difficult.
     At least one vendor is unable/unwilling to provide an accurate
     reproduction and instead builds one with dimensions that simply will
     not work.  I have serious doubts that a request for their product's
     construction dimensions would provide anything of value.
     Obviously they do not understand the concept of measure twice, cut
     once.
     Larry
     Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
     On May 8, 2020, at 7:37 PM, B Hower <[1][1]b.hower3400 at yahoo.com>
   wrote:
     If you knew/know length needed, could you not get vendor to state
     dimensions of his product prior to placing an order. If we had
     dimensions listed some where, we could state to vendor what we had to
     have.
     Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not
   be
     ! )
     On Friday, May 8, 2020, 9:22:13 PM CDT, Julian Kift
     <[2][2]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
       Larry,
       Perhaps in similar fashion to the parts interchange spreadsheet, we
       should start a spreadsheet of vendor parts that don't fit? If other
       owners have experienced similar issues and no one is prepared to
   call
       out the vendor publicly on a specific part to forewarn other
   owners,
       then in my opinion that's just as much a part of the problem,
       collectively we are a much stronger voice.
       Respectfully,
       Julian

   __________________________________________________________________
       From: DeTomaso <[3][3]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
     behalf of
       Larry Finch via DeTomaso <[4][4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
       Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 5:55 PM
       To: Email List Address For Posting
     <[5][5]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
       Subject: [DeTomaso] Throttle cable length problem
       Mike,
       Thanks for your offer to provide dimensions. However, I do have my
     old
       cable and have been reviving it with some long needed cleaning and
   it
       looks like it will serve. I am also documenting all of the cable's
       dimensions. I was buying a new cable, just because it was new, and
     was
       going to keep my old as a traveling spare.
       As you noted, the housing can be lengthened to any length, but the
       cable needs to reflect the same additional length. What happened
   with
       this assembly is the cable length stayed the same despite the
       lengthening of the housing.
       No Worky.
       I received a private email from another owner that had similar
       problems, and he needed to resort to modifications similar to what
     you
       related.
       I know we all like to honor our vendors and thank them for their
       service. But on a part like this, thousands of which were
     manufactured
       by Ford and successfully installed in thousands of cars, there is
   NO
       REASON why replacements shouldn't likewise be universally correct
   and
       proper.
       The vendor did offer to accept a return and give me appropriate
   store
       credit, which I am fine with.
       Come Monday I will contact other vendors and likely wind up buying
     two
       or three more prospects. Perhaps one of our vendors actually knows
     how
       to correctly reproduce this part.
       Perhaps I should count my blessings that I didn't just revive and
       reinstall the old cable, and carry the new vendor cable unopened in
       it's plastic bag, only to discover in a time of need, far from
   home,
       that it was a piece of junk that wouldn't fit.
       Maybe if all of us would raise enough of a stink when they sell us
       parts that don't fit, the vendors might actually get their act
     together
       and stop foisting this crap on us.
       Ma Dickers!
       Larry
       Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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