[DeTomaso] Throttle cable length problem

Sat May 9 20:17:54 EDT 2020

Larry and the group,

You are correct, but on race day money in you pocket does not get the car to the finish line. No correct part available and clock ticking to race day, one tends to do what one has to do.

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

    On Saturday, May 9, 2020, 10:26:56 AM CDT, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:  

   Bud and all,

  WHEN A VENDOR HAS A REPRODUCTION PART MANUFACTURED, IT DOESN'T COST ANY
  MORE NOR TAKE MORE TIME TO MANUFACTURE A ...CORRECT... REPRODUCTION.

  YES, I'm yelling.

  I have now heard from another owner who found the exact same problem
  with the throttle cable he purchased from the same vendor.

  He solved the problem by moving the center tunnel mounting bracket. So,
  30 years from now when the then current owner of that Pantera needs to
  replace his throttle cable, he will find, should he actually get one
  properly re-produced, that the proper cable will not fit because the
  previous owner made modifications in order to install an incorrectly
  reproduced part.

  This. Is. Wrong.

  In Bud's shared experience, he went to the extra expense necessary to
  make expensive stub axles actually function as they should.
  Some years ago when I purchased a set of headers from a vendor I had to
  pay my local machine shop $100  to blanchard grind the three-eights
  inch thick header flanges so they were actually flat enough to seal. My
  polite letter to the vendor, sharing the shortcomings of his product,
  wherein I suggested he might want to check his stock and/or contact his
  fabricator, went unanswered.

  For too long I have heard we should be thankful that we have any
  vendors at all. And the De Tomaso community seems to have accepted a
  philosophy that if we can ...make... it work, then that is
  satisfactory. Really?

  I am personally done with that philosophy.

  From now on, if it is wrong then I will demand a full refund, to
  include all shipping expenses, and I will share my full experience with
  my fellow owners so they do not have to deal with the same issue from a
  vendor that doesn't understand the definition of "bolt-in
  reproduction."

  I've decided that this issue really requires loyalty to my fellow
  owners, not loyalty to a vendor.

  And, IMHO, all of you should consider doing the same.

  Larry

  Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
  On May 9, 2020, at 5:42 AM, B Hower <[1]b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:

  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
  ! )

References

  1. mailto:b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
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   Larry and the group,
   You are correct, but on race day money in you pocket does not get the
   car to the finish line. No correct part available and clock ticking to
   race day, one tends to do what one has to do.
   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )

   On Saturday, May 9, 2020, 10:26:56 AM CDT, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     Bud and all,
     WHEN A VENDOR HAS A REPRODUCTION PART MANUFACTURED, IT DOESN'T COST
   ANY
     MORE NOR TAKE MORE TIME TO MANUFACTURE A ...CORRECT... REPRODUCTION.
     YES, I'm yelling.
     I have now heard from another owner who found the exact same problem
     with the throttle cable he purchased from the same vendor.
     He solved the problem by moving the center tunnel mounting bracket.
   So,
     30 years from now when the then current owner of that Pantera needs
   to
     replace his throttle cable, he will find, should he actually get one
     properly re-produced, that the proper cable will not fit because the
     previous owner made modifications in order to install an incorrectly
     reproduced part.
     This. Is. Wrong.
     In Bud's shared experience, he went to the extra expense necessary to
     make expensive stub axles actually function as they should.
     Some years ago when I purchased a set of headers from a vendor I had
   to
     pay my local machine shop $100  to blanchard grind the three-eights
     inch thick header flanges so they were actually flat enough to seal.
   My
     polite letter to the vendor, sharing the shortcomings of his product,
     wherein I suggested he might want to check his stock and/or contact
   his
     fabricator, went unanswered.
     For too long I have heard we should be thankful that we have any
     vendors at all. And the De Tomaso community seems to have accepted a
     philosophy that if we can ...make... it work, then that is
     satisfactory. Really?
     I am personally done with that philosophy.
     From now on, if it is wrong then I will demand a full refund, to
     include all shipping expenses, and I will share my full experience
   with
     my fellow owners so they do not have to deal with the same issue from
   a
     vendor that doesn't understand the definition of "bolt-in
     reproduction."
     I've decided that this issue really requires loyalty to my fellow
     owners, not loyalty to a vendor.
     And, IMHO, all of you should consider doing the same.
     Larry
     Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
     On May 9, 2020, at 5:42 AM, B Hower <[1][1]b.hower3400 at yahoo.com>
   wrote:
     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
     ! )
   References
     1. mailto:[2]b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
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