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Pantera # 5357 - Rocky's 1973 L model

LeMans850iLeMans850iMember
@rocky posted:

Following onto related thread, I temporally installed my pedal assembly on tomorrow Kirk Evans spacer.

I am going to finish up the machining tomorrow on the pedal assembly, and will begin the reinstall soon.

I did take Steve’s advice and moved the vacuum hose forward.  Considering doing the same to the clutch hardline.

Kirk Evans sent me a threaded throttle cable extender…. Need to test fit that as well.

Rocky





I’ll have a question for you.

On my original set up there was a small hole drilled in the gas pedal who had a return spring on it. It was hooked to the pedal stop. Then The new billet gas pedal does not have the hole… Does it supposed to have a return spring… I would guess yes, Otherwise, the gas pedal would be very touchy…

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LeMans850iLeMans850iMember
@rocky posted:

I installed helicoils in the aluminum plate, so I can thread the bolts in from the back.

Then the bolts act as studs (in the front trunk) to fit the clutch master, and they hold that brace in place in the back…

Wow… I hope the system is working out for you…!!! It does sound like a PITA turning the bolts down there…

I have all my nuts in the front..

Now that sounds wrong…🤔 LOL

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rockyrockyMember

Just one more picture of what's inside your "Hall Big Bore" collectors if you are still running them.  Look down in there at those flanges!  Could cause "swirl"!

Just wanted to post this up for posterity before they go to the recycle pile!

Rocky

PS>  I heard the "Big Bore" headers were from ski boats with 351Cs (Mastercraft, maybe Ski Nautiques?)

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While looking at my exhaust, I noticed that my passenger side muffler can seem to be a little wiggly up and down.

If you recall, we had converted it to 2 1/2 inch input tubing.

I pulled the whole thing down, and lo and behold, it wasn’t the welds that are cracked, but the sheet metal on the muffler can, top and bottom.

Pretty straightforward repair, but I’m going to try to come up with a way to stabilize the cans and tips, to prevent up them from vibrating up and down.

Rocky

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Just finished my Tesla EPB install.

Mounted the control & status panel where the handbrake lever was originally mounted.  All the switching circuitry goes in there too.

The status is a "dual color" LED light connected to a latching relay...  RED for applied, GREEN for released.

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The red button is an "interlock", so you have to push both the red button and the rocker switch to apply - only push back on the rocker to release.

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Made the adapter brackets myself on a mill...   (Yes - I know in this picture the bracket is on the wrong side of the caliper!)



Rocky

If you are considering this update, this thread has a lot of good, detailed information that was helpful to my implementation.

Tesla / Pantera Electronics Electronic Parking Brake Install - Finished | The De Tomaso Forums


PS...  It was a lot of work.  I am not sure that I would do it again if my parking brake was working fine (as my stock one was!)

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rockyrockyMember

Thanks, All!

I guess I don't have a very steep driveway...  and I did most of the work myself.  If I wasn't so cheap, I might have saved 20-30 hours in the fabrication of the mounting bracket, and in the electronics design and build by just buying the "off the shelf" solution.

I did buy the PE connectors and harness wire... that was a good investment.

To Doug's point - once I had the brackets done, and the electronics panel wired and bench tested, installing everything in the car took me only about 4 hours...

Rocky



PS...  I think LeMans850 would have more views....  If he only put all his posts in one spot! 

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panteradougpanteradougMember

Off the shelf solution? Where? There is very little that is off the shelf for a Pantera.

There is fabrication and aesthetic choices to make for everything that is not stock. Seemingly even "complete bolt in kits"?

You even need to choose between air and nitrogen in the tires. What you say? You are only using air? Boy, you aren't keeping up!



There are more views here then Panteras ever made. I guess some folks need to come back for more and just can't believe "these guys"?

Face it Rocky, you are just a legend in your own time and didn't even know it.

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LeMans850iLeMans850iMember
@rocky posted:

PS...  I think LeMans850 would have more views....  If he only put all his posts in one spot!

there’s no way I ever could compete with you… You did a lot to your car and this thread is running for 11 years! (I’m running just for a little over a year)

I chopped my thread up because I print each one out once I’m done with it and keep them with the car… If you ever have to look anything up or if I ever sell the car, somebody can read what I did.

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rockyrockyMember

LeMans - but you never know when the project is going to end, like your underwear thread!

I’m gonna just tell the next owner to use the Internet “way-back” machine (it’s a thing), and look it up on line!!


Doug - I was talking about the brackets and the EPB controller from Pantera Electronics.  The brackets are $95, and I probably spent 6-8 hours designing and milling mine…. And the control box took a while to design it, get the parts, and build / test it.

I’d call most of the PE stuff “off the shelf”!

But I appreciate the notice!

LeMans850iLeMans850iMember
@rocky posted:

LeMans - but you never know when the project is going to end, like your underwear thread!

I’m gonna just tell the next owner to use the Internet “way-back” machine (it’s a thing), and look it up on line!!

I gave my threads a bunch of stupid names … didn’t I….

While I’m there.. can of worms … Lol

https://pantera.infopop.cc/top...uld-the-can-of-worms

that’s definitely one that drags on forever…

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panteradougpanteradougMember
@rocky posted:

LeMans - but you never know when the project is going to end, like your underwear thread!

I’m gonna just tell the next owner to use the Internet “way-back” machine (it’s a thing), and look it up on line!!


Doug - I was talking about the brackets and the EPB controller from Pantera Electronics.  The brackets are $95, and I probably spent 6-8 hours designing and milling mine…. And the control box took a while to design it, get the parts, and build / test it.

I’d call most of the PE stuff “off the shelf”!

But I appreciate the notice!

Ha! You work cheap.

My son went out and bought a tire mounting machine, a spin balance machine, a bubble balance machine and spent two days mounting the tires. He has your labor rates beat.

Now the reason I know about the tires is he brought the machines here, left them on my deck along with the old tires.

He could have saved some money by paying a shop the $28 per tire they charge and not added to the "let's go annoy Dad with my junk" scenario as well?

Now I have to make a deal with my garbage men to take the tires. Do you think that was his plan all along to save the $4 per tire disposal fee?

Tigers are known to eat their own young you know? I'm sure there is a lot of agita involved even with that? 

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