DeTomaso Mailing List: August 97, Message #80
     



From: "Cristiano Rossi" <Rossi@image.dk>

Subject: Vs: question about gearbox temp

Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 02:06:19 +0200



If heat coms out from your shifter-gate, it sounds as if you haven't got

the factory-mounted rubber boot around the shift-lever. This boot is

situated under the shifter-gate. As the boot is being moved every time you

change gear, it will eventually crack and has to be changed after a few

years. If you have the boot, no heat will exit from your shifter. If the

american Pantera-vendors can not supply these hoses, the De Tomaso-factory

has plenty of them in stock. They are not expensive.

Cristiano Rossi

thpnma 02869



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> Fra: MikeLDrew@aol.com

> Til: DeTomaso@wgate.com

> Emne: Re: question about gearbox temp

> Dato: 2. august 1997 23:04

> 

> Charlie wrote:

> 

> >I don't know what temperature my gearbox runs at, but my passenger

> compartment definitely gets a little warm, and if I put my hand over the

> shifter I can feel serious heat radiating outward. 

> 

> >>>Uh, Charlie?  The gearbox is in the BACK of the car! :>)

> 

> Seriously, heat from the shifter area is radiated by hot water

circulating

> through your radiator (hard tubes underneath the shifter), and could be

made

> much worse if you don't have heater hose shut-off valves installed.  Even

> with your heater turned off, the stock valve is under the dash, so the

supply

> side warms up as much as the rest of the engine coolant.  Plus, most

valves

> leak slightly, allowing hot coolant in both lines.  If you haven't

already

> done so, install a shutoff in the supply side at least...

> 

> Mike



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