Pantera parts ! (Page 70/75)
Fastfocusguy OCT 26, 11:02 PM
As promised, more progress !

so here is photo of the rear end of said Pantero, with my fakey temporary grillwork bolted on -



and here is the temporary grillework all by itself -



This next one shows the oil cooler sitting in its new home while I measure and locate where to drill and where to saw ! :O



Here we can see I have laid out the opening with my sharpie - - -




and HERE it is after a bit of noise and dust from the trusty Sawzall ! !
Fastfocusguy OCT 27, 06:37 PM
photos showing the cooler in place, with the screws going through the body clip & into the mounting blocks !





coming next; installing the 'sandwich adapter' !
( somebody grab the floor jack and some jack stands ! )
Fastfocusguy OCT 28, 03:21 PM
Hmm - a few cob-webs under the old chassis I see !

but first, here is the adapter being test fitted to the filter -
Kit comes with 5 or 6 threaded sleeves, and installer has to select correct one
who knew filters have so many different thread options !






then it was time to grab the torque wrench and the creeper and
figure out how we want to orient the hose connections.
All threaded fittings were given the teflon tape pipe thread seal treatment, BTW.








drat - the hose supplied in the kit is only long enough to make one run,
not both. Guess I will have to stop by the auto parts store this week - :S
Fastfocusguy OCT 30, 01:49 PM
Ok - ordered an additional length of oil hose ( golly, that stuff is NOT cheap ! )
Will pick that up from O'Reilly's to morrow -
In the mean time I am trying to re-design my cooling fan mount
The eBay seller sent a fan which RESEMBLES the one in their listing,
but the one I received has many fewer mounting points,
and is NOT a 7 inch fan, but is in fact an Eight and one quarter inch Fan !
( Insert your favorite expletive here )
But at least it IS the pretty red color, so it will coordinate with my all red & black color scheme !

Fastfocusguy OCT 30, 10:08 PM
Temporary Topic Shift !
I have been sanding and priming and resanding and painting my new / used center console
and finally tonight I test fitted the gauges into it to see how it will look ! Sweeeeeeet !!

so here is the part as I purchased it on eBay -



and then after much sanding and priming and sanding and painting with Duplicolor Trim Black -



an now this evening with the four Veglia Gauges installed for a photo shoot !







now all I need is the rocker switches which fill all those rectangular holes !
Fastfocusguy NOV 03, 04:15 PM
Next I have been wrestling with the issue of how to drive the vintage Veglia Oil pressure gauge,
and the old school "low oil pressure" red light, and still retain the "fuel pump on" feature of the stock Fiero Sender -
( Please see my thread on this subject in the technical questions page for the gory details ! )

so, here is what I have ended up doing :



here is a wide angle shot so you can see the entire flexy hose ( 5k psi max pressure !




This way I have the veglia sender for the gauge,
the little 6 psi switch for the red idiot light
and still have the fiero sender connected to the factory fiero harness.

the flex line will let me mount this sender-pack to a bracket bolted to the fiero frame,
since the flex line will allow for engine movement.
Fastfocusguy NOV 03, 04:25 PM
So the next logical issue to tackle was the Veglia Pantera Temperature gauge -
While looking for the various senders and sensors on my engine, using color codes in Haynes manual,
I finally gave up and asked the other members for help ( See my thread in the technical questions section for the exciting details )
Turns out my temp switch for the cooling fans was broken, and the sensor which feeds the ECM was damaged , as was its wiring connector.
It was also determined that the fiero sender for the fiero gauge and light could be eliminated, and that port used to drive the Veglia Pantera gauge.
Finding a sender that would match the requirements of the 40 year old Veglia gauge turned out to be a Hideously time consuming and frustrating job.
But the good news is that I have tested the sensor that seemed to be the best electrical "fit" with a pot of water on my stove and a meat thermometer,
and it is deffinitely "close enough for government work" !
So here are a couple pix showing the new sensors/senders I bought this week to solve the above issues !




Fastfocusguy NOV 04, 04:21 PM
Meanwhile, back to that rear mounted oil cooler and the eBay fan that turned out to be 8 inches, not 7 !

So I had to re-design my fan mounts. But I am very pleased with what I came up with -
The vertical studs are #8 bolts, and I simply tapped the holes in the four Tabs,
screwed the bolts in from the bottom with a dollop of Red Locktite to make them Permanent.



top view and two from angles for better perspective - - -






and now we fit the fan mounting lugs down over the #8 studs,
and Viola' ! Instant cooling fan ! Four washers and four lock-nuts will secure the fan to the tabs -



notice the 30 amp relay to control the fan !



the thermo-switch kicks the fan on at 185 degrees F.
and will be located on the outlet port of the cooler,
so wires will be short and simple ( other than the two "Hot" wires coming from up front )

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fieroguru NOV 04, 06:46 PM
It looks like that fan is about 1/2" away from the oil cooler.

It will pull more air through the cooler vs. through the open 1/2" gap if the fan shroud went all the way to the oil cooler.
Fastfocusguy NOV 05, 11:52 AM
Hmmm - a valid point my friend! Perhaps a rubber seal of some sort is in order here.

I did look at mounting the fan directly to the cooler core, but was concerned vibration from the fan would
cause the edges of the shroud / housing to slowly 'chew' into the somewhat delicate fins of the cooler over time -

Also, since the cooler is mounted in the Rear of the car, I am toying with the notion that the fan should be PUSHING
air through the cooler , since it is technically in front of the cooler core.

an engineer friend of mine and I had a long and lively debate on this subject last week !

These are the things that keep me awake at night ! :S

[This message has been edited by Fastfocusguy (edited 11-06-2012).]