[pantdino]

Originally Posted by mike the snake

Steady progress has been made towards getting Snow White running again.

I installed supermagnets inside the pan, and also formed a finer mesh screen around the pickup so no more bits the size of which stopped the whole show can make it past.

I asked around, and the only issue with running the thinner mesh screen is revving the motor with cold oil. Once the oil is hot there shouldn't be any issues with flow. The pickup box is a little bigger than 2"x3".

If it were one of our twins it wouldn't be an issue anyways, but this engine runs on 20-50.

We've made steady progress. Got the pan in, starter in, today I installed the entire cooling system ( a HUGE job), engine's at TDC #1 ready for the diz drop.

I pulled the plugs so there's no loads on the motor until I see pressure on that gauge. Then the plugs will go back in, we'll get to buttoning up the last 100 things to do, and I should be out riding Snow White like the bdad girl she's been.

It'll be a while before I trust her enough to take long trips (say, to Pantera Club meetings) but I am planning on having a party.

It's going to be a "you can't get rid of me that easily" party (for surviving my heart surgery) but I'm thinking of making it a Twins/Pantera/all 3 of my friends party! It'll be a rager!

Stay tuned, in the next few weeks I'll be putting this party together.

DON'T USE 20W-50!!! . Castrol Edge synthetic is 5W-50 and will be thin when cold. 20W-50 is like molasses when cold and you get poor lubrication until it warms a bit.


Even Shell Rotella T6 synthetic 5W-40 (I get mine at Walmart for like $21 a gallon) should be thick enough unless you're going to run the motor hard enough to get the oil temp way high.


I run 15W-40 conventional oil in my Pantera, but it has a stock engine and I don't flog it.