[DeTomaso] Bad Vibrations

Tomas Gunnarsson guson at home.se
Tue Aug 14 16:36:00 EDT 2007


To me it sounds like a cylinder missing. Pull one wire at a time and bring up the revs to see if the vibration gets worse. If you find one that doesn't make a difference, bingo!

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>
To: "bill gaino" <gaino at earthlink.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bad Vibrations


> Bill,
> 
> I changed the plugs and had new MSD wires, but who knows. Maybe I have a bad 
> wire or a plug keeps fouling.
> I had a prior experience with really bad shakes and it turned out to be a 
> cracked distributor cap and two fouled plugs (as a result of the crack).
> The pros keep telling me the engine is running great and it's coming from an 
> engine harmonic.
> My worst fear is that a rear bearing is bad, perhaps caused by the 
> vibrations from the earlier problem.
> 
> Dan
> 
> Dan F. Courtney
> 
> 
> Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bill gaino" <gaino at earthlink.net>
> To: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bad Vibrations
> 
> 
>>
>> If the vibe is only under load, while accelerating and not when you let 
>> off gas. Could it be an ignition problem? Crossed wire? or a plug not 
>> firing?  I think I would inspect the plugs and replace.  Just a 
>> thought...Bill
>> -----Original Message-----
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