[DeTomaso] Cam question, Pantera ownership is learning to live with disappointment, frustaition and poor.
Mark McWhinney
msm at portata.com
Sat Oct 13 15:06:05 EDT 2007
You guys know way more than me about engines, so I will humbly submit my own
engine starting folly.
The starter was cranking nicely, but the engine would not catch. To check
for spark, I pulled a wire, pushed a screwdriver into the connector then
held the shaft of the screwdriver about a quarter inch from the block. I
asked my helper to crank the ignition. She did not do it, so I leaned
around the back of the car for her to hear me better. In doing so, I
touched my knuckle to the block and finger to the screwdriver shaft. She
had heard me the first time but was just a little slow. At that instant,
she cranked it.
-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Cain
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:30 AM
To: Mark McWhinney; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cam question,Pantera ownership is learning to live
with disappointment,frustaition and poor.
Thanks Mark,
I was trying to keep the message short. I didn't think all the embarassing
details needed to be published again!
Jim
----- Original Message ----
From: Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com>
To: Jim Cain <jwcinvestment at yahoo.com>; detomaso at realbig.com;
rimov at charter.net
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:11:58 AM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Cam question,Pantera ownership is learning to live
with disappointment,frustaition and poor.
For some reason, Jim still likes us too.
http://realbig.com/pipermail/detomaso/2005-April/056957.html
-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Cain
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:56 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com; rimov at charter.net
Subject: [DeTomaso] Cam question,Pantera ownership is learning to live
with
disappointment,frustaition and poor.
Paul,
Don't give up! There is enough expertise on this list to help you
through
this.
It's a good chance it will be something simple. I had the same level
of
frustration with my
fresh rebuild a couple of years ago. It would start but it would run
like
crap and backfire
like crazy when I tried to rev it. I gave up and threw in the towel
after
two weeks.
My new friends at PCNC jumped on it at the pre Vegas tech session and
diagnosed the
problem: I had installed the spark plug wires in the distributor for a
460
firing order!
I followed the picture in the book but I didn't read the text. The guys
also
found 2 or 3
things I screwed up while trying to figure out the first problem.
Have a beer or martini (it's 5 o'clock somewhere), chill. It will run.
And
when it's sorted
out you will love it.
Jim Cain
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