[DeTomaso] Electro-techno question: Headlight gremlins

[redvobra at aol.com]

While I can't tell you what's going on with the current switches, I know where you can get a modern set up that works:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzesb3ri/panteraelectronics/id4.html

I've already bought mine and am waiting for a free weekend to install it.? :)

-Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: cengles at cox.net
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 7:10 am
Subject: [DeTomaso] Electro-techno question: Headlight gremlins




Dear Forum, 

The situation: due to the other civilian cars being at college with my daughters 
plus two more in the shop, I "had'' to drive the Pantera this morning. The 
schedule required departing at oh-dark-hundred just after my wife left with the 
last civilian car. 

She said ominously as she left, "Do you want me to wait to see if the Pantera 
will start?" 
"No, it'll be fine.", I replied nonchalantly. 

It had been running fine since the carb had been fixed, but I did have a little 
trepidation when I turned the key. It started with a familiar, "KA-WHUMP, 
rumble, burble, rumble." 

"Ah, No problems", I thought and hit the headlight switch. 

They didn't come up. Controlling myself, I remained calm and told myself that 
this was an Italian electrical circuit. I turned it off for a few seconds and 
turned it back on. They came up!!-------but, they went back down before my eyes! 
I waited a few more seconds and tried it again---it worked and they stayed up. I 
pulled out of the garage and then locked up the house. When I returned the 
Pantera was burbling along nicely, but the headlights were down again. Sigh. 
Switch off and then back on and they came up and stayed up for the eight mile 
run to the hospital. After rounds, it was time to take off for the other 
hospital and the up-and-down syndrome continued four or five times over the 
mercifully short run. 

So, I have a damnable electrical gremlin. I had to replace the position limit 
switches on this car last year and it did, at that time, normally operate the 
headlights up and down. The headlights *did* work also. However, there was never 
any occasion for night driving until this morning. 

Best guesses on the problem location: Headlight switch? Headlight limit 
switches? 

Tangential tale: I just got a call from a colleague. "Is that your yellow 
Pantera in the garage?" I answered affirmatively. He replied, "That car is 
******g beautiful." I agreed and congratulated him on his good taste. I told him 
that I had been a bad influence on Tim Tytle, 
who had purchased two Panteras. He 
was interested. I'll have to see if I can influence him, too!! 


Warmest regards, Chuck Engles 
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