[DeTomaso] Ignition truble

Jørn C. Olsen joernco at online.no
Sun Jun 8 16:56:58 EDT 2008


No, I have an aftermarked damper, don`t remember the fabrication.

J.C
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Kooiman" <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
To: "'Jørn C. Olsen'" <joernco at online.no>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble


> Is it the original Ford damper?  It may have slipped.  That would explain
> the timing slipping.  It wouldn't explain the misfiring, though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Jørn C. Olsen
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 3:02 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble
>
> Hi!
> On my first drive this summer with my Pantera it started to misfire and 
> lost
> power.  Tried to change the spark plugs and the cables but same result. 
> On
> friday we checked the ignition timing and it showed 0 degrees.  I don`t
> understand that because the distributor was not loose and we timed it to 
> 30
> degrees when we had it in the dyno last year.  We timed it back to 30
> degrees and it became better but I can feel it is something wrong when I
> drive it.  It has not full power and has a small klicking sound in the 
> left
> exhaust.
> I run it with an MSD Billett distributor and a MSD 6AL ignition box.
> Can it be the distributor pin who is giving up slowly?
> Anybody??
>
> J.C
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