[DeTomaso] Fw: Ignition truble

Will Demelo wdemelo at cogeco.ca
Mon Jun 9 16:29:24 EDT 2008


""""The MSD requires the .050 inch gap..""""
Does MSD spec .050 plug gap?
Will

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill gaino" <gaino at earthlink.net>
To: "Jørn C. Olsen" <joernco at online.no>; "Will Kooiman" 
<wkooiman at earthlink.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble


> Not to make it too simple, I had the same problem. I changed wires plugs 
> and timing, Finally I found the ball missing from under the center of the 
> distributor cap, I replaced it and it still cut up and skipped bad, I 
> replaced the plugs again and GAPPED them at .050   It has run perfect ever 
> since. The MSD requires the .050 inch gap.. and also a full 12-13 
> volts..low voltage will also cause poor performance.....Bill 1362
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn_C._Olsen?=" <joernco at online.no>
>>Sent: Jun 8, 2008 1:56 PM
>>To: Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>, detomaso at realbig.com
>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble
>>
>>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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