[DeTomaso] Timing Problem

[Art Stephens]

     Thanks Barry.  I have a new cap and rotor on there now but I put those 
on last night after the trouble started.  I did not have the wires off the 
cap until after I started troubleshooting the problem.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Seib" <oldwheel at mts.net>
To: "DetomasoList" <detomaso at realbig.com>; <artstephens at charter.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:34 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Timing Problem


> Art
> Perhaps you have the right firing order in the cap but have put all of the 
> wires back in rotated one hole behind where they were? Are you sure you 
> put wire for cyl #1 back in the same hole in the cap it was in before? I 
> assume you had all the plug wires out of the cap.
> Barry
> [DeTomaso] Timing Problem
> Art Stephens artstephens at charter.net
> Sat Mar 1 17:16:05 CST 2008
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>> Are you sure you are getting good spark? Did you have the key on when you
>> adjusted the valves?
>
>        I pulled every plug wire one at a time last night while the engine
> was running to make sure I was getting fire at every cylinder.  I had fire
> at all eight cylinders but now that you mention it,  the fire may have 
> been
> more orange than blue?  I don't think I had the key on when I adjusted the
> valves?
>
> Thanks Larry,
> Art
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