[DeTomaso] question for the world

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Larry,
     The truck is a bone stock 2500 with throttle body injection.  I'm 
pretty sure it was originally purchased in California.  I do believe it is 
computer controlled?

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry - Ohio Time Corp" <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
To: "'astephens'" <artstephens at charter.net>; "'Pantera List'" 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] question for the world


> Hi Art,
>
> Does your 88 have a computer in it? I know my 89 does? If it does not have 
> a
> computer are you running a magneto to make the power for the coil?
>
>
>
> Larry - Cleveland
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: astephens [mailto:artstephens at charter.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:11 AM
> To: larry at ohiotimecorp.com; 'Pantera List'
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] question for the world
>
>
> . The question came up how long would a car run without ANY
>> charging going to the battery?
>
>
>        Till it runs out of gas?  I suspected a bad battery in my 88 GMC
> pick up truck.  It wouldn't start unless I had the battery charger hooked 
> up
>
> to it.  Having no other running vehicle,  I drove the truck to the auto
> parts store to test the battery.  Knowing if the problem was the starter 
> and
>
> not the battery and that I would be screwed if I shut the engine off,  I
> removed the battery while the engine was running and what do you know,  it
> continued to run!  The battery tested fine and the parts guy told me that
> sometimes when a starter starts going bad,  it will require more amps to
> start the engine.  That is apparently what was happening.  The starter
> needed more amps than my good battery could provide.  I replace the 
> starter
> and all was well.
>
> Art
>
>
>