[DeTomaso] 1972 detomaso pantera

[boyd casey]

That's why I advised him to start at square one and make sure all the basic
values are set correctly. The one clue is that the car was running okay
until Robert removed the wire holding the choke open and tried to repair the
broken choke. Everything was cool until he tried to eliminate the Jury
rigged choke.Boyd
As far as throwing money away. someone suggested getting a carb that was
known to be good and using that as a starting point. Here in New York (lOng
Island ) a "Good" high Performance mechanic will easily cost more then a
remaned carb. So it is a toss up as far as trying to replace the carb since
the car ran well ( he drove it in "the great race" to buffalo and back  over
900 miles) before he tried to "fix the choke".

Boyd


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM, <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> Have you checked the spark plug wires are in order?
> Have you checked the ignition timing is on?
> Do you know the distributor gear shear pin is intact?
> Do you know the timing gear set has not skipped?
> Did you check the float levels of the carb?
> Have you tried a known good carb?
>
> There are a lot of other things you need to check before you simply
> throw more money at it. I hate to see you install all those new items,
> only to find out it was all caused by something else.
>
> Quoting LEVITT1946 at aol.com:
>
> > Hello Friends of the Newcomer,
> > Well...The Saga Continues ...Last night I tore down the carb again.
>  Replaced
> > the power valve with a 65. Cleaned all jets.....replaced accelerator
>  pumps
> > at each end of the magnificent holley 4779-7 750 cfm.new carb to manifold
> > gasket....Put all back together and prayed for a great startup.
> > WRONG!.Car was
> > still chugging...chug...chug...chug.....and smoke from tailpipes.
> >
> > Plan for tonight is the following.New spark plug wires....new distributor
> > cap and rotor .Distributor is a mallory electronic and the coil is a
> >   promaster
> > #28720.
> >
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