[DeTomaso] New Pantera owner on Long Island

[Charles McCall]

I'm far from a carb expert, but let's see if I understand your question:

The choke was wired open, ie choke off. The car ran well. Perhaps cold
starting was a little tough and he needed to give it some gas to keep
running until it warms up, but the car ran well. 

He removed the wire. This allowed the choke to close (ie choke activate).
The electric choke is perhaps not working properly or isn't hooked up
properly, the choke is never opening, therefore it is always running rich
(ie choke is always on).

I wouldn't send the carb off until I knew what the problem was. If your
problem is with the choke, you'll have a shiny, new carb but haven't
addressed the problem. If your problem is with the configuration of the carb
(jets too big, too small, whatever) and you replace the parts with the exact
same configuration, you'll have the same problem. Rebuilding it to the same
specs will only help if the root of the problem is a worn component (50/50
chance at best?)

Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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-----Mensaje original-----
De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
nombre de boyd casey
Enviado el: lunes, 23 de marzo de 2009 16:03
Para: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: [DeTomaso] New Pantera owner on Long Island

I have met a new Pantera owner here on Long Island. His name is Robert and
he has a 72 he bought in September. He has a 750 Holley and the choke was
wired in the open position. He removed the wire and hooked up the electric
choke. Since then he has been having problems with the car running to rich
and getting spurts of power and the loading up and backfiring. I have a
Holley 650 with a manual choke so I didn't feel comfortable giving him
advice ( other then to say he should get a holley rebuild kit or at least re
do the floats. Anyway he is supposed to be signing up on the list and I have
told him how great , friendly and helpful the group is so please don't make
me into a liar. Seriously anyone who has any suggestions would be welcome. I
get the feeling he is not a real "Wrench" His first idea was to send it to
California to be rebuilt. I suggested he hold off on that as my
understanding was that rebuilding a Holley was not terribly difficult and
there were numerous rebuild kits available. And I thought that he may just
need to rectify the electric choke and redo the floats. Anyway I know that
many of you know holleys inside and out and will be able to give information
based on experience and knowledge not guesses or hypothesis like me. Thanks,
Boyd
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