[DeTomaso] Dead In The Water

[Szwab,Konrad,HOUSTON,IT]

I had a similar issue with that wire from the coil going to the choke shorting to ground. 

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of asajay at asajay.com
Sent: 2009-05-12 13:26
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dead In The Water

Carb or EFI?
No fuel?
Ignition module?
Cap/rotor?

Need more data.

Asa Jay


Quoting Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>:

>      I fired up the car this morning and everything was normal with   
> the engine idling until it just quit running.  I thought that was   
> odd so I fired it up again and a few seconds later it quit again.  I  
>  fired it up again and it was ran normally. I then took it for a   
> drive and I didn't get a block away before it quit while I was   
> driving along in first or second gear.  I left it in gear as I   
> rolled along and it re-lit for a few seconds only to quit again.  I   
> fired it up and drove back home with no more trouble.  The way it   
> died,  I'm sure it is electrical.  There was no coughing or   
> sputtering,  it would just stop deader than a beaver hat and then   
> re-light.  I wiggled the wires I could reach with the engine running  
>  and could not make it die.  I'm headed out to pull the engine cover  
>  in the cab so that I can access the front of the distributor and  
> try  to figure out what is wrong. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Art
>
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