[DeTomaso] Dead In The Water

asajay at asajay.com asajay at asajay.com
Tue May 12 14:53:00 EDT 2009


A Survivor Car?  Well, there's your problem.... you're driving a Corvette!

Asa Jay


Quoting Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:

> We can turn this into the sequel of MF's broken cam game.
>
> I agree with Asa Jay - it COULD be so many things - you need more data
> points.
>
> I wouldn't rule out non-electrical things. A survivor car, right? Plugged
> fuel filter?
>
> Charles McCall
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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
> nombre de asajay at asajay.com
> Enviado el: martes, 12 de mayo de 2009 20:26
> Para: detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: 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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