[DeTomaso] Dead In The Water

[Art Stephens]

Good thought Chuck,  I'll check those connections in the morning.

Thanks,
Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "www.DeTomasoRegistry.org" <Pantera007 at provamo.com>
To: "'Art Stephens'" <artstephens at verizon.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Dead In The Water


> Currently I suspect the junction block (4 wires?) near the steering 
> column.
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
>> Do you still have a ballast in your system?  That's the way my acted when
>> mine went out. <
>
>        Is that the thing that looks like a condensor on right side of the
> firewall? If so,  yes I still have one.  But it seems to me that shouldn't
> affect the seat belt light going off when the engine dies?  I haven't been
> able to duplicate the problem for awhile,  so I haven't been able to see 
> if
> all guauges go dead when the engine dies,  I suspect that they do.  If 
> that
> is the case,  it wouldn't be the ballast resistor would it?
>
> Thanks,
> Art
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Art Stephens
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:34 AM
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Dead In The Water
>>
>>     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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