[DeTomaso] Dead In The Water

[pantdino at aol.com]

It could be anything that is cutting the power to the car.
Clean your battery cable connections and check the ground where it 
bolts to the car.

However, my 1978 Alfa Romeo was acting in a similar manner and 
replacing the ignition switch cured it.  (Very likely the same part.)  
However, I believe I could reproduce the fault by fiddling with the 
key.

The previous owner had replaced the switch in my Pantera just before I 
got it, probably for the same reason.

Jim Oddie


-----Original Message-----
From: Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>
To: Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>; asajay at asajay.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tue, 12 May 2009 12:47 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dead In The Water










     I went out and the engine fired right up,  seat belt light on with
engine running,  the engine then died as the seat belt light went out.
Fired right back up when I went to start it again,  with seat belt 
light on.
With engine running again,  seat belt light on,  it died once again as 
the
seat belt light went out,  but before it quit turning over,  the seat 
belt
light came back on as the engine re-lit and kept running.  I tried 
wiggling
the key with the engine running but I could not duplicate the problem.  
I
suppose this rules out the coil and the points,  does this point only 
to the
ignition switch,  or are there other possibilities?

Thanks,
Art


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