[DeTomaso] Dead In The Water

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Art

I would suggest you look at the problem like vital signs.  Figure out first if it is elec or fuel then go from there rather than all over.

If the car quits from fuel starvation you can check it by looking into the carb and pump the throttle while looking for accelerator pump fuel going into the orfice.  If the car starved for gas you usually do not have any gas to pump but only once or twice but not a lot before the carb is dry. This probably means no fuel.

If you think it is electrical, I use a 12v bulb and soldier wires with alligator clips to the bulb.   You can set the bulb where you can see it and connect it to the power wire at the coil.  Run the engine and watch the bulb when i quits, you then can determine if it is electrical behind the coil wire.  It eliminates all the other possible problems if you continue to have elec to the coil.  If you have elec to the coil it can still be in front of the coil or it is the coil or the module or something in the ignition.  

If the power is off to the bulb at the coil you can start tracking back to one of the other possiblities mentioned.

Rich
---- "www.DeTomasoRegistry.org" <Pantera007 at provamo.com> wrote: 
> 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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