[DeTomaso] Rookie needs help...

[boyd casey]

Peter,
Welcome to the world of Panteras!
First off SOBill is the resident electrical guru here is his e-mail address
sobill at aol.com.
Second Panter Place http://www.panteraplace.com/ is a great web sight for
any pantera owner especially a newbie. This link is to the electrical
section of Pantera Place's Technical pages it has all the electrical
schematics of the car.
http://www.panteraplace.com/page107.htm
Third you should contact John Hass (owner of Pantera electronics) and get
yourself a new fuse box , a headlight controler and a radiator fan
controller. These components will help bring your Panteras electrical system
into the 21st century and save you from losing your mind. Here is that web
address http://www.pantera-electronics.com/

It occurs to me that since your car is restored you may already have some of
these components. If so disregard , if not do your self a favor and get
them.

Good luck,
Boyd


On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:44 PM, <peterdemayo at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello, my name is Peter DeMayo and a recent owner of a restored 1972
> Pantera. Some of you may know of the car, it was recently owned and restored
> by one of your members, Ed Kole of Pennsylvania.
> Anyway, I truly appreciate any help that can be given, as I am pulling out
> my hair. Both of my radiator fans are not working, nor is the fan light in
> the speedometer coming on. At the same time, my instrument lights (temp,
> amp, speedo, fuel, etc.) are all out, except the Tach; that lights up fine.
> All gauges and meters work, just the illumination lights are out. Question
> #1- Is my problem w/the fans linked in any way to the problem I am having w/
> the instrument lights? Question #2- What could possibly be wrong, whether
> the problems are linked or not? Note: I have checked the main fuse box, and
> the small fuse box (houses 2 fuses) to the left of the main fuse box. All
> the respective fuses to my problem look fine. However, fuse #3 which none of
> these systems should be on, keeps blowing. And it only blows when I start
> the car
> Other notes:
> ·                Thermostat seems to be working fine.
> ·                My fans are set up that one always runs and the other
> kicks on around 185° (I might be off on the exact temp)
> ·                Original Fuse Box
> ·                I have checked all connections and they seem fine.
> ·                There have been no recent changes to the car’s wiring and
> it has not had this problem since restoration that has been well over a
> year.
> ·                Right before this happened I had a coolant hose split open
> while driving. It was the hose that connects one of the long steel coolant
> tubes to the metal pipe (crazy bend) that goes to the main pressure tank.
> Lost all coolant and temp spiked. Nonetheless, I didn’t overheat. Possibly
> that killed the fans, but both at once seems hard to believe.
> Sorry to leave a “book” for everyone, I just figured I would be thorough
> since I am new to this. Thanks so much for your help!
> Peter DeMayo
>
>
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