[DeTomaso] definition of insanity disproven...

[Sean Korb]

I had this sort of problem with my Pantera and it turned out to be the
ballast resistor, but not in the way you would think.  Over time and
probably 40 years of diagnostic sessions, the connectors had become
loose and were no longer making full contact with the blades of the
ballast resistor.  A little time with some pliers and it was good as
n.. well, good as old and working :)

sean

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Christopher Kimball
<chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:
>
> After all my frustration with trying to start the car with no spark evident, after dinner this evening I figured, "What the heck.  I've proven I'm insane before; why not try to start the car again, since I tried numerous times a few hours ago with absolutely no luck."
>
> I'll bet you can guess what happened next.  The car started immediately and idled perfectly.


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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
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