[DeTomaso] Not running ...

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Something simple maybe, have you checked the throttle linkage,
bracket, return spring(s), and/or cable. I once had an embarrassing failure
in the race car, the bracket that held the throttle cable rotated, at a
glance it looked fine until you needed leverage to actually use it, then it
moved with the cable itself. We had switched out one setup of
Webers/Manifold for another set between sessions and it wasn't secured
properly when reassembled.

Michael Shortt

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 7/25/10 12 04 47, eanderson at geotracinternational.com
> writes:
>
>
> > I've had the gear pin go before. The car wouldn't start in that case.
> >
> > Now, I can get her to start, but she only chokes to life and will only
> run
> > if I keep on the throttle.
> >
> > I can see that fuel is getting into the carb. Do you still think it's the
> > gear pin?
> >
>
> >>>Could be.   Sometimes the pin fails and the gear spins freely on the
> shaft, resulting in zero ignition.   Sometimes it fails and the gear
> rotates
> partway and then jams, so the timing is drastically altered but you still
> get
> sparks.
>
> If you've got fuel, and you've got sparks, but the car isn't running, then
> my guess would be that the sparks are in the wrong place.   Put a timing
> light on it and see?
>
> Mike
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