[DeTomaso] A new Pantera trivia topic: cigarette lighter

[Charles Engles]

Dear Julian,

 

 

            Umm, this particular pair of power plug and Pantera cigarette
socket have worked in the past.  IIRC, I did try the wiggle and rotate
option to no avail.  I do now have a fix that may be permanent since I don't
use the cigarette lighter.   I get the impression that the lighters are
pretty long lived and mine is a rare case or it needs a bigger jiggle or the
power leads reversed as Charlie mentioned.

 

 

                           Warmest regards, Chuck Engles

 

 

 

From: Julian Kift [mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:39 AM
To: cengles at cox.net; De Tomaso List
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] A new Pantera trivia topic: cigarette lighter

 

Does the cigarette lighter have power for the cigarette lighter? i.e.
between the bottom pin that the lighter pushes onto and the body of the
socket?

I have encountered on a number of occasions the electrical device power
adapters do not make contact correctly within the older lighter sockets.
Sometimes it's a simple jiggle fix other times a different power adapter.

Good luck
Julian

> From: cengles at cox.net
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:32:09 -0500
> Subject: [DeTomaso] A new Pantera trivia topic: cigarette lighter
> 
> Dear Forum,
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> I thought I would bring up a new topic since the blossom
> may be off the rose of the Dipstick mystery.
> 
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> During preparations for the Road to Phoenix, I found that
> the cigarette lighter does not have power for the CB. Using all of my
> remedial electrical skills and knowledge, I have power all the way to the
> connections to the lighter plug near the ashtray. It would seem to me that
> the cigarette lighter socket is shot. While I know that the Pantera
> electrical system is not the most robust, I don't recall hearing that the
> lighter sockets are particularly fragile. I am going to hard wire a fix
> around the dead socket so I should have communications. Has anyone else
> had their cigarette lighter go up in figurative "smoke"?
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> Curious, but still working on the Pantera,
> Chuck Engles
> 
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