[DeTomaso] A new Pantera trivia topic: cigarette lighter

[Mikael]

I have a TomTom GPS. In most other cars it just works. In my Longchamp I
have to unscrew the tip a bit so it can protrude 2-3 mm further in and hit
the center electrode. In the Pantera the lighter socket is aftermarket, so
that's no problem.


Mikael


-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Charles Engles [mailto:cengles at cox.net] 
Sendt: 16. april 2012 00:19
Til: 'Rob Dumoulin'
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] A new Pantera trivia topic: cigarette lighter

Dear Rob and Forum,

 

               The cigarette lighter does not function at present.   When
that happened, I don't know.  I do know that the darn thing used to work
fine for the cigarette power plug for the CB.    I have done as you
suggested although I used couple of spade connectors plus generous
electrical tape. It is much like your idea, but not as slick.  I now have
power for the trip.   The ultimate solution will have to wait a while.

 

 

                               Warmest

 

 

                  

 

From: Rob Dumoulin [mailto:rob at dumoulins.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:08 PM
To: Charles Engles
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A new Pantera trivia topic: cigarette lighter

 

My solution was to buy an aftermarket accessory plug that was about the same
diameter as my stock lighter socket but had a cap on top. Since I don't
smoke and will never allow anybody to do so in my cars, I didn't want an
actual lighter in it. I needed to slightly enlarge the hole where the
lighter was, but it worked perfectly as an accessory plug. When I had the
interior recovered, though, I didn't recut the hole for it and haven't
missed it with everything I need hard-wired.

 

Since you can easily get to the wiring around the lighter, why not just
splice an accessory plug to it where you can hook up a CB or any other
accessory to it whenever you want  like this one?

 

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On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

Dear Forum,





                I thought I would bring up a new topic since the blossom may
be off the rose of the Dipstick mystery.





                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"?





                            Curious, but still working on the Pantera, Chuck
Engles

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