[DeTomaso] Electrical Issues

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Sounds like lots of ground issues, first thought is that all connections to
ground were made to painted surfaces ( where paint should have been removed
first )

I'd start with the engine block to chassis ground, battery to chassis
ground and the fuse box and then hit each device as you go.

You're going to want a multi-meter, a pocket knife and some long leads with
alligator clips.

It's gonna be a suck filled weekend., Sorry.

Michael



On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Richard Greenblum
<pantera at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> All,
>
> I just got my car (1974 US GTS) back from a body only restoration‹it was in
> the shop five years.  Glad to have it back, but there are issues.
> Everything worked when I dropped it off.  Now, the only lights that work
> are
> the front and side markers, the right license plate, and the left running
> tail light.  I haven't tried the headlights, but it was light outside and
> had no brake or blinker lights.  And the horn doesn't work.
>
> Inside the driver's door jam, I only have one jam switch and a cover they
> added to another hole below it.  I thought I had two switches on the
> driver's side and one on the passenger side, but the diagram (Pantera
> Place)
> doesn't show that.
>
> I'm guessing connections are either not made, poorly made, or there's a
> ground problem, or, all of the above. The fuses are good.  Anyone have a
> suggestion other than to hit each item and check the wiring one by one?
>  I'm
> not to keen on taking it back to the shop because I donąt have brake
> lights,
> and I'm not sure I trust them to fix it.  And, last time I dropped it off,
> it took five years to get it backŠ
>
> Richard
> Austin, TX
>
>
>
>
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