[DeTomaso] intermittent spark...

[B Hower]

FWIW, in about '79 I had a '76 ford econoline van that would die while driving down the freeway and even on curved off ramps. One "H" of a lot of fun to loose power steering in a sharp curve. This is the reason I do not use Ford boxes. With this one you could get across three lanes of traffic and onto the shoulder to a full stop prior to it giving you a sucessful restart. Again lots of fun in Bay Area freeway traffic. It was in the shop three times prior to a fix ( new box ).

Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )

--- On Thu, 4/25/13, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:


From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] intermittent spark...
To: bobbykart at gmail.com
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 1:17 PM


Most electronic devices either work or fail completely- ew partially fail. 
Ford put out a Duraspark troubleshooting brochure 20 years ago, but in my 
experience I've never seen the distributor pickup cause a problem; it's always 
the brainbox and it either works or is forever dead. 
Have you looked at your ignition switch? After 42 years, we're getting 
quite a few semi-failures on the electric part of the switch as well as 
mechanical binding-up. The electric part of the switch separates in the car from the 
mechanical part via screws without drilling. Good luck- J Deryke
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