[DeTomaso] Fwd: Happy for 50 miles or so then not

[Mikael]

To narrow it down on being either spark or fuel issue, pull a plug when it
does it. Dark, spark issue, light, fuel issue. Had similar issue on Camaro
long ago, was a big piece of dirt in the Rochester that occasionally flowed
over to partly blog one jet

 

Mvh/Regards

Mikael

+45 31770747

mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk

 

Fra: Charles McCall [mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com] 
Sendt: 29. oktober 2013 19:05
Til: MikeLDrew at aol.com; robpink2012 at gmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Happy for 50 miles or so then not

 

I'm one more person who had weird and intermittent engine problems that were
traced to a 12 year old MSD box.

 

I mounted a spare I had and the problem went away. I sent the original to
MSD, they did a diagnosis and repaired what was wrong for about $40. 

 

If you can borrow a spare MSD it is fairly easy to swap on. My box is not
hard mounted anywhere, but is loose behind the passenger seat. It doesn't
move, nor suffer from heat or vibration. The last one lasted 12 years that
way ;-) 

 

Charles McCall
Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
 <http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323>
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: martes, 29 de octubre de 2013 18:56
To: robpink2012 at gmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Happy for 50 miles or so then not

 


In a message dated 10/29/13 5 47 39, robpink2012 at gmail.com writes:




I have an MSD ignition system.



>>>My Pantera had its MSD box mounted incorrectly (it was hard-mounted to
the car, not using the rubber isolators that MSD includes).  It worked fine
for a few years, but then started acting up like yours did.  That didn't
last long though--just a few minutes, and then it quit completely.

Something vibrated loose inside the box.  I bought a new one, sent the old
one in for analysis and MSD fixed it for $35 so now I have a spare.

New one is rubber-mounted and has been perfect ever since.

YMMV....

Mike

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