[DeTomaso] Shout out
Forest Goodhart
forestg at att.net
Tue Jun 7 15:36:03 EDT 2016
Tom, I've never found a brake light switch anywhere other than a Pantera vendor. I have tried NAPA and other parts stores but without luck. If the source of the shuttle valve could be determined you might then be able to source one. Forest
From: Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:41 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Shout out
All,
I drove my Pantera from Iowa to St. Charles, IL to attend the Great
Lakes Pantera chapter's Spring Fling. I've attended all of these since
the first one three years ago. As usual, it was good to see old
friends and meet new ones. I believe Jon Haas has attended all of
these events to showcase his electronic products designed for the
Pantera.
It is always enjoyable to talk to Jon and see him demonstrate his
stuff.
This year it was fortuitous for me to have Jon attend because for the
first time in 30 years I had car trouble. The car ran great on the
drive to St. Charles and it ran with no problems to the cars and coffee
event we attended on Saturday morning. Come Sunday morning when we are
getting ready to leave the hotel for breakfast, my car wouldn't stay
running. It started immediately and then died. Lots of cranking
followed with no start.
Dave Doddek (GLP chapter president) immediately came to my aid to
diagnose the problem, as he is prone to do. He pulled a plug wire and
determined there was no spark. He checked for moisture in the
distributor cap (there was none), he checked for loose connections on
the firewall (there were none) he looked at the fuse box for anything
out of the ordinary (there wasn't). By this time Jon joined in the
investigation (after all....I was holding everybody up to go to
breakfast).
During Dave and Jon's troubleshooting, I was able to start the car a
couple of times but then it wouldn't start afterwards. Dave had
mentioned that the terminal block under the steering wheel column can
cause problems and after looking at it, it was determined that that was
the source of my intermittent ignition problem. My terminal block was
corroded so bad that the screws holding the wires could not be turned.
Jon said he usually carries that terminal block with him but he left in
such a hurry for the event he didn't pack any. He then proceeded to
make a field repair using a combination of a smaller connector and
spade connectors to connect the wires without the terminal block so I
could drive the four hours home.
As you are all aware, working under the steering column with the seat
in is not very comfortable and there is not much room to work with the
short length of wire. Jon spent at least 30 to 40 minutes on his back
fixing my car, which worked perfectly after he was done and got me home
without incident.
The help and assistance offered by Dave and Jon were greatly
appreciated by me and demonstrate why I love being a part of the
Pantera family.
Oh...and by the way. Jon also diagnosed that my brake switch on the
shuttle valve was the reason my brake lights didn't work (as I found
out driving to the cars and coffee) by another Pantera owner driving
behind me. Is this switch special to the point I need to get it from
an vendor or is it a common NAPA part?
Tom
5186
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Tom,
I've never found a brake light switch anywhere other than a Pantera
vendor. I have tried NAPA and other parts stores but without luck. If
the source of the shuttle valve could be determined you might then be
able to source one.
Forest
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From: Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:41 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Shout out
All,
I drove my Pantera from Iowa to St. Charles, IL to attend the Great
Lakes Pantera chapter's Spring Fling. I've attended all of these
since
the first one three years ago. As usual, it was good to see old
friends and meet new ones. I believe Jon Haas has attended all of
these events to showcase his electronic products designed for the
Pantera.
It is always enjoyable to talk to Jon and see him demonstrate his
stuff.
This year it was fortuitous for me to have Jon attend because for the
first time in 30 years I had car trouble. The car ran great on the
drive to St. Charles and it ran with no problems to the cars and
coffee
event we attended on Saturday morning. Come Sunday morning when we
are
getting ready to leave the hotel for breakfast, my car wouldn't stay
running. It started immediately and then died. Lots of cranking
followed with no start.
Dave Doddek (GLP chapter president) immediately came to my aid to
diagnose the problem, as he is prone to do. He pulled a plug wire
and
determined there was no spark. He checked for moisture in the
distributor cap (there was none), he checked for loose connections on
the firewall (there were none) he looked at the fuse box for
anything
out of the ordinary (there wasn't). By this time Jon joined in the
investigation (after all....I was holding everybody up to go to
breakfast).
During Dave and Jon's troubleshooting, I was able to start the car a
couple of times but then it wouldn't start afterwards. Dave had
mentioned that the terminal block under the steering wheel column can
cause problems and after looking at it, it was determined that that
was
the source of my intermittent ignition problem. My terminal block
was
corroded so bad that the screws holding the wires could not be
turned.
Jon said he usually carries that terminal block with him but he left
in
such a hurry for the event he didn't pack any. He then proceeded to
make a field repair using a combination of a smaller connector and
spade connectors to connect the wires without the terminal block so I
could drive the four hours home.
As you are all aware, working under the steering column with the seat
in is not very comfortable and there is not much room to work with
the
short length of wire. Jon spent at least 30 to 40 minutes on his
back
fixing my car, which worked perfectly after he was done and got me
home
without incident.
The help and assistance offered by Dave and Jon were greatly
appreciated by me and demonstrate why I love being a part of the
Pantera family.
Oh...and by the way. Jon also diagnosed that my brake switch on the
shuttle valve was the reason my brake lights didn't work (as I found
out driving to the cars and coffee) by another Pantera owner driving
behind me. Is this switch special to the point I need to get it from
an vendor or is it a common NAPA part?
Tom
5186
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