[DeTomaso] Pantera Won't Start but has fuel, spark, good timing etc. Baffled and need Advice

[B Hower]

IIRC the ballast resister is bypassed in the start circuit and then in the circuit in the run mode. So if resister was open or bad connections the engine could try to run in the start mode and die in the run mode.  

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

    On Saturday, May 16, 2020, 9:24:35 PM CDT, Mike Becker <mikebecker679 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 This is the statement that me think the engine was running while cranking, but would not continue running when you stop cranking:

... It cranked fine, would sound like it wanted
  to fire but would not.  Even when I floored the gas pedal while
  cranking it (like for a flooded engine) it would rev up very high like
  it was running but would not catch to keep running...  

mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> 
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 3:10 PM
To: Michael Becker <mikebecker679 at gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Reilly <reillyms at live.com>; DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Won't Start but has fuel, spark, good timing etc. Baffled and need Advice

Mike,

I immediately thought of that too. But in the scenario you describe, the car will initially start and momentarily run until the key is released from the spring-loaded start position. Mike didn’t indicate that there was so much as a pop of combustion. In that case, if it was the switch, it would be both wires that failed at the same time which is unlikely?

Mike

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> On May 16, 2020, at 11:33, Michael Becker <mikebecker679 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 

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   IIRC the ballast resister is bypassed in the start circuit and then in
   the circuit in the run mode. So if resister was open or bad connections
   the engine could try to run in the start mode and die in the run mode.
   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )

   On Saturday, May 16, 2020, 9:24:35 PM CDT, Mike Becker
   <mikebecker679 at gmail.com> wrote:
   This is the statement that me think the engine was running while
   cranking, but would not continue running when you stop cranking:
   ... It cranked fine, would sound like it wanted
     to fire but would not.  Even when I floored the gas pedal while
     cranking it (like for a flooded engine) it would rev up very high
   like
     it was running but would not catch to keep running...
   mike
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Mike Drew <[1]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
   Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 3:10 PM
   To: Michael Becker <[2]mikebecker679 at gmail.com>
   Cc: Mike Reilly <[3]reillyms at live.com>;
   [4]DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Won't Start but has fuel, spark, good
   timing etc. Baffled and need Advice
   Mike,
   I immediately thought of that too. But in the scenario you describe,
   the car will initially start and momentarily run until the key is
   released from the spring-loaded start position. Mike didnat indicate
   that there was so much as a pop of combustion. In that case, if it was
   the switch, it would be both wires that failed at the same time which
   is unlikely?
   Mike
   Sent from my iPad
   > On May 16, 2020, at 11:33, Michael Becker
   <[5]mikebecker679 at gmail.com> wrote:
   >
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