[DeTomaso] Pantera Won't Start but has fuel, spark, good timing etc. Baffled and need Advice
Mike Drew
mikeldrew at aol.com
Sat May 16 22:57:55 EDT 2020
Mike,
Ah yes, now I see! Yes, that is EXACTLY what the problem must be--faulty ignition switch that only allows the ignition to work when the switch is in the spring-loaded 'start' position but not the 'run' position.
I completely failed to interpret what he wrote correctly. My bad!
Fortunately, the problem is almost always not with the entire switch, but rather with just the electrical portion of the switch, which can easily be swapped out. I think Steve Liebenow and Larry Finch have electrical halves of the switch available.
Thanks for the correction Mike! :>)
Mike
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To: 'Mike Drew' <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
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Sent: Sat, May 16, 2020 7:24 pm
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Pantera Won't Start but has fuel, spark, good timing etc. Baffled and need Advice
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
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From: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
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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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Mike,
Ah yes, now I see! Yes, that is EXACTLY what the problem must
be--faulty ignition switch that only allows the ignition to work when
the switch is in the spring-loaded 'start' position but not the 'run'
position.
I completely failed to interpret what he wrote correctly. My bad!
Fortunately, the problem is almost always not with the entire switch,
but rather with just the electrical portion of the switch, which can
easily be swapped out. I think Steve Liebenow and Larry Finch have
electrical halves of the switch available.
Thanks for the correction Mike! :>)
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Becker <mikebecker679 at gmail.com>
To: 'Mike Drew' <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: 'Mike Reilly' <reillyms at live.com>; DeTomaso
<DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Sat, May 16, 2020 7:24 pm
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Pantera Won't Start but has fuel, spark, good
timing etc. Baffled and need Advice
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
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> On May 16, 2020, at 11:33, Michael Becker
<[5]mikebecker679 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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