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

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Sun May 17 00:02:02 EDT 2020


Sounds more like it could be the column switch.

My initial thought was the timing gear, nylon, old, breaks off, lets the 
chain jump a few teeth. Ask me how I know.

Soooo... when that happened to -me-, the engine cranked over very 
-smoothly- with no backfires in the carb and none out the exhaust, it 
just wouldn't start.  It wouldn't even catch.  But boy it turned over 
real smooth, like a Singer sewing machine.

Since this one sounds like it catches but doesn't stay running, I'd lean 
toward the ignition switch.

By the way, I was able to see my cam gear had broken nylon by looking 
through the distributor hole.  Not easy to do, but that's what showed me 
the nylon was gone.

Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
Spokane County ARES-RACES-ACS EC/RO
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On 5/16/2020 19:05, B Hower via DeTomaso wrote:
>     How far off does the timing have to be before you no longer get any
>     backfire while cranking ? I may be confused again, but it seems he has
>     spark while cranking, thus cam is turning so should have air,  gas
>     squirts at carburetor. So if gas at cylinder and spark at cylinder,
>     shouldn't you get some type of back fire?
>     Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
>     ! )
>
>     On Saturday, May 16, 2020, 8:51:28 PM CDT, Dave Londry
>     <davel at trguys.com> wrote:
>       Yes, if not spark or fuel or air, then timing.
>       And per Sean, pin in distributor gear, timing gear or timing chain
>     gone
>       past by a few links.
>       Dave
>       On 2020-05-16 4:43 p.m., Sean Korb wrote:
>       Oh! Without taking the pump and cover off you can check the chain
>     slack
>       from the fuel pump hole.A  Reach in before the eccentric and see if
>       itas loose.A  Itas going to have some play but it will feel really
>       slack if the teeth have started to decay.
>       On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 7:39 PM Sean Korb [1]<[1][1]spkorb at gmail.com>
>     wrote:
>       A timing light will show how close your timing is.A  I worry the pin
>     is
>       sheared but binding on the shaft.A  It should still be checkable by
>       sight which sounds like what you have done.A  The other thing to
>     check,
>       since you have a stock timing set, is the nylon gear on the cam.A
>       These can crack and fall into your oil pan. A compression check can
>       help verify it but if itas that far off youall hear it draw as well
>     as
>       compress without even having to put a gauge on it.
>       Iam hoping itas just the ballast resistor but if you have stock 50
>     year
>       old nylon gears, put replacing them on the list.
>       Sean
>       On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:06 PM Mike Reilly
>     [2]<[2][2]reillyms at live.com>
>       wrote:
>         A  A Hi all. I'm having a starting issue with my Pantera that has
>     me
>         A  A baffled.A  I've had the car since 1992 and it's never left me
>         stranded.
>         A  A It's been running strong and starting immediately including
>         right
>         A  A before this situation.A  Last weekend I started a drive with a
>         planned
>         A  A stop at a pet supply store near my house on my way out.A  So,
>         the car
>         A  A started just fine at home, warmed up a bit and then drove
>         perfectly the
>         A  A 1/2 mile to the pet supply store.A  I turned the car off,
>         bought dog
>         A  A food and then got back in to continue my drive.A  Well, the
>     car
>         would
>         A  A not start.A  It turned over fine, the battery was strong, the
>         starter
>         A  A was cranking but it would not start seemly like it couldn't
>     get
>         a
>         A  A spark.A  I pulled the air cleaner and could see that it was
>         getting fuel
>         A  A as the fuel would squirt in the carb when I gave it throttle.A
>         I
>         A  A thought I may have flooded it so I let it sit 15-20 mins and
>         tried
>         A  A again.A  Same issue.A  I pulled the driver side rear most plug
>         wire and
>         A  A hooked up my spark tester.A  It showed spark just fine.A  I
>     let
>         it sit
>         A  A for an hour.A  Same issue.A  It cranked fine, would sound like
>         it wanted
>         A  A to fire but would not.A  Even when I floored the gas pedal
>         while
>         A  A cranking it (like for a flooded engine) it would rev up very
>         high like
>         A  A it was running but would not catch to keep running.A  I then
>         pulled all
>         A  A the plugs and cleaned them with parts cleaner I had with me.A
>         They
>         A  A looked dry but black indicating they were carbon fouled which
>         was
>         A  A probably from me trying to start it over and over creating a
>         rich
>         A  A condition.A  So I ended up getting it towed the 1/2 mile back
>         to my
>         A  A house on a flatbed.A  : (A  The next day when home I did the
>         following
>         A  A (stats on my car listed at bottom of mail):
>         A  A  A * Checked fuel coming into the carb.A  It was fine
>         A  A  A * Changed to all new spark plugs. I checked for spark and
>     it
>         was
>         A  A  A  A getting spark at the plug just fine.A  I gapped the new
>         plugs at
>         A  A  A  A .054 based on research on this forum and other Ford
>         sources for a
>         A  A  A  A 1974 351c in stock condition with an electronic
>         ignition.A  The one
>         A  A  A  A I tested showed good strong spark.
>         A  A  A * Pulled distributor cap and it looked fine as did the
>         rotor.A  They
>         A  A  A  A are both about a year old.
>         A  A  A * Turned rotor to see if it spun freely (e.g. roll pin may
>         have
>         A  A  A  A sheared).A  Rotor would not turn by hand so I assume it
>         was still
>         A  A  A  A connected through the shear pin (did check it later
>         though)
>         A  A  A * Changed carburetor to the new Summit Racing carb I had
>         recently
>         A  A  A  A purchased since I did notice my really old Holley 600
>     was
>         leaking
>         A  A  A  A fuel at the base plate area.A  However it was running
>         fine and
>         A  A  A  A strong before I pulled it but it may have been running
>         rich based
>         A  A  A  A on reading the plugs. The new carb had fuel squirting so
>         looked
>         A  A  A  A good.A  Figured since I had spark, that maybe there was
>         some issue
>         A  A  A  A with the Holley.A  Same symptoms with the new
>         carb....didn't start
>         A  A  A  A in the same manner.
>         A  A  A * Pulled front engine cover to check static timing.A
>         Cranked the
>         A  A  A  A engine by hand via the crank pulley and moved it to show
>         the timing
>         A  A  A  A mark (16 deg BTDC) on the timing marker that I had set
>         last year.
>         A  A  A  A The distributor rotor moved just fine to point to the #1
>         sparkplug
>         A  A  A  A wire location at this timing.A  This tells me that the
>         distributor
>         A  A  A  A shear pin was probably fine and the timing chain is
>     still
>         keeping
>         A  A  A  A things lined up
>         A  A  A * Still had the same issue of not starting with the same
>         symptoms
>         A  A  A * Pulled the distributor to check to see if the roll pin
>         sheared or
>         A  A  A  A partially sheared.A  It looked perfectly fine.A  I did
>         notice the
>         A  A  A  A inside of the distributor where the magnetic signal is
>         captured and
>         A  A  A  A the metal wheel that rotates with the rotor to align to
>         the sender
>         A  A  A  A from the ignition box was had some light surface rust.A
>         But since I
>         A  A  A  A had spark at the plugs it must still be working fine.A
>     I
>         cleaned it
>         A  A  A  A up anyway while I had it out
>         A  A Stats on my Pantera:
>         A  A  A * Late model 74
>         A  A  A * Stock basic 1974 engine with 32K miles and never rebuilt
>         A  A  A * Stock oil pump and fuel pump
>         A  A  A * Edelbrock performer aluminum intake manifold installed
>         nearly 30
>         A  A  A  A years ago
>         A  A  A * 600 CFM Summit Carb with electric choke and vacuum
>         secondary (same
>         A  A  A  A as the Holley set up I just took off)
>         A  A  A * Duraspark 2 electronic ignition/distributor (bought from
>         Hall in
>         A  A  A  A 1993). Mine has the green plastic colored wire support
>         coming from
>         A  A  A  A the control box.A  I wonder if this has failed?
>         A  A  A * New MSD coil (not the oil can type).A  Bought this about
>     4
>         months
>         A  A  A  A ago and it was working great.A  This is MSD, P/N: 8207
>         that is one
>         A  A  A  A of the coils Jon Haas (Pantera Electronics) recommends
>         for his
>         A  A  A  A system.A  I did have a oil filled coil fail in the past
>         and that was
>         A  A  A  A easy to diagnose and replace.A  This new MSD coil made
>         the engine
>         A  A  A  A really run nice!
>         A  A  A * Stock starter which cranks just fine
>         A  A  A * New battery (about one year old) which is strong, charged
>         and
>         A  A  A  A cranks fine
>         A  A  A * Standard stock grounds throughout the car. I did clean up
>         the
>         A  A  A  A braided ground by the end of the transaxle as part of
>         general
>         A  A  A  A maintenance a few years ago
>         A  A So I've been going through the normal FASTEC approach.A  Fuel,
>         Air,
>         A  A Spark, Timing, Exhaust, Compression.A  It has fuel, air,
>     spark,
>         and
>         A  A timing.A  Compression hasn't been checked yet but it's a low
>         mile engine
>         A  A which was running super strong.A  I think a compression issue
>         would have
>         A  A shown up with some symptoms rather than running great one
>         minute and
>         A  A not starting the next.A  As far as exhaust that is working and
>         not
>         A  A clogged up in anyway.A  I'm at a loss here as to what it could
>         be and
>         A  A why it ran great one minute and wouldn't start the next.A
>     Next
>         I'm
>         A  A thinking the Duraspark 2 box may have failed.A  Not sure if
>         those fail
>         A  A in a mode where you get spark at the plug but the timing of
>     the
>         spark
>         A  A is off due to the box failing? Any suggestions are
>     appreciated.
>         A  A Thanks, Mike
>         A  A P.S.A  I will post this on the Forum as well to get additional
>         input.A  I
>         A  A really want to get driving again : )
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   Sounds more like it could be the column switch.
   My initial thought was the timing gear, nylon, old, breaks off, lets
   the chain jump a few teeth. Ask me how I know.
   Soooo... when that happened to -me-, the engine cranked over very
   -smoothly- with no backfires in the carb and none out the exhaust, it
   just wouldn't start.  It wouldn't even catch.  But boy it turned over
   real smooth, like a Singer sewing machine.
   Since this one sounds like it catches but doesn't stay running, I'd
   lean toward the ignition switch.
   By the way, I was able to see my cam gear had broken nylon by looking
   through the distributor hole.  Not easy to do, but that's what showed
   me the nylon was gone.
   Asa  Jay
Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
Spokane County ARES-RACES-ACS EC/RO
******************************
[1]http://w7tsc.org
[2]http://www.teampanteraracing.com

   On 5/16/2020 19:05, B Hower via DeTomaso wrote:

   How far off does the timing have to be before you no longer get any
   backfire while cranking ? I may be confused again, but it seems he has
   spark while cranking, thus cam is turning so should have air,  gas
   squirts at carburetor. So if gas at cylinder and spark at cylinder,
   shouldn't you get some type of back fire?
   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
   ! )

   On Saturday, May 16, 2020, 8:51:28 PM CDT, Dave Londry
   [3]<davel at trguys.com> wrote:
     Yes, if not spark or fuel or air, then timing.
     And per Sean, pin in distributor gear, timing gear or timing chain
   gone
     past by a few links.
     Dave
     On 2020-05-16 4:43 p.m., Sean Korb wrote:
     Oh! Without taking the pump and cover off you can check the chain
   slack
     from the fuel pump hole.A  Reach in before the eccentric and see if
     itas loose.A  Itas going to have some play but it will feel really
     slack if the teeth have started to decay.
     On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 7:39 PM Sean Korb [1][4]<[1][1]spkorb at gmail.com>
   wrote:
     A timing light will show how close your timing is.A  I worry the pin
   is
     sheared but binding on the shaft.A  It should still be checkable by
     sight which sounds like what you have done.A  The other thing to
   check,
     since you have a stock timing set, is the nylon gear on the cam.A
     These can crack and fall into your oil pan. A compression check can
     help verify it but if itas that far off youall hear it draw as well
   as
     compress without even having to put a gauge on it.
     Iam hoping itas just the ballast resistor but if you have stock 50
   year
     old nylon gears, put replacing them on the list.
     Sean
     On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:06 PM Mike Reilly
   [2][5]<[2][2]reillyms at live.com>
     wrote:
       A  A Hi all. I'm having a starting issue with my Pantera that has
   me
       A  A baffled.A  I've had the car since 1992 and it's never left me
       stranded.
       A  A It's been running strong and starting immediately including
       right
       A  A before this situation.A  Last weekend I started a drive with a
       planned
       A  A stop at a pet supply store near my house on my way out.A  So,
       the car
       A  A started just fine at home, warmed up a bit and then drove
       perfectly the
       A  A 1/2 mile to the pet supply store.A  I turned the car off,
       bought dog
       A  A food and then got back in to continue my drive.A  Well, the
   car
       would
       A  A not start.A  It turned over fine, the battery was strong, the
       starter
       A  A was cranking but it would not start seemly like it couldn't
   get
       a
       A  A spark.A  I pulled the air cleaner and could see that it was
       getting fuel
       A  A as the fuel would squirt in the carb when I gave it throttle.A
       I
       A  A thought I may have flooded it so I let it sit 15-20 mins and
       tried
       A  A again.A  Same issue.A  I pulled the driver side rear most plug
       wire and
       A  A hooked up my spark tester.A  It showed spark just fine.A  I
   let
       it sit
       A  A for an hour.A  Same issue.A  It cranked fine, would sound like
       it wanted
       A  A to fire but would not.A  Even when I floored the gas pedal
       while
       A  A cranking it (like for a flooded engine) it would rev up very
       high like
       A  A it was running but would not catch to keep running.A  I then
       pulled all
       A  A the plugs and cleaned them with parts cleaner I had with me.A
       They
       A  A looked dry but black indicating they were carbon fouled which
       was
       A  A probably from me trying to start it over and over creating a
       rich
       A  A condition.A  So I ended up getting it towed the 1/2 mile back
       to my
       A  A house on a flatbed.A  : (A  The next day when home I did the
       following
       A  A (stats on my car listed at bottom of mail):
       A  A  A * Checked fuel coming into the carb.A  It was fine
       A  A  A * Changed to all new spark plugs. I checked for spark and
   it
       was
       A  A  A  A getting spark at the plug just fine.A  I gapped the new
       plugs at
       A  A  A  A .054 based on research on this forum and other Ford
       sources for a
       A  A  A  A 1974 351c in stock condition with an electronic
       ignition.A  The one
       A  A  A  A I tested showed good strong spark.
       A  A  A * Pulled distributor cap and it looked fine as did the
       rotor.A  They
       A  A  A  A are both about a year old.
       A  A  A * Turned rotor to see if it spun freely (e.g. roll pin may
       have
       A  A  A  A sheared).A  Rotor would not turn by hand so I assume it
       was still
       A  A  A  A connected through the shear pin (did check it later
       though)
       A  A  A * Changed carburetor to the new Summit Racing carb I had
       recently
       A  A  A  A purchased since I did notice my really old Holley 600
   was
       leaking
       A  A  A  A fuel at the base plate area.A  However it was running
       fine and
       A  A  A  A strong before I pulled it but it may have been running
       rich based
       A  A  A  A on reading the plugs. The new carb had fuel squirting so
       looked
       A  A  A  A good.A  Figured since I had spark, that maybe there was
       some issue
       A  A  A  A with the Holley.A  Same symptoms with the new
       carb....didn't start
       A  A  A  A in the same manner.
       A  A  A * Pulled front engine cover to check static timing.A
       Cranked the
       A  A  A  A engine by hand via the crank pulley and moved it to show
       the timing
       A  A  A  A mark (16 deg BTDC) on the timing marker that I had set
       last year.
       A  A  A  A The distributor rotor moved just fine to point to the #1
       sparkplug
       A  A  A  A wire location at this timing.A  This tells me that the
       distributor
       A  A  A  A shear pin was probably fine and the timing chain is
   still
       keeping
       A  A  A  A things lined up
       A  A  A * Still had the same issue of not starting with the same
       symptoms
       A  A  A * Pulled the distributor to check to see if the roll pin
       sheared or
       A  A  A  A partially sheared.A  It looked perfectly fine.A  I did
       notice the
       A  A  A  A inside of the distributor where the magnetic signal is
       captured and
       A  A  A  A the metal wheel that rotates with the rotor to align to
       the sender
       A  A  A  A from the ignition box was had some light surface rust.A
       But since I
       A  A  A  A had spark at the plugs it must still be working fine.A
   I
       cleaned it
       A  A  A  A up anyway while I had it out
       A  A Stats on my Pantera:
       A  A  A * Late model 74
       A  A  A * Stock basic 1974 engine with 32K miles and never rebuilt
       A  A  A * Stock oil pump and fuel pump
       A  A  A * Edelbrock performer aluminum intake manifold installed
       nearly 30
       A  A  A  A years ago
       A  A  A * 600 CFM Summit Carb with electric choke and vacuum
       secondary (same
       A  A  A  A as the Holley set up I just took off)
       A  A  A * Duraspark 2 electronic ignition/distributor (bought from
       Hall in
       A  A  A  A 1993). Mine has the green plastic colored wire support
       coming from
       A  A  A  A the control box.A  I wonder if this has failed?
       A  A  A * New MSD coil (not the oil can type).A  Bought this about
   4
       months
       A  A  A  A ago and it was working great.A  This is MSD, P/N: 8207
       that is one
       A  A  A  A of the coils Jon Haas (Pantera Electronics) recommends
       for his
       A  A  A  A system.A  I did have a oil filled coil fail in the past
       and that was
       A  A  A  A easy to diagnose and replace.A  This new MSD coil made
       the engine
       A  A  A  A really run nice!
       A  A  A * Stock starter which cranks just fine
       A  A  A * New battery (about one year old) which is strong, charged
       and
       A  A  A  A cranks fine
       A  A  A * Standard stock grounds throughout the car. I did clean up
       the
       A  A  A  A braided ground by the end of the transaxle as part of
       general
       A  A  A  A maintenance a few years ago
       A  A So I've been going through the normal FASTEC approach.A  Fuel,
       Air,
       A  A Spark, Timing, Exhaust, Compression.A  It has fuel, air,
   spark,
       and
       A  A timing.A  Compression hasn't been checked yet but it's a low
       mile engine
       A  A which was running super strong.A  I think a compression issue
       would have
       A  A shown up with some symptoms rather than running great one
       minute and
       A  A not starting the next.A  As far as exhaust that is working and
       not
       A  A clogged up in anyway.A  I'm at a loss here as to what it could
       be and
       A  A why it ran great one minute and wouldn't start the next.A
   Next
       I'm
       A  A thinking the Duraspark 2 box may have failed.A  Not sure if
       those fail
       A  A in a mode where you get spark at the plug but the timing of
   the
       spark
       A  A is off due to the box failing? Any suggestions are
   appreciated.
       A  A Thanks, Mike
       A  A P.S.A  I will post this on the Forum as well to get additional
       input.A  I
       A  A really want to get driving again : )
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