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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link="#0091D7" vlink="#5E6365"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>I’m one more person who had weird and intermittent engine problems that were traced to a 12 year old MSD box.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>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 ;-) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>Charles McCall<br>Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe<br>1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><a href="http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0091D7'>http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>MikeLDrew@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> martes, 29 de octubre de 2013 18:56<br><b>To:</b> robpink2012@gmail.com; detomaso@poca.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Happy for 50 miles or so then not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'><br>In a message dated 10/29/13 5 47 39, <a href="mailto:robpink2012@gmail.com">robpink2012@gmail.com</a> writes:<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'>I have an MSD ignition system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'><br><br>>>>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>New one is rubber-mounted and has been perfect ever since.<br><br>YMMV....<br><br>Mike</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>