FW: [DeTomaso] Stuck in Montpelier, OH

[David Bell]

If you've got a replacement MSD box, then an emergency swap should just
require a pocket knife (though a leatherman is excellent for this kind of
stuff) and some duct tape - or if there's a Walmart handy, buy some cheapo
tools (maybe even wire crimper pliers and connectors).  Cut the wires on the
mounted MSD in half at a convenient spot with the pocket knife, strip them
back and then twist them to the new MSD.  Wrap the connections with tape to
insulate them.  The MSD wires should all be the same color so it aught to be
fairly painless.  Duct tape the new MSD to something solid to hold it in
place temporarily if necessary.

You should be able to drive a fair distance that way, or until you can get
somewhere to make for-real repairs.


Dave Bell (highly experienced at emergency repairs for bizarre problems)


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of David Tucker
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 9:48 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Stuck in Montpelier, OH


I love vacations. Except when things go wrong. 2 miles from Indiana the
Pantera lost power and I am at the start of a 3000 mile tour. It is a
holiday weekend, I have no tools, what appears to be a bad MSD box, a
replacement box, and no one to put it in for me. Happy holiday weekend. If
I'm not in Chicago tonight, I loose $700.00 in hotel charges.





Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



Dave

301-514-8358



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