Re: 68 GT 350 Dies When Starter Released

> You have a bad ignition switch. Power to the coil comes through the solenoid when cranking, and comes through the ignition switch when the key is returned to the run position. The coil fires while you are cranking, but quits when the ignition key is released. Check it out with a 12V light while someone cranks the Shelby. Lee Mathias


> From: "John Carpenter" <John.Carpenter@msb.edu>
> Date: 2005/03/19 Sat PM 08:03:12 EST
> To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
> Subject: 68 GT 350 Dies When Starter Released
>
> I think I have shorted something or grounded something behind my dash of
> my 68 350. The engine kicks over and seems to start, but dies
> immediately after the key is released. Also, the tach does not move when
> the engine is crancked. I know the engine will not run if the tach is
> broken (been through that) so I took the two tach connection wires and
> connected them to each other, taking the actual tach gauge out of the
> loop. No change.
>
> Any hints?
>
> Carp
>

 

I would look at the tach. The ignition is wired through the tach, and I had
a 68 GT 500 that did the same thing, and it was a burned out tach.
Hope this helps.....
Ken Mann
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From: <lmathias@bellsouth.net>
To: "John Carpenter" <John.Carpenter@msb.edu>;
<shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: 68 GT 350 Dies When Starter Released


>
> > You have a bad ignition switch. Power to the coil comes through the
solenoid when cranking, and comes through the ignition switch when the key
is returned to the run position. The coil fires while you are cranking, but
quits when the ignition key is released. Check it out with a 12V light
while someone cranks the Shelby. Lee Mathias
>
>
> > From: "John Carpenter" <John.Carpenter@msb.edu>
> > Date: 2005/03/19 Sat PM 08:03:12 EST
> > To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
> > Subject: 68 GT 350 Dies When Starter Released
> >
> > I think I have shorted something or grounded something behind my dash of
> > my 68 350. The engine kicks over and seems to start, but dies
> > immediately after the key is released. Also, the tach does not move when
> > the engine is crancked. I know the engine will not run if the tach is
> > broken (been through that) so I took the two tach connection wires and
> > connected them to each other, taking the actual tach gauge out of the
> > loop. No change.
> >
> > Any hints?
> >
> > Carp
> >
>
>
>
>
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