RE: [DML] Re: sudden death

["PJ Grady" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To Andy, Dave S. & Dave T, 

UPDATED RPM relays (OEM not NOS) and Inertia switches (1982-3 spec) almost
never fail. It sounds like a loose/dirty electrical connection in the
ignition circuit would be the most likely cause. Check /clean the
connections at the ballast resistor, Coil and coil box plug-ins, and the
hookup at the ignition ECU in the order mentioned and you're likely to
stumble on the cause IMHO. Let us know what you find?

Rob Grady    

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Swingle [mailto:swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:01 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Re: sudden death

Still sounds like the RPM relay. Jump it. If the car keep running it 
was bad. You do need to have it, it's function is to shut off the 
fuel pump if the engine stalls. When it fails you get exactly what 
you are getting. 

I'd also jump around the inertia switch and see if that fixes it. 
They have been known to fail internally. The inertia switch directly 
grounds the fuel pump. 

Dave

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> List,
> 
> I just got my car out of storage and have yet to do any work on 
it.  the 
> first day out it performed just fine, and now yesterday i was 
driving normally 
> down a busy street when the engine suddenly died.  unable to 
restart while in 
> motion (the car cranks but will not restart), i pulled into a 
parking lot and 
> began inspecting fuses, ignition resistor wires, relays, etc.  it 
finally started 
> after i pulled up on the inertia plunger and let it back down.  i 
figured i 
> must have kicked it (even though it is an 82 in the new location) 
so i showed 
> my girlfriend what happened by letting the car run, then pulled up 
on the 





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