I wouldn't feel too comfortable - I cannot believe that the relay you identify could fail in such a way as to kill your engine - it is possible but, in my opinion, incredibly remote. I think you fixed - unknowingly - a faulty connection for the spark. I would make some notes of your test process and what you did and go over it again and make sure all connections are good and clean. I agree, it never hurts to have a new RPM relay around. Harold McElraft - 3354 -- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andrew" <andrewjlemke@...> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I just wanted to give everyone an update and provide some good > news. After spending a few hours with a multi-meter and test leads > today, I discovered that the culprit was the main relay located on > the firewall of the engine compartment. I wish I could say it was > my expert electrical know-how, however it was actually just a lucky > guess along with the process of elimination provided by the members > of the DML. > > From what I understand this particular relay doesn't often fail, but > I suppose anything is possible. > > Thank you to everyone for their insight; I used your suggestions in > the process of troubleshooting this problem down. I guess after 25+ > years you can't expect a relay to perform as well as it did when it > left the factory. Furthermore, my next purchase will be an RPM > relay, because I'm sure that mine is on borrowed time anyways. > > Thanks to everyone again, > > Andrew > 4194 > Lansing, MI > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/