Forgive my inexperience, but is the ballast resistors the same thing as the RPM relay? On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Hank <heskin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had pretty much the identical experience happen to me a few years ago > on > the NJ Turnpike. > > I was able to pull off to the side, and a while later, the car started up > and ran fine. > > It turned out to be a bad/corroded connector on the ballast resistors > which > was flaking out. > > -Hank > > > > As I am driving down the highway (doing the precise speed limit of > course > > ;) > > ) I felt a sudden jolt... sort of like I ran something over. Then a > > smaller jolt. Then the car started to lose power. By the time I got into > > the right lane and then the breakdown lane the car had shut off. > > I tried starting it back up immediately and then after two minutes.... > no > > dice. > > After ten minutes I tried again and she fired right up. Was a wee bit > > rough > > at first but then once she got going there were no further problems. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- -/- Bradley Jardis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/dmcnewsYahoo! 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/