Re: Mysterious Stalling

["Tim Freeman" <tfreeman@domain.elided>]

In keeping with a theme here, I, too have had trouble with the 
inertia switch in the engine compartment triggering without reason.  
It really stumped me for a few agonizing hours and I only 
discovered it by fluke.  It wasn't in the IAP manual as far as I could 
see.  Is this a common problem?

The only good thing to come of this is that I now have an easy way 
of disabling the vehicle from would-be theives for short term 
storage...

Tim Freeman
83 Spider

Subject: Ian's mysterious stalling

Ian Evans wrote...

Today in stop and go traffic the car suddenly died...
 No missing sputtering etc.
Never did it before.  Runs fine for another hour then suddenly dies
while driving in 4th at around 3000 rpm.  I'm leaning towards
electrical problem in the ignition circuit, but if it's going to be
intermittent like this it'll be a bear to trace.
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Jay Mackro has some very good advice. Unless I missed 
something there is one other thing to wiggle.

Next time it quits, run, don't walk to the front of your car, lift the
hood, vigorously pull up and down the fuel cut-off thingy / switch
several times. Then try starting it again. (Ummm, yours does have 
one doesn't it?).

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