re: GTV (4 cyl) Question

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

In my experience, these problems tend to be bad electrical 
connections that get terminally bad (no pun intended) as resistance 
rises with temperature.  After the car quits and you sit there 
scratching your head, the stuff under the hood is cooling off, and 
the resistance in your bad connection is dropping until at some 
point, it works again.

At 9:19 PM -0500 3/13/02, alfa-digest wrote:
>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:20:03 -0800 (PST)
>From: John W <johnwsf@domain.elided>
>Subject: GTV (4 cyl) Question
>
>Now that I've got the 69 GT Veloce back on the road
>(thank you John) after it's disintegrating brake fluid
>reservoir trick, I have had a strange experience occur
>twice - latest was last night on the 880N in Hayward,
>CA.
>
>The symptoms are identical - cruising along at highway
>speeds (80-ish +/-) and suddenly the engine dies, I am
>able to coast to the side and the car will not
>restart.  First time this happened I tried to think
>through what was and wasn't happening - engine turning
>over, fuel in the tank... etc.  Pulled off the
>airfilter box to see if there was anything to loose.
>Tried restarting and it started immediately.  Last
>night when I coasted to the side of the highway, I
>simply popped the hood, removed the airfilter and
>presto, chango - the car started.
>
>The filters *appear* clean, there do not seem to be
>any obstructions to airflow, but removal of the airbox
>solved the problem both times.  Once I reinstall the
>airbox, there are no problems.
>
>Any words of wisdom?
>
>John Wright
>1969 GT Veloce
>1989 Milano Gold/America
>San Francisco ...driving to LA on Friday...
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