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Re: car just shuts off

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: car just shuts off
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:38:19 -0400
At 12:11 AM 6/23/99 EDT, you wrote:
>
>ok, I have a new problem that just started happening tonight.  While driving 
>the tach goes to zero, the ignition light goes on, I tried stepping on the 
>gas, but that has no effect.  After coasting to the side of the road,
maybe a 
>couple of seconds the motor shuts-off.  It starts right up and drives
normal, 
>then this happens again about every 5-10 minutes.  Any ideas of why this is 
>happening.  I added prolong to my engine today, but I doubt this had an 
>effect on it.  

Mike,

  Try replacing your coil.  That is a common problem, and one of the easy
tests.  There are other possibilities.

John

>1980 spit
>
>
John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229

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