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Mail From: ronmail (RonMail)

> From: psawyer at i-55.com
> Subject: [CM] It Continues, Clarification
>
> The last few times it has died, the car immediately fired up without a
> problem--slide the selector into N, it fires, and off I go. Today, it
> backfired
> through the muffler. When I tried to restart it, it didn't want to start
> until
> about the 4th or 5th time to the point that I had coasted to an almost
> complete
> stop. I turned around and went home. It ran rough, but no backfiring,
> the
> whole way. Put it in the garage and closed the door!
>

With the car running, try wiggling the wire going to the coil and the wire
from the coil to the distributor.

I once had the wire from the coil to distributor break *inside* the
insulation, so it wasn't visible. The symptoms were the same as
yours---running fine and then poof, nothing. Most times it would crank right
back up.

I only found the problem when I inadvertently brushed my hand across that
wire, and Presto! the car quit running.

Worth a try.

Ron Columbo
Gilbert, AZ
64-1/2 Conv
65 GT FB
65 FB
70 Mach I