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| Message: | Hi all, I've got an 83SC with 154K miles. I've owned it for just over 3 years and it's been fairly dependable. However, on the way home today (10 miles with 2 stops) it died about 2 miles from home. No warning, no early symptoms, it just stopped running, wouldn't restart. I called my wife to come with the tow vehicle, which took about 15 minutes. Another 15 minutes to wait for traffic to clear enough to get across the road, and I was towed home. Well, almost... The tow hook dropped loose turning onto my street, so I tried the ignition and the engine roared back to life! I gassed it, and made it back to my garage, including reversing into my usual spot. I left it running for another 10 minutes or so, and it ran fine. So, at this point I don't know if it's electrical or fuel related. I adjusted the valves last summer, replaced the fuel pump a year ago, and had the distributor rebuilt about 6 months before that. Aside from that, I haven't had to dink around with it that much. I don't really think its a fuel problem, since it restarted after cooling a bit. The temperature today was around 70F, so the engine really wasn't even that *hot*... And the route home is through a 50mph zone, so I wasn't even pushing it that hard. I'm really at a loss on this one. I am hesitant to drive it now, as I really hate having to coast off the side of the road, but unless it's broke solid, it's pretty hard to diagnose. Any suggestions? Thanks Walt Walt '83 911 SC (speed fix) '73 MG B (neverending project) '97 F150 (michigan winter mobile) | ||||
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