[DML] car mysteriously dies 2 years in a row

[Soma576@xxxxxxx]

Hey group,

After all the talk about getting the cars out I did the same today.  
Unfortunately my D died on me 5 times in 45 minutes.

Here's what happened. I put the battery in and started the car (it started 
immediately as if it wasn't even in storage since october). I warmed the car up 
for about 10 minutes until it reached operating temperature.   I checked for 
leaks and after finding nothing I took it on it's first slow journey down the 
street.  After about three minutes the tach jerked once, then a second later 
dropped to zero and the car was dead.  I coasted into a parking lot and went to 
the engine bay and pretty much unplugged every harness and electrical 
connector related to ignition, idle motor, and rear bulkhead and then plugged them 
back in. The car started.  Then about 5 minutes after that it died again. this 
time I wasn't able to pull off the road and as i waited for cars to pass me i 
tried the key and on the 3rd time it started.  no more than 5 minutes after that 
it died again. This time i went to the electrical bay and unplugged fuse 1 
then put it back in. car started.  I figured this was the culprit.  then I 
started the car and it died when i closed the driver's door. I went back to the 
fuse and this time it didn't help.  so i played with everything else engine 
related back there and after that it started again!  Weird.  Then it died one more 
time on the way back to the garage.  this time I couldn't find any single 
culprit. only after messing around with many things did it randomly decide to 
start again.  sometimes when it dies the RPM needle jerks a couple times first, in 
fact, once it jerked, died, and 1 second later the car started again as I was 
coasting to a stop.

While the car is running, i haven't found a way to kill it by tapping 
electrical parts, yet it seems vibration related since i closed the door and killed 
it.  

I had the EXACT same problem LAST spring right after storage.  After a couple 
days of pulling my hair out it never came back.  Until today.

I know it's not the inertia switch because I bypassed it last fall with plans 
of a new one this year.  I am wondering if my Accel coil (which everyone says 
is not a good product) could be suspect.  I have also never replaced the RPM 
relay or the pulse coil. 

Any ideas would be fantastic.  I am quite sure the problem is electrical 
related.

Andy


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