[crimedawg]

The first week I had the car, I replaced the cap, rotor, and plugs.

When I pulled the coil wire from the cap last night, the connector disconnected, leaving the wire bare and the connector in the cap. Remove it and put it back together and it still started. The original braided plug wires are on it. I will replace the coil wire immediatley and plug wires soon. And I agree, need to find the problem instead of throwing money at it with parts.

So, why would it shut down with no spark, the rest of the electrical still working, with apparent fuel delivery (exhuast backfire) and then just start right back up after waiting a period of time? Would a ground strap really do this? Its acting like a breaker switch that resets itself, if that makes sense.

I tried to listen for a "humm" at the fuel pump last night but was unable to hear anything, and it still fired right up.

I do have an ohm meter, but I need to be lucky and have someone with me to crank while testing.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks