[T3] Engine Stopping and Idiot Lights

["Mark Fuhriman" <mfuhriman1@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>My wife was out in the '69 FI MT Fastback today when the engine quit on her. 
 The car was warmed up and running fine (as it normally does lately) as she 
ran several errands.  She was cruising on level road at ~35 MPH when the 
engine simply quit.  No lurching or missing; the engine simply stopped 
running.

She did look down at the instrument cluster and noted that there were no 
idiot lights on as she coasted to the side of the road.

After stopping the car, she restarted the car with no problem, made one more 
stop, and made it home with no further trouble.  While restarting the car, 
the idiot lights functioned normally.

Since she saw no idiot lights while coasting to a stop, does this mean the 
ignition switch (or something else in the ignition circuit) is going 
intermittent?  If the engine stops for any reason with the key "on", the 
idiot lights should both come on, right?

(regular tune-up stuff like valves, dwell, timing, fuel pressure, etc.. is 
all in order)

-Mark Fuhriman
'69 Fastback, MT, FI



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