engine dies

[komodo72]

today i was driving threw a parking lot. engine was nice warm and hit a speed bump and then my freaking engine died. its never died before. it takes jolts bigger than that all the time off road and never dies. what coulda happened???? its a good ole 302 and is a manual trans. i think my foot was on the clutch too not sure though (pretty sure it was)

 

[Jeepster]

Well I think we need more info. Did it start back up or did it poop the bed all together?

 

[Rustytruck]

Sounds electric check the small wires going to the coil they tend to rub through and short the coil and sometimes they pop off.

 

[Hnrys69]

[quote author=komodo72 link=board=5;threadid=12384;start=0#91992 date=1040082542]<br>today i was driving threw a parking lot. engine was nice warm and hit a speed bump and then my freaking engine died. its never died before. it takes jolts bigger than that all the time off road and never dies. what coulda happened???? its a good ole 302 and is a manual trans. i think my foot was on the clutch too not sure though (pretty sure it was)<br>[/quote]<br><br>First time it ever happen??<br><br>If not I would say ignition is loose somewhere...

 

[Explore74]

yeah......what theyk said ;D

 

[komodo72]

well it happened once a while back when i first got it going over a railroad track. didnt think anything of it back then cuz i just learned how to drive the stick. but it happened the other day and makes me wonder. yah it started right back up after i turned the key twice.

 

[71pony]

My 351 C does the same thing every now and then. It drove me nuts trying to figure it out, But Rusty Truck is right , the little coil supply wires come loose enough to just stall the engine then be able to start it right up. I crimped the buggers on for good now...

 

[komodo72]

thx guys for the help. now all i gotta do is figure out what the heck this stuff is that yall are talking about... btw i took her out to a nice big parking lot with lots of speed bumps today, and i couldnt get it to do it again. however once i figure out what your talking about im gunna fix em up.

 

[acnflorida]

myine was doing ot and it took it about 6 months to stop. Thats when it finally wouldn't start again. it was the pickup coil in the duraspark distributor. dropped in a MSD and she purrrs now. Not once has it died in 3 months.