1986 plymoouth duster

[bruce]

Can any one help me out? the car shorts out the tach on occasions and then the engine runs terrible - lack of power- then suddently the car the next day starts and runs fine with tach working fine. anyone who has experienced this please advise. the car is a carburated 2.2liter non turbo. it has a million news parts incl the head and cam and i dont want to part with it due to this thanks

[six pack]

Are you saying the car quits when driving, just like you shut the key-off?
It then re-starts right away or the next day?

If they answer is yes to these questions I would suggest trying a new distributor pick-up.

Just my 02 cents

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70 challenger r/t conv, 72 383 swinger,
90 5th Ave,
98 V-10 Q/C SWB 4x4

[tmef]

Sounds like the same problem I had with my 87 Charger. It was the wires coming from the hall effect pickup. They rubbed themslves bare against the distributer and were shorting out the ignition.

[bruce]

where is the hall effect pick up. the car doesnt quit it just runs weak all of a sudden. You have to floor it to get to 50 mph. is the hall effect inside the distibutor? thanks

[Dean Stillie]

Also sounds like the engine computer behind the battery