[FC] Intermittent engine turning itself off

[S M]

Okay, now I'm confused. You say the engine stops, then automatically kicks back in???
Is the ignition cut, then restored while the engine is still turning? When I say the engine stops, I mean it stops turning. Is that what you mean?
In my confused state, I'm leaning towards a bad coil now too. I haven't had a Corvair act up like that in several years now so I forgot that when the big red wire in the engine harness connector loses contact EVERYTHING goes dead, GEN light and all, so it's not that. Sorry to lead you astray.
yea, Vairily... Shaun

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Turner <imakarknut at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:42 am
Subject: Re: [FC] Intermittent engine turning itself off
To: Bruce Gwyther <vairman at q.com>, Corvanatics <corvanatics at corvair.org>

> Hi Bruce and gang;  First I want to thank all for their input!  
> It is great to have such a garage of experts to turn to.  
> Secondly I failed to say that the engine does stop running each 
> time, thus the gen light should come on.  Then when it 
> automatically kicks back in, the light goes off as it should.  
> There have been times where the engine dies and does not restart 
> on its own.  But once I pull off the road it usually restarts 
> right up and I move on until the next occurance.  They seen 
> random other than as I said, they don't happen until the engine 
> is warm.  Thus I was able to travel about 6-8 miles in 40 degree 
> Michigan weather the last outing before the first occurance.  
> Just so you have all the info.  Again, thanks and I will begin 
> the search.  Steve       
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bruce Gwyther <vairman at q.com>
> To: Steve Turner <imakarknut at yahoo.com>; Corvanatics 
> <corvanatics at corvair.org>Cc: 
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 12:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [FC] Intermittent engine turning itself off
> 
> I agree with Shaun.  A bad coil, wire to distributor, or wire to 
> coil will not turn on the GEN light 'til the engine stops (or 
> nearly).  It is most likely a connection somewhere between the 
> engine and the dash board.  Check all connections from the 
> engine forward for bador shorting to ground.  If a short, it 
> could cause a fire!!!!  Bruce
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Turner" 
> <imakarknut at yahoo.com>To: "Corvanatics" 
> <corvanatics at corvair.org>Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 
> 6:27 PM
> Subject: [FC] Intermittent engine turning itself off
> 
> 
> Hello gang; I took the '61 Rampside out for a ride today since 
> it was sunny and only a bit chilly here in southwest Michigan. I 
> drove the Rampside about 6 miles before a symptom that I had 
> experienced this summer reoccurred. The engine stumbles, the gen 
> light comes on causing the truck to slow, then the engine kicks 
> in, the gen light goes off and things are okay. After 6 miles 
> the problem reoccurred at irregular times, but in the last 3 
> miles home it must have occurred at least 4 more times. Last 
> summer I had thought that the weight of the key fob I had 
> attached to the ignition key might be the cause of the problem, 
> causing the ignition key to be pulled a bit away from run 
> position. I checked this out on the way home today and found 
> that it did not seem to be related at all. I have not done 
> anything else to check for the cause. Any leads as to probable 
> causes? Since it seems to happen once the engine is fully warmed 
> up could it be
> coil?, fuel pump? what else?
> Many thanks in advance. Steve '61 Rampside(with car engine), '61 
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