Topic: Lost all power while driveing my '80
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Ok, here is one for yea...
I was about to make a left off a busy road when the engine stopped and the car went dead... and I mean dead..no nothing.. no hazards .. no nothing!!! So i pushed the car into the meidan and then I looked up and there is a cop!! so he push me too ... o yea..
So here is the strange part... Still dead ..I touched nothing and started to call AAA.. and as I did ..the car came back to life??? the hazards started to work and the radio came on .. it started right up and i was on my way....
any ideas ???
Thanks Joe
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Sounds like a fuse-link. Check all of the links by the starter, and also the connections on the starter. If the main batt. cable gets loose there, it will do it.
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hhmmmm indDEED!!!
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[QUOTE=Adams' Apple]hhmmmm indDEED!!![/QUOTE]
Yeah ! My sentiments exactly . 
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NO...
If the lights and everything were dead, the ign switch has nothing to do with that. A totally dead car is a connection loose somewhere, or a fuse link is going out. They can melt slightly and go "open", killing the circuit. Once cooled a bit, they will make contact again, and all will work fine...until the next time.
I would suggest just replacing all of the fuse links by the starter...
Adams' Apple 2007-08-03 19:53:16
If the lights and everything were dead, the ign switch has nothing to do with that. A totally dead car is a connection loose somewhere, or a fuse link is going out. They can melt slightly and go "open", killing the circuit. Once cooled a bit, they will make contact again, and all will work fine...until the next time.
I would suggest just replacing all of the fuse links by the starter...
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