Hello , before I go into the issue with my SVO let me give a little history on the car to hopefully give a little insight to the issue.
I bought the car from the original owner who had just about every receipt for repairs on the car. The car is completely original and she, the previous owner, tried to use all Ford parts. The last time there was any receipt for repair was in 98, The brother installed a new fuel tank, both fuel pumps and had the head rebuilt. All of that is good and have no issues with the motor, I did a compression test and all cylinders read 150 psi. I also checked the fuel pressure and is also good, 45 psi and up when cranked.
Now, here is what I've done to the vehicle in the two months since I bought the car. I replaced the PCV valve (it smoked bad), I replaced the ignition control module, it wouldn't start at one time and no power going to the module. The ignition switch, the one on the steering column,Motorcraft part from Autozone, and several wires from the harness that runs from the firewall on the driver side to the control module and coil, the insulation was literally crumbling off the wires. I thought about checking for codes but the harness wires insulation is so damaged and corroded that I don't think I would get a good reading anyway so no go there.
Now my issue, the car starts fine,every time, idles well but when I start to drive it and the car is running, it will die randomly, with no warning or hesitation, just dies, no rpms but everything else is on like the radio and any other accessories that might be on. I have to come to a complete stop, wait a few seconds, and then turn on the car at which point the car will turn on and run, like nothing happened.It does it randomly and not necessarily when its warm. I have only driven the car in my neighborhood for fear that it might break down or even worse, turn off when I'm on the highway in traffic(Austin traffic is horrible)Does anyone have any ideas as to where to begin to look or troubleshoot? maybe even test the items I installed? I wouldn't rule out a bad switch or module. I know there's experience here on this forum with this issue and I've tried searching for an issue like mine in the archives but no such luck. Any help is appreciated.
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