I appreciate that, Marc, but I have to test it first. Good place to start. I will pull out my Haynes and see what I have to do for a module check.......First thing that comes to mind is the ignition module. Replaced a lot of them over the years.
Thanks, but are you sure a bad alt can make your car quit in traffic? Battery is still quite powerful. Cranks like mad.Check your alternator.
Thaks big time, Rehab. Update: I also suspect module, but kinda still like to test it. I read the Haynes last night in bed, and man, there was over a page and a half of fine print on it! So, what I did a few minutes ago, I put on a spark plug wire directly to the coil main, at the oother end, a spark tester (that lights up ), and touched it to engine ground spot, cranked, and no spark. Doesd this indicate a bad coil? I can test coil easily, I remember, based on Haynes.....Your car is not equiped with a crank sensor. 99% chance it's a bad ignition module.
Right! Marqed, madderafac, I went to AZ, they tested it and it failed....yahooooo!Most auto parts stores can test ignition modules if you take it off and bring it in. Up here all the o'reilly's stores can...they'll do it free if it means selling a module.