Narcoleptic car???

[GRS72GT]

I have no idea if this is the right place to post this, but anyway... An interesting dilemma: my car will literally fall asleep on me while driving. It seems like the ignition system shuts off entirely, but I'm not sure. When this happens, pushing on the gas does nothing, it just feeds gas into the engine. This usually happens at speeds over 40 MPH, and higher RPM's, and more often at night than any other time of day. Sometimes it goes entirely out, and sometimes it will go on and off, causing the car to lurch at regular intervals while going down the road. Any ideas?

[namba209]

First, check the connections at the 4 studs in the center of the fuse panel, those are your main power sources. Then a couple of things to check when this happens. First do your gauges also go dead. If so, it could be the ignition switch or wiring from the fuse panel through the steering column connectors causing the problem. If the gauges do not go dead, then start at the transparent wire to the coil and work back to the fuse panel, then from the coil to the distributor, not forgetting the condenser mounted on the outside of the distributor. If it is loosely mounted, it could cause the intermittent ignition on/off. HTH.