Any advice on my 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue which stalls on hills.

the asd is acting up.for a reason, and usally not the pcm. as most techs suspect,you could try an cps , [automatic shutdown][power control][crank positionsensor]

I'm sorry, but I don't understand your answer. Can you tell me what asd, pcm and cps stand for? Thank you!

Sorry - I just realized you explained that at the end of your answer. Looks to me like crank position sensors are on cars without distributors, but my old 1987 does have a distributor.

id have to do some checking to see on the crank sensor,call parts and see if listed,the shutdown has been around forever and watches the system controls and finds circuts out of line ,breaks circut to spark,fuel ect . workes in a weird way that causes more car computers condemed than enough

thanks for your help! I'll see if the asd is the problem. Also, looking that up online i saw something about a HEP and wonder if that is another possibility. At least I feel like I understand a little better what could be wrong. Thank you very much! My goal now is to get IRS refund (I hope) and trade this baby for something that goes!

When a crank position sensor start to go bad,the can have a number of problems like stalling when gas is increased for acceleration,lose of power ,car slowly gain's speed ,shuts down from time to time,want start when first starting it up.when the engine starts to running at a speed lower than normal then it's no longer drivable may even smoke some , back fire in all.most likely you have a bad , crank shaft position sensor.but don't be so sure it could be the ignition coil and condenser or either one either way if the crankshaft position sensor is faulty and is not working then the ignition coil will not receive power because the crankshaft position sensor isn't working to give it power. I am new to this site and just so happen I have a 1987 Fifth Avenue and it hey the same problems before the crankshaft position center went out on it.

Why is my car cutting off while the air is on

I realize this reply is well past the original post date but just in case anyone still has a 1988 5th ave, as I do or one that's from that era here's some info. that could be valuable regarding stalling up hills. 1st is I assume anyone with that era 5th ave in 2022 will keep it til the end of time. lol That's my plan, Mine is actually rather clean inside and out. Funny thing is over the past handful of years or so when I drive at a mall, plaza or pull into a store with my 88 5th ave. or my 81 Regal I get so many kids saying to their parents things like look at that cool car. Them kids can tell these are cars from back in the day. ****** Anyway, back to the point. lol Being very mechanically inclines in about 2010 I was having a stalling out issue going up hills with my 5th ave. Being I knew the carb. was rebuilt and calibrated by me a couple years prior I knew that wasn't the problem. Also, being I change my fuel filters in my vehicles at regular intervals I was positive that wasn't the problem. Plus, being the vehicle ran perfectly fine in hot or cold weather except going up hills I knew I felt it was very unlikely the fuel pump. So, I had to ask myself what would a hill change the could cause this? I figured the one thing that would change is the position of the fuel in the fuel tank however even with a full tank it still stalled going up a hill. So, I thought maybe there was an issue with my fuel sending unit in the tank thinking maybe when the fuel weight is more rearward from going up a hill that maybe the sending unit can't suck up fuel. I then dropped the tank and noticed everything seemed fine. Just out of curiosity I removed the fine mess strainer (like a nylon type pouch or sock) at the end of the fuel inlet tube to see if maybe the tube was somewhat plugged. Well, the tube was perfectly clear but I noticed the strainer was crispy hard. Being I knew these things are generally rather soft I thought even though when I poured gas into it and the gas seeped out I was feeling the crispiness could be a restriction problem. Being no one locally had one of these strainers in stock I just left it off for maximum fuel suction and put the fuel sending unit back in the tank without the strainer on. I figured fuel filter materials these days will catch all the debris and anything small enough to get past the fuel filter wouldn't be an issue even if it slowly damaged the fuel pump being they only cost about $15 and are easy to change being they are externally mounted. Plus I figured anything small enough to get past fuel filter material would not plug the carb. Sure enough I never had the stalling on a hill issue again and it's 12 yrs. later. I concluded with the gas level, maximum gravitational force was forcing the gas thru. the strainer which obviously became crispy over time. When going up a hill the gravitational force was directed more rearward and not enough to force the gas thru. the forward located strainer.