1909 dodge ram charge 318 starts and runs great at first the shuts off going down highway but starts back up what could be causing this i was thinkin about the coil this vehicle sat up for 24 years

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Asked by tomfarley Dec 08, 2014 at 06:39 AM about the 1990 Dodge Ramcharger 150 S 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

runs great for 10 minutes shuts down and restarts vehicle sat up 24 years did n=major tune up and runs great but can not figure out why shuts down and restarts coul it be the coil it is a 1

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BoholMark answered 10 years ago

Check out the distributor. Start there.

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Spinny answered 9 years ago

sounds like coil or ignition module. either one can fail when they get hot.

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