Sometimes you just get lucky.

[rlux4]

Went out yesterday to run the car and it wouldn't fire. I know the basics of how FI works, but I'd have to start at square one to figure out all the sensors and controls. So, with a sinking heart I popped the hood to start my diagnosis. Spark? Fuel? Timing? While I'm looking into the engine compartment, thinking which FiatSpider thread is going to help me, or will I have to post a "HELP", I glance at the coil and, son of a gun, the coil wire had come out! This kind of luck can only come from living a good life, and being true to one wife. (At a time) Ron

[fiatS2000]

I had the exact same thing happen, only i was doing a cross country trip with my GF and my daughter in my '68. I was 2000 miles from home and miles from the nearest town. I feared the worst as it suddenly shut off while crusing down the highway. The last time a car had stopped on me in a similar fashion was when the timing belt broke on my honda.

[mdrburchette]

Mine only does it to me when people are checking out the car. The #2 plug wire loosens and the car runs like crap.

[Jim DeShon]

My experience is that most "will not run" problems wind up to be pretty simple. If you have fuel, air, spark, and the proper timing of these you'll get something. What I hate is those intermittent glitches where the wife or says "It did it again today DEAR !" and you look at it and find nothing. ...J.D.