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Engine Dies When driving or idling, the RPM guage will drop to zero and within a second or two the engine will die. It will restart immediately by reengaging clutch ( if driving) or by using the starter if sitiing and idling. It will run a minute or two and the process repeats itself. It has ran perfect since a rebuild this spring and a new distributor was installed then. I suspect the control module, since, I believe, it also controls the fuel pump operation if ignition is lost. I tested the module on a module tester and it shows good. I'm wondering ,being an intermittent problem, it may still be bad. The current module came eith the new distributor. I'll start by replacing the module if you think it would be first on the list. Thank you.

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Check the crank trigger sensor as well this can be presenting the way you described i dont feel it is the throttle position sensor but you may want to test that as well if the crank sensor comes back clean

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