Steve,
Is there  any kind of preventative maintenance that can be done to avoid
this problem from developing?

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE

> Electrically (voltage drop) check the ground at the front of the tranny. a
> bad ground there will cause a goodly portion of the starter current to
travel
> thought the computer ground and it actaully burns a hole in the circuit
> board..it will run..but it will do just what you've discribed
>
> Steve
> "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! "
> "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP! "