Mine 1980 Westy has done this - turned out to be a clogged fuel filter.
   ...JMM

Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"

On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 02:04 PM, phil cain wrote:

> Going down the road everything nice, on acceleration
> from stop light, about 100ft, it just shuts off, like
> the switch is turned off(oil & alt light)coast to a
> stop, will not start back up, wait two-three minutes,
> starts up and runs perfect. Has occurred three times
> and won't stay broken long enough to find anything
> wrong. Timing set to 7.5, Idle 850, Dwell 45(new
> points and rebuilt dist)engine has 80 miles on it (new
> engine)(did it one time on the old engine). I have a
> new ECU but it won't stay out long enough to try it
> when it happens. ?????? any help out there?? Phil
>
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