A friend has a water cooled 85 that cuts out for no obvious reason. Drives
on the freeway, warmed up, or just starting out, and it cuts out. Pull off
the road, and it starts back up again. Sit at a light, and it just shuts
off. Then starts back up. It has never left him stranded, but his wife is
demanding that he sell the van, as she does not care for the stress
involved.

I have been through the archives, and its loaded with lots of information,
ideas, and things to try,  but what I am not going to find in there, at
least very easily, are reports from folks who have actually solved  this
kind of issue, and what the resolution is.

In order not to keep refilling the archives with everyone's ideas and
opinions, for which I am grateful, is it possible to just receive some
posts from those who have actually "lived through" this with the results
of what you did to fix the problem? I am guessing there are multiple
variations on the symptoms, but hearing from folks who have actually fixed
their vans would be really appreciated.

Thanks for any replies.

Mark