One more thing, Jeff.

Since the switch in the fuel pump relay gets its power from one of the
coil's terminal, according my Bentley manual, a funny coil can cause
your fuel pump act funny. So it now makes a lot of sense to focus on
the ignition for the problem.

David

--- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote:

> So I got some great suggestions - maybe bad grounds, maybe bad
> alternator, try measuring the voltage across the terminals with the
> engine running . . .
>
> So I go out tonight and try and start it, and the battery indicator
> light reads poor, and it won't start.  Turns over quickly, but won't
> catch.  Yesterday when it did catch the tach was bouncing all over
> the place although the engine was running smoothly.

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