My 1980 van did this exact thing - turned out to be a bad ignition
switch.

Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"

On Sep 7, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Troy Levitt wrote:

> Be kind to me as a newbie and a complete auto idiot, but I've
> decided to try to bring my syncro  back to health myself and have
> lots of questions.
>
> My first question is:
>
> As I'm driving along sometimes the van seems to lose  power. The
> motor revs (but not too high) but won't accelerate. This is
> especially bad when I'm in the
> middle of an intersection.  Usually as I coast along it suddenly
> begins to engage again and off we go. What could be causing this?
>
> Second question:
>
> Several times the van has stalled while I was stopped (within 2-5
> miles from home) and wouldn't restart. Once I got a push from the
> police to the top of a hill and was able to pop start it. Any ideas
> why?
>
> Troy