95 4.6 V8 stalled at intersection. Restarts and dies immediately, several times. Sat for 24 hours, and started and ran normally.

Asked by Denys Sep 02, 2012 at 08:56 AM about the 1995 Ford Thunderbird LX RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Earlier in the same day, I had replaced all spark plug wires. Found two cracked vacuum hoses. Before repairing hoses, car would not accelerate normally, after replacing vacuum hoses it ran fine. A half hour later, the stalling occurred.

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Try turning the ignition to the on position about 5 to 8 time fast but never turning the car on.

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