Need help with my Legend!

mmmchickenboy · Newbie Joined: Aug 23, 2004 Posts: 3

So I have this 1994 Legend L Coupe (Type II/AT, 134k miles, VSS replaced ~4 months ago, battery replaced ~5 months ago) and it has a problem. I was driving it yesterday and my speedo needle dropped once (I was going 40mph, the needle dropped to 20mph, then came right back up), and that was the only time I saw it jump. Then, my tach needle dropped later in the day, just for a split second, and then it came right back up. Then, a third time, both needles dropped to zero then came right back up. I drove the car for a while longer, then I parked it and came back about 20 minutes later. The first two times I tried to start the car, it fired while I was cranking the starter, but as soon as I let off, it died. It did this a second time, and the third time I tried to start it, I cracked the throttle and it kept running (not sure if that had anything to do with it starting; I'm kinda used to driving carbureted cars). Then, while I was driving I felt the motor stumble, like it had a miss, but it only did this for a second. Finally, I went to park it and when I came back about 30 minutes later, it would not run. The engine turns over fine, my starter and battery are definitely working well, and the engine begins to run as I crank the motor, but it doesn't keep running after I let off the starter; it just dies. So whats wrong? I checked all of the fuses under the hood, the fuel pump fuse inside the foot well, and I am totally in the dark right now. Also, I don't think that any lights come on when I turn the key to the "ON" position. That leads me to believe that I have an electrical fault somewhere. I also thought it might have been a crank angle sensor because of the way the tach dropped, but that doesnt explain my speedo. I havent been able to check my fuel pump yet, as I had to drive two hours to Chicago, and two hours back yesterday, and my car is sitting at Menards right now. Please help me out!!

xfactor · Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:46 am Post subject:

hmmm its something electrical..check the ignition system if it missed somethin may not be firing correctly...as for the tach and the spedometer that just may be a side effect of other electrical problems.....nice too see you have the type II motor

mmmchickenboy · Newbie Joined: Aug 23, 2004 Posts: 3

so i got the car home now and i think it might be the ignition switch. to get the windows to work, i have to turn the key back and forth from ACC to ON, and every time i go into ACC or ON, the window will have power for a second, then it will not work anymore. also, i got the lights in the dash to light up once when the key was in the 'ON' position. so maybe my switch is just worn out? i seem to remember reading about this once.