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82 zx n\a just dies

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my 82 zx n\a will just die about the time the thermostsat opens.. i swithced from a 180 to a 160 thermostat. no change. it seems to do it when the headlights are on the most.i have ran with lights on and ac off and it seems to be better but still dies. when it dies if i am rolling i will just push in cultch and turn back key and then back on and pop it in third, fires up everytime. what is wrong with this thing???????
any suggetions...........
someone told me i probaly had dirty terminals and connections. i checked it out and clean any dirty connections that i saw.
car still dies. i have a new temp sensor i wanna try but i am not holding my breath.
 
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I used to hear this type of problem several times a week in the Z business. Many times, it was the ignition module on the side of the distributor. Eventually, if left uncorrected, it would get worse, and sometimes the customer would be stranded, often until this part cooled back down. Joe
 
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