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Old May 1, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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I have a 98 Fatboy with 6,000 miles on it and it has ran fine since day one but now this spring it will start and run fine then all of a sudden it will immediately shut off driving down the road.(It still has full electrical power and turns over but no spark)It has done this 3-4 times and the one time it kinda popped and back-fired first beforeit died. If you let it sit for awhile it starts right back up and runs fine and maybe for the whole day. I checked all the wiring I could and the connections and they seem okay. Does anyone know if it is a coil, ignition box, etc.... Any help would be appreciated...

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Often times when the ignition module starts to go bad, it will heat up and stop working, then when it cools back down will work normally.
 
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