Howdy all.

I've got an '83 240 wagon that has started having intermittent starting problems. I've checked what I know how to check, and searched the archives, but I can't figure out what to check next. So here goes:

First time it died was a Friday afternoon at the park with the kids. Got everyone loaded up to come home and it wouldn't start. Left it and came back the next morning. Tried it, wouldn't start. Pulled and replaced each fuse, then it started. So I figured it was an open at the fuse for the fuel pump or something. I cleaned the whole panel with a brass brush, tightened the clips and considered myself done.

A week later it stranded my wife while she was out running errands on the weekend. Tried the fuses again - no luck. Checked the 25 A fuse in the engine compartment, the gray wire bulkhead at the firewall, etc., no luck. Had it towed to a shop, where it of course started right up. Shop kept it for a week, starting it a couple times a day with no failures. So I took it home.

Ran okay for a couple weeks, then it stranded me at work on another Friday afternoon. Came back for it on Sunday, and it started right up. With it running I checked for loose connections, etc., but couldn't get it to die.

So it's running now, but I figure it's due to not start on me any day now. I'm confused. It never dies once it gets started, so it doesn't seem like an intermittent electrical thing. Two of the three times it had been driven within the past two hours, so it doesn't seem like a "cold-engine" type problem.

Where do I go from here?

Thanks,

Brian