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I tend to agree with this, or at least the direction it's going.
Also inspect the dist cap and rotor for corrosion, carbon, moisture, or damage. Clean the contacts for now with a thin screwdriver or pocketknife. Replace if the cap is at all cruddy.
Inspect the coil wire. Make sure it hasn't gotten grooved rubbing against something like the power steering pump. That would cause it to lose spark.
The fuel pump relay is always suspect, as is the 25A fuseholder behind the battery.
The AMM connections are also a good place to look. While you're at it, look for holes in the intake air hose from AMM to throttle. Could be getting lots of unregulated air leaking.
If none of this improves it, try the AMM unplugged trick. It'll stall at full throttle but should recover after a restart. Otherwise may run just fine. Try another AMM after that.
Check the timing- make sure also that the timing belt is tight and has not jumped a tooth or three. A sanity check would be to pull the timing cover back, pull the dist cap, and rotate engine till the crank pulley is at TDC (0). Is the cam sprocket at it's mark? If 180° out, rotate engine one full turn. If timing mark on cam is good, go on to distributor- the rotor ought to point at a tick mark on the top of the dist body. There's another timing mark on the pulley for the intermidiate shaft that drives the dist- it's harder to see though.
Good luck!
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: Roterande Fläkt Och Drivremmar!
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