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  1. #1 WTF?! My tach went out. 
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    Ok, I'm just cruising at 60, and the tach drops with a stutter from the front. No problems on the ~5 miles past that. What would cause this to happen? 158k on a 2000 Grand Prix GT, no internal mods or power adders, just a DIY open cone. I can fix any problem that arises, so I just need to know what would cause that failure. Any advice is openly accepted.
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    could be a crank sensor. it may start to randomly stall out on you too.

    did the tack come back to life when restarted?

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    I haven't restarted it yet...that's not good tho, I've heard horror stories about the CPS
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    best bet if your going to restart it. restart it at home were all the tools are lol i know that not much help but save you from having to get it towed home
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    Ok, well I'm currently 20 miles from home so fudge.
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    they seem to act up for a good long while before they leave you stuck.

    most of the time you pull over if it stalls out, and it will restart.

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    Ok, wish me luck, I'll update in 30 mins or so when I leave here.
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    best of luck
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    Ok, thank god, when I went out to try and start it, it reset and came back to life. I'll definitely be doing my tune-up soon then, and replacing the crank sensors.
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