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  1. #1 See if you can help me figure out what wrong... 
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    I've got a '99 Bonne' with 289,000 on the odometer; on my way home from work yesterday I was cruising along on the highway, had the cruise set at 57 and the engine stopped all of a sudden like someone flipped a switch. All the electrical was fine. I coasted off the highway and cranked on the starter for about a minute before giving up. I then started looking for a tow truck number to call. While waiting there 5 minutes, I thought I'd try starting it one more time before calling the tow truck and it started right up. I drove home.

    A few hours later I drove to rehearsal about 4 blocks from home, it sat for an hour and I drove back.
    Another hour later I was going to take the Bonneville to the store to buy libations for the 4th and all I could do was crank on the starter again; it would not fire.

    I can hear the fuel pump run, that was my original thought.
    My father is suggesting it could be a positioning sensor.

    Any thoughts or ideas would be great; I don't want to have to pay someone else to fix something I could if I knew what the problem was.
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    Crank sensor is a good bet.

    I'd go ahead and replace it and see what happens.

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    Could be the crankshaft position sensor. Or a bad ground somewhere. I'd bet a CKP tho
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    What they said^^^
    98 GTP modded 1.9's, sd headers, 3.4", zzp 1.0 230K miles scrapped.
    04 Comp G zzp stb's, UMI ta's, Speedbuilt sways, bully flo heads, XP, zzp headers, fsic, thrasher shift kit, 60#, 2.6" corsa 2.5", Inferno hood
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    Hello Bonnie buddy...

    I'd start with the crank position sensor as well.
    I drink..so consider that when reading my posts.

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    That's where I'm going start... with the crankshaft position sensor. My father is going to visit me next weekend and bring a puller for the harmonic balancer, so it'll have to wait until then for a possible conclusion.
    So I'll have to drive the GTP to work this week and make sure I take an extra moment to clean up after work before getting in.
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    You need special bolts for it bill knows the size off the top of his head.
    98 GTP modded 1.9's, sd headers, 3.4", zzp 1.0 230K miles scrapped.
    04 Comp G zzp stb's, UMI ta's, Speedbuilt sways, bully flo heads, XP, zzp headers, fsic, thrasher shift kit, 60#, 2.6" corsa 2.5", Inferno hood
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    10M is what the guy at work told me.
    I am planning on asking at NAPA when buy the sensor, hopefully the guy there knows what he is talking about.

    I have a week to do some more reading.
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