more than likely is the ignition module. What year?
if you have good fuel pressure it will eliminate the fuel pump and or fuel pump relay. next i would guess it would be the i.c. modual. "ignition control modual" some people call it a distributor modual. it's inside the distributor. 170.00 at auto zone. goodluck,songwords "ignition control modual" is no longer in production very hard to find now.
Take the ignition control modual out of the distruboter and have it tested at your local parts store. The have a tendency to have that exact problem. They willl not inject fuel on the enital start up.
I had a similar problem on a Ford truck and it turned out to be the ignition switch. The truck would start just fine but when I released the ignition key the truck would die. I replaced the switch and problem was gone.
check the wiring change the starter relay and clean ignition switch with electicial cleaner.
Ignition is most likely culprit, plugs, wires, cap, etc - engines that run smooth at idle but break down under load again are usually ignition related. Year / model / engine would help determine where to start... I'd be looking into ignition issues.
I have a 93 chevy pick up all I want is to hard wire the starter so the the truck will start with just wire straight from the starter to battery
The radio time would stay on if you had the keys in the ignition but the ignition was only turned halfway.
A bad ignition module.
Have the neutral safety switch checked. Pop the hood, hold a key across the screw posts on the solinoid. it should start......make sure ignition is on and truck in Neutral.
my first thought would be to check the starter . if you can tap on the starter and it starts after that..you have a bad starter .
ign spark control modual see if when it dosnt run if you have spark if no spark start there if it has spark check the redistance on injector.
Ignition or ignition switch could be bad or the selanoid could have went out