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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cntchds" data-source="post: 189806" data-attributes="member: 9873">I was working on my car today. (Just finished the seat install 94-99) Once that was finished I was hoping to take it out around the block a couple times. Unfortunately it started once, and I let it idle, and revved it a bit for my dad to be happy enough with it's performance to allow me to take it out for the first time.I turned it on (first time I've ever not had to give it any gas to do so) then it's idle was extremely low. ~750RPM. From there I revved it up slowly and around 2.5K it was shaking pretty bad. Any higher than that it was running smooth, but any lower the rumble could still be felt.My dad thinks that could be a cylinder not firing, but that isn't the only problem.After the revving and idling for ~3 minutes the car died. Not stalled, just died. From that point on it wouldn't start again. This is a pretty normal occurrence with my Mustang in which it starts, then dies, then won't start again for a couple hours, if not a day.The Check Engine Light does come on every now and then, and I have no idea where to buy an OBD1 scanner to read the codes without trying my hand at making one of the "blinking light testers". Have any of you had similar problems with your 94/95 Stangs? I have been dying to drive mine ever since I bought it, but when it got here it wouldn't start at all. Then one day it started "coughing" then it caught and idle once, etc etc. Which made sense since the car had been sitting for a couple months in a driveway after it started acting up. I don't think it will continue getting better though, and I would appreciate any input.BTW, if it helps any... The idle came back to the normal (right under 1K) idle after I had revved it. It died when dropping the gas from ~3K.Thanks Guys.Peter</blockquote>