On a drive this morning, out of nowhere, the car starting bucking and sputtering, some of the gauges are no longer responding -

oil pressure going to full when cranking then zero while running,
tach is now inop, voltage inop, check engine light no longer comes on when cranking

engine starts, but now has a rough idle, and does not wanna take gas easily, it will rev, but coughs, and shifting is harder.

coil?
ecu?

 

Yep, has to be the ECU, always is. It is responsible for every malady in a cars life...

Just rip it out, bypass it and all will be good.

RBob.

 

It could be just about anything causing the symptoms you describe, but I'd suspect an electrical issue first.

Start with the basics; check all the harness connectors and all ground connections.

 

Could be distributor.

 

Would thendist cause the gauges in addition to the tach to go dead and no CEL?