Before I get flamed for reviving a dead thread, I wanted to provide some feed back.
I had this issue randomly. Over the past few months it has gotten very bad. An embarrassing moment of being stranded at the gas pump I finally did this. Problem would happen once in a while and not persist after that.
I opted to connect to the battery with a 30amp inline fuse. I will report back later with results on it, as I was not able to fix this by replacing the
relay under the dash (because it did not exsist, possibly due to not having a factory alarm).
As for having a 5spd, I test the cruise control on, went to neutral and gear with clutch. Did not have check engine come on. Not sure why but just throwing it out there. Will report back later if I have it not start.