billy14870
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- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0 v6
- Transmission
- Manual
Background info:
1998 Ford Ranger: 4.0; 4x4; 5-speed
Currently 291k miles, The problem started at around 275k miles.
I have spent countless hours on this one problem, I have taken it to three different shops and spend a fortune with no results.
The problem:
It seems like there is an intermittent interruption or some circuit, or short somewhere in the truck. When this occurs, it would appear that my PCM is loosing electrical power. The reason I think so is because I currently have a check engine light on for an un-related emissions code, when this failure occurs, the check engine light is NOT illuminated. Ill be driving down the road and all the sudden my truck will either die, or intermittently die resulting in a rough back and fourth jolt which can best be described as turning your key on and off really fast while driving down the road.
I know this is very difficult to follow, so I will upload a few videos to my youtube channel, and I will post the links below.
Please comment with any input you may have.
It will stop acting up out of nowhere and maybe be fine for another 4k miles, then out of nowhere start doing it again. One way that seems to make the problem go away is I finally get it to a repair shop, and the guy says hell look at it tomorrow. He called me back and says that the truck was running fine for 2 hours and he couldn't find a problem.
1998 Ford Ranger: 4.0; 4x4; 5-speed
Currently 291k miles, The problem started at around 275k miles.
I have spent countless hours on this one problem, I have taken it to three different shops and spend a fortune with no results.
The problem:
It seems like there is an intermittent interruption or some circuit, or short somewhere in the truck. When this occurs, it would appear that my PCM is loosing electrical power. The reason I think so is because I currently have a check engine light on for an un-related emissions code, when this failure occurs, the check engine light is NOT illuminated. Ill be driving down the road and all the sudden my truck will either die, or intermittently die resulting in a rough back and fourth jolt which can best be described as turning your key on and off really fast while driving down the road.
I know this is very difficult to follow, so I will upload a few videos to my youtube channel, and I will post the links below.
Please comment with any input you may have.
It will stop acting up out of nowhere and maybe be fine for another 4k miles, then out of nowhere start doing it again. One way that seems to make the problem go away is I finally get it to a repair shop, and the guy says hell look at it tomorrow. He called me back and says that the truck was running fine for 2 hours and he couldn't find a problem.