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- Jan 25, 2010
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- 1993
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So, here's the rundown. A couple of months ago, while driving in the desert, I hit a big bump and the truck bogged down until it died and wouldn't restart. I got towed to the house where the truck sat all weekend until I had diagnosed that it was either the Crank Shaft Sensor, or the Cam Shaft Sensor since I had pulled the plugs and they weren't sparking. Before I went and bought the Crankshaft Sensor, I looked under the truck to find that the sensor had come unplugged! Blew it out and reattached it and she ran again.
Then exactly one week later, the truck wouldn't start. Truck would cycle on, starter would start to hit, and then all power to the truck would go out, and then cycle back on in about 5 minutes. Checked all my fuses, they were happy. Bought a new battery and starter, same issues. Found out it was a bad ground cable. Fixed and ran again. not kidding, exactly one week to the day later, same exact issue. This time it was the positive cable. The truck ran fine'ish for a couple of weeks until one day on my way home, it just died. I pushed it 1/2 a mile to a gas station where I put gas into it cause it was almost on "E" but I thought it was worth a shot. No start. Checked all the fuses. Nothing. Checked fuel rail and I was getting gas to the purge valve, fuel pump was cycling on and pressurizing....yadda yadda yadda. Anyways, towed it home and pulled plugs, which were sparking. Had a neighbor come over with Node lights and checked my injectors...Walla! The injectors aren't pulsing. There isn't an electrical signal to them to tell them when to fire. Sprayed carb cleaner into throttle body and it started and then dies. I was absolutely stumped. So, I let the truck sit for a couple of days, mustered up some energy to work on it, went outside and turned it over, AND IT RAN. Out of the blue, it ran for about 2 weeks. Over that two week period, it started to take longer and longer to start. And then one day, while driving it, it gave up the ghost again. Now that was about 2 months ago. Every couple of days, I can go out to it and if I haven't touched it for atleast 48 hours, it will turn over and start, then run for about 5 seconds. In that 5 seconds you can rev it up and everything, then it just dies and WILL NOT restart.
Does anyone have any ideas? The truck is a project so time isn't super important, but I want to long travel it soon so I need to get the motor to run in order for it to be a worthwhile project. Thanks, Drew.
Then exactly one week later, the truck wouldn't start. Truck would cycle on, starter would start to hit, and then all power to the truck would go out, and then cycle back on in about 5 minutes. Checked all my fuses, they were happy. Bought a new battery and starter, same issues. Found out it was a bad ground cable. Fixed and ran again. not kidding, exactly one week to the day later, same exact issue. This time it was the positive cable. The truck ran fine'ish for a couple of weeks until one day on my way home, it just died. I pushed it 1/2 a mile to a gas station where I put gas into it cause it was almost on "E" but I thought it was worth a shot. No start. Checked all the fuses. Nothing. Checked fuel rail and I was getting gas to the purge valve, fuel pump was cycling on and pressurizing....yadda yadda yadda. Anyways, towed it home and pulled plugs, which were sparking. Had a neighbor come over with Node lights and checked my injectors...Walla! The injectors aren't pulsing. There isn't an electrical signal to them to tell them when to fire. Sprayed carb cleaner into throttle body and it started and then dies. I was absolutely stumped. So, I let the truck sit for a couple of days, mustered up some energy to work on it, went outside and turned it over, AND IT RAN. Out of the blue, it ran for about 2 weeks. Over that two week period, it started to take longer and longer to start. And then one day, while driving it, it gave up the ghost again. Now that was about 2 months ago. Every couple of days, I can go out to it and if I haven't touched it for atleast 48 hours, it will turn over and start, then run for about 5 seconds. In that 5 seconds you can rev it up and everything, then it just dies and WILL NOT restart.Does anyone have any ideas? The truck is a project so time isn't super important, but I want to long travel it soon so I need to get the motor to run in order for it to be a worthwhile project. Thanks, Drew.
