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Old 10-30-2010, 01:49 PM
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this mornin on my way home from duck huntin my truck would be drivin along fine then all electrical on dash would reset(as if battery unhooked) but motor still ran transmission wouldnt engage either ,then it finally dies, and wouldnt start again,got it started it bucks like starving for fuel but gets up and runs again,then as im pulling into my neighborhood it dies again...can anyone give me any help

trucks a 2000 f150 5.4 fx4 with 206k on the clock
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PCM?

That's a new one. Never heard of the tranny not enguaging.
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it was like it was in neutral till everything reset
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Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong I'm gonna get the alternator checked
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Your *** hurts.

Good luck man. I might bump this later on if it falls thru the pecking order.
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this mornin on my way home from duck huntin my truck would be drivin along fine then all electrical on dash would reset(as if battery unhooked) but motor still ran transmission wouldnt engage either ,then it finally dies, and wouldnt start again,got it started it bucks like starving for fuel but gets up and runs again,then as im pulling into my neighborhood it dies again...can anyone give me any help

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Water in the electronics? Water on the cop's(coil over plugs)? Throwing codes?
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No water on cop's I'm goin to do some investigation today when I get home
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Any thing done to the vehicle recently? Did you cross any big puddles while hunting?
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We just did LBJ's and UCA's... nothing electronic though.

Maybe I poured a beer on your PCM... maybe I didnt.
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Any mods like a cold air intake?
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