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i do finally have a close to my original issue of the truck starting and then stalling in very frustrating intermittent cycles. I thought we had whipped it more than once and got my heart broke every time. However, Once we completed our trip back to South Carolina and I took the truck to my favorite shop, we started to actually get somewhere. After a couple of dry runs that did not work ouit, the mechanic at A Plus Auto Service in North Charleston took it personal and really put his head into it. It had him stumped, and he didn't like it. Finally, on a hunch, I guess, he pulled the PCM and discovered a Jet performance chip plugged into the computer. He pulled the chip and discovered two buggered up pin connections. He installed the PCM without the Jet chip and the truck has been starting and running great ever since. That was two and a half months ago, and we have been driving the wheels off the old truck.
Now....the goofy part (on my part, of course), way back when we were chasing the problem I installed a new PCM. Now, I am Old School (hell, I'm just OLD), and had never messed with any of the latter day tech stuff and had never laid eyes on a "performance chip". When I changed the PCM, I unplugged the Jet chip from the old computer and put it in the new one not realizing that I was shooting myself in the foot all the while. Obviously, the problem was with the connections on the Jet Chip all along.
So if you have Dummy of the Year Award, I guess I would be the front runner for it. LOL! Oh well........
Really appreciate all of the response and input from you guys. Sorry I drug you off after the "Wild Goose"!
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I have been an electrician forever, and I still enjoy building, repairing and creating projects. Do a little welding and fabrication. My two primary hobbies are messing about with vintage motorcycles and attempting to do my blog site justice (ridingmybucketlist.com)My wife of 51 years and I are in our 3rd year of travels in our motorhome.