Well I am giving up, The truck did not start after I had started it, gone to the farm and come back home. I got in it about 1/2 hour later to go get an inspection sticker, NO START. Today, I started it COLD, went to get an inspection sticker, on the way home, only 3 miles from home, hit a small bump in the road, the whole TRUCK started shaking so much I thought I was gonna run off the road. Turned down our gravel road, don't know if it was still doing the shaking, because I was going slow. Thought I had a flat, pulled into garage, no flat. I don't know where to go anymore. The last three times it was at the ford dealer, when they said they checked everything that could be checked, I was NOT charged, not even for the wrecker. If we start over somewhere else, this is probably going to cost an arm and a leg. Buying another one at this point is moot, as I wanted to keep the 7.3 L. It only has 80,000 miles on it, but I cannot have a vehicle I cannot drive or trust. So this is where I sit. Thanks for all the tips.
Every symptom, everything they've done.. all the mechs ? This WHOLE issue Smacks of a loose or worn ELECTRICAL connection or a heat sensitive sensor that's is sending bogus data to the PCM. Something somewhere is grounding out from being loose.. or Loose to the point that when the truck gets Warm, connectivity is lost or weak.
Has anyone checked or replaced the UVC (Under Valve Cover) connectors ??? or the lead wiring that feed them ???, before and after the connectors ??? If ANY of the pins in the connectors are corroded, burnt or loose... Intermittent Whacko stuff, like you've been dealing with.. Can/Will happen.
Joe
On Edit ? Don't give up Trisha, Hang in there... you've got a GOOD truck.. It just has an Anomaly (NASA speak) that needs to be found. We know you've got that.. Jack Nicholson look.. But Hang Tough.
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