sweet!!! keep me informed, i am going to put the VSS sensor on today, i will let you know if it has an affect on the problem. It seems like a good place to start and i appreciate the research everyone has done on this problem. We can kill two birds this way, we will know if it is either of the two sensors causing this within the next two days.

thanks guys

 

FINALLY!!!!!!!FINALLY!!!!!!!FINALLY!!!!!!!! I HOPE TIS ISNT PREMATURE BUT IT HASNT DONE IT FOR TWO DAYS SINCE I CHANGED OUT THE CRANK SENSOR!!!!!!!! when i took out the old one it was a little worn and a little dirty and it hasnt acted up yet so i think i have solved the problem.....finally!!!!! i hope this helps you out sakdaddy and anyone else later on down the road.....because it drove me nuts about what it all could of been because it was so intermiddant.....so maybe you should try the crank sensor first sakdaddy!!!!!!! let me know what you did to fix yours!!!!!!thanx guys for all your time expertise and opinions.....i am very grateful!!!!!!![sm=smiley20.gif]

 

You seem so excited. I would be, too. How many miles do you have on your rig? I'd like to know when I might start seeing stuff like this.

 

mine has 70000

 

Hooboy ... I'm at just under 86k ... I think I remember putting a set of plugs in it once. Changed the oil 4 or 5 times (running straight synth 5w50 through two big filters). At least I know where to START looking if someting like this rears it's head.

 

awesome man! i hope you didnt jinx it...hahah. actually i had the sensor put on yesterday and the problem has not happened yet, but i am expecting it to anytime now, just becuase i am so used to it. We will see if it does. If yours does it again let me know and i will let you know if mine acts up as well.

I have 160,000 miles on my truck and it still runs like a champ, with an exception of this problem which hopefully i will have fixed. I have used my truck to pull trailers for most of the time that i have had it, so i have worked the thing but taken care of it as well,so anyone with a low mileage truck can expect to get quite a few years out of it which is definitely nice to know

 

yeah thats why i keep up to date on here so if the same problems acts up with someone else they can check out our threads and hopefully get right to it before they change EVERYTHING on their truck.....lol ...and sakdaddy, i will let you know if mine does it again but by now it should have done it and it hasnt yet so i hope WE fixed it.....thanx guys again!!!!!!!!

 

on the way home from work today my truck did it again, not bad but it still happened.....so it is not the VSS sensor....i will now move to the crank sensor if you dont have any problems out of yours wildwolf. If it has not done it to you over the weekend, than please post that on monday and i will put a new crank sensor on.

thanks

 

ok sakdaddy.....i have went five days now and not once has it died.....so if i was you i would try the crank sensor, it is on the passenger side in the back of the motor in between the block and tranny housing.....kinda hard to get to but i finally got it....lol....solet me know if you change it and if that was it or not!!!!!!

 

Also, if you want a cheep mod... slot the mounting holes and move the sensor towards the center of the truck, this will add timing across the rpm range and a boost in power... downside is you MAY have a slight loss in fuel economy.

glad to hear your truck is fixed...