Ty stalled while driving today

[jbone]

I was cruising today on a back road doing about 50-55mph I look down at the gauges everything was off exceptt for the speedo and tach were both pegged :dunno: I tap the gas and nothing happens. (this is when I had finally realized my truck was no longer running :rotf: ) I was going downhill so give me a break. I pull off the road, pop the hood couldnt find anything wrong, went to the back, took the cover off of the battery box and all of a sudden I had power again. (Didnt touch anything). I checked the battery terminals and the ground and found everything tight, no movement. Started the truck and it wouldnt idle on its own. I gave it a little gas and put it in drive. The tach was fine now but the speedo was still pegged. After about a minute the speedo worked again and the truck idled on its own. Any ideas??

 

[91blazins10]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

ignition module?

 

[jbone]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

but would the ignition module cause me to lose power to the rest of the truck?

 

[jabberwalk]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

My truck had similar problems when I got it. Turned out to be low battery voltage from a bad alternator.

 

[jbone]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

it could possibly be that since its overloaded anyhow with all the extra fans and what not running to it.

 

[#1611 - Ty]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

I actually had a simular problem.. just not in the Ty but in my tracker. I was driving along and the tach just dropped... speedo was fine (mechanical). The thing drove but one I turned off the ingition the thing just wound't start. Turned out that the alternator was dead, and the battery just couldn't take it anymore.

What type of battery do you have? If it's like a deep cycle or simular, it could of just recharged itself and so that's why you can start after a little while.. or just your wires are loose on the alternator?

 

[jbone]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

the wires are tight on the alt. I have an optima red top. Another thing I forgot to mention is sometimes when on turn the key to start it I get nothing. No turnover, no noise, nothing. Just the gauges some on but it may not start until I try it a couple of times. This happens when its cold or hot

 

[wantingasy]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

That same thing happened to me and it was a voltage problem. I ran a new wire from the ignition switch to the starter and that fixed it. The old wire had like 3-4 splices in it and was dropping like 3-4 volts before it even reached the starter.

 

[#1611 - Ty]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

I still think it might be the voltage problem too. Try this, instead of running a new wire from the ignition (I'm lazy so I don't want to do all that work...lol) Take the trigger wire from the ignition at the starter, put that to a relay, then pull direct power from the battery to the relay then to the starter. So when you turn the key, it triggers the relay and connects 12v direct to the starter.

Good luck

 

[dirtdemon]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

hello jbonehead85,

are trouble codes stored ?

... maybe an ECM prob - did you check all the connections ?

everything that has to do w/ spark (wires, plugs, dist.. module) ok ?

had nearly the same prob w/ my ty (except the tacho-thing) - figured out as a bad fuelpump ... after i swapped all the ignition parts :squint:

HTH,pat.

 

[jbone]

Re: Ty stalled while driving today

I havent been able to check any trouble codes. IDK if any of them have been stored b/c check engine ligths never came on as if there was a prob. Everything is running ok as of now im gonna go through it one of these days and hopefully find out. Thanks for the input!!!