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In short, a few months ago I bought an 88 4.0l auto 4x4 lwb. After a week or two of driving it it would randomly stall out. When you go to give it gas it would hesitate then stall. The motor would shut off but all the electrical would still work. After months of troubleshooting I found out the alternator would quit working after awhile and the truck would run off the battery till the battery died. So I thought I fixed the problem. Drove the truck for aboot 6 weeks then today the same thing happened!! I'm stumped as to what it can be.

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I took it to the repair shop months ago when it first started doing this and they changed the CPS. Fuel pressure wasn't consistent so I changed the fuel filter, pump, pressure regulator, pump relay. Nothing worked. So then I started looking at the electrical end of things. The tilt column was alittle loose so I though maybe it was pinching a wire so I had that fixed. Swapped computers with a spare one I had just to see if it made a difference and it did nothing so I put the original one back in. The first time it ended up being the alternator. That was changed it ran great for 6 weeks then it started again. I haven't tried it today yet but yesterday it wouldn't start.

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I took it to the repair shop months ago when it first started doing this and they changed the CPS. Fuel pressure wasn't consistent so I changed the fuel filter, pump, pressure regulator, pump relay. Nothing worked. So then I started looking at the electrical end of things. The tilt column was alittle loose so I though maybe it was pinching a wire so I had that fixed. Swapped computers with a spare one I had just to see if it made a difference and it did nothing so I put the original one back in. The first time it ended up being the alternator. That was changed it ran great for 6 weeks then it started again. I haven't tried it today yet but yesterday it wouldn't start.

So what about the Tips? 

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  • 3 weeks later...

I've done most of cruisers tips (except for eliminating the c101 connector) and nothing has worked. It's still doing the same thing where it hesitates then stalls after slowing down and coming to a complete stop. Recently however I did find a wiring harness underneith the interior passenger side dash with a fuse that someone had added. I hadn't taken the dash apart yet but from what I can feel the harness goes into a metal box (or plastic box with metal bracket) that is mounted on the lowest section of the dash. I'll post a picture.

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