So for the passed 2 months I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with my truck.... I've come to realize that when it rains it pours... So here's everything that went wrong in a day

1. Odometer reads ----- Sometimes... not always
2. before my truck completely stop turning on... when i would turn it on... my headlights would be on (dim) with the headlight switch off... when i would press the break... the headlights would get brighter...
3. the night before my truck stop turning on... i was letting it warm up and it started idle surging....
4. it now just doesn't want to turn on... it just cranks... fuel pump does not prime at all...

now that it doesn't turn on. I've given up... i don't know what to do... it hard not having my work truck... Carrying all my work stuff was easier in an f150 then it is in a Acura Integra..

Any help... I'm out of idea's of what it could be

 

You have a bad connection (probably) look at the battery connections the firewall relay the connection on the starter and check the alternator. If its not a connection your alternator maybe bad.

 

the odometer display is an easy fix, probably unrelated to your other problems. Do a quick search there are several how-to's on this subject

I would check ignition switchch power/grounds. and body/engine grounds

 

^^ all the above..

and check the fuses too!

 

for the odo.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...er-repair.html
https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...ml#post4705018

 

Give some answers to the following questions.
1. Does it crank normal, slow or not at all, now?
2. How did you tell the fuel pump is not running?
My suspision is a ground strap orconnection has gone bad.

 

1. It cranks normal.
2. I used a Fuel Pressure Tester. tapped off the valve on the fuel rail.

 

Huh, - check the ground over by the inertia reset. Green 8mm bolt behind the kick panel.

Actually check behind both kick panels, -both have grounds about 6" above the floor.

Also check the three on the firewall/pass side. PCM ground is in the corner by the battery box.

COULD BE a bad battery, -ie,- starting to fail... Things get loopy when just before.

Also, there's a GStrap under the passenger side floorboard. That one tends to disappear in time, - do to corrosion.

It always cranks, but doesn't fire correct? Turn your key to run, feel your fuel relay. If hot or warm,- it's bad.

 

When I read this, the first thing I thought were grounds. Incidentally, my '98 had some electrical anomalies in the cab. I found that the ground strap under the passenger side was rusted and hanging by a thread. I replaced it and that seemed to correct things.