alright so a little story id share

so my work truck is a late 1999 F250 7.3 regular cab long bed

so im pulling into the yard pulling a trailer with a small 955 john Deere TLB not more than 6500 total. pulling into work the throttle peddle worked great as i go to back up the trailer to off load the tractor and unhitch the trailer. I press on the peddle nothing. I'm thinking ok im not pushing it enough so i press a little harder still nothing no acceleration no engine rpm's. luckily the truck has enough power in reverse to back up by it's self so i unload the tractor and trailer. put it in drive and give it gas nothing the truck will creep forward.I turn off the truck and turn the key to the run position no WTS or any other. The only two lights that lit up were the battery and the airbag. I turn the key and it fires right up sound good. I let the truck creep into the shop and think ill go on Ford-Trucks and search to see if any other people have had this problem. Than I remember after reading a bunch of post's that i should check the fuses before anything else. so i pull the cover from underneath the steering wheel and start checking fuses 1 by 1. as i get to a 10 amp fuse what do you know its blown so i replace it and turn the key on and all the lights come on so i turn it over and put it in reverse and let it creep out of the shop and take it for a drive and the acceleration works

My company Bought the truck new for 26,500 so i know all the history on it and we recently had the GP's Replace the harness and power steering pump.

but that's my story also has this happened to anyone else?

Thanks

 

not me, but my friends' truck. Same scenerio. Ended up beingthe yellow wire was frayed in the steering column. Replaced the shifter assy..(he didnt want to "patch" the repair), and allz good.

 

Would the position of the 10 Amp fuse happen to be slot number 19????
Fuse #19 is a 10 Amp fuse and is power for
Auxiliary Powertrain Control Module, Instrument Cluster, GEM Module, Overdrive Cancel Switch, IDLE VALIDATION SWITCH and Overhead Console.

I believe you will be needing to do the repair to the steering collumn wire like timmyboy76 has said or it will blow that fuse again in the near future. My E99 is a manual so I can not feel your pain. Steering column cover remove and then tape up the wire that goes to the OD/gear shift to keep the wire from shorting out to ground. I guess you could put wire loom over it along with a piece of tape on the wire that is wearing down. The dealer is going to replace the whole thing and it will cost way more than taking it apart yourself and taping up the wire.
The Idle Validation Switch has to be made when the pedal is all the way up so that the Throttle Position Sensor knows where to begin raising the RPM's after the Idle Validation Switch is not being made. With the fuse blown the truck did not realize where the TPS needed to start raising RPM's. That is why you had an idle but could not go anywhere because the RPM's stayed at idle. OK, now you know the rest of the story lol. I miss Paul Harvey. Good Day
Dwayne

 

Here's Ken's write-up on the repair.

TransmissionShifterLeverchaferepairV-2.pdf

 

its a late 99 xl auto i can tell this has happened before from the box of 15 10 amp fuses in the glove box and im not sure what slot it is ill haft to check and ill see if the wire is worn down

 

My 01 350 did the same thing. Would blow no 19 fuse every time I pushed the shift button on the shift stick. I took it apart and found the bare wire where it leaves the shifter stick. It would have been a lot easer if I had found this forum at that time. Lots of luck ( easy job )

 

My 03, was down in the 48,49 range.