I've got a '95 E-350 Club Wagon (351w) with about 70,000 miles on it. This past Saturday (9/28) we drove about 60 miles on the highway, and then idled in the mall parking lot for about 25 minutes. Next we went to the drive-through fast food place and idled for about another 10 minutes.

When I returned to the open road, my motor started gasping and wheezing (it seemed like a clogged fuel filter). I hobbled along for about 2 miles, and the thing finally died. Temp guage was fine. Plenty of coolant. After about 5 minutes, I got it re-fired and drove a few hundred feet before it died again. I did this one more time and was able to coast to my destination.

Long story short, the next day(after not driving it for about 20 hours) it started right up, and it's run fine now for nearly a week without any indication that there was ever a problem! So, my question is this could the ignition module or computer itself overheated and started making the motor act squirrely? Was the If that's the case how should I remedy?

Thanks, and sorry for the long post!

TimR><>
'95 E-350 Club Wagon 351 V-8
'93 Exlporer 4x4 V-6
'93 Ranger Splash 4x2 2.3

 

i would lean more toward the pick up coil inside the distributor or the ignition module. to replace the pair will run you under $60 from autozone and if you havent ever done it before, the truck probably needs it. those suckers always go bad! module is a cinch to change with the tool from autozone (5.00), but the pick up coil might throw you a little. have to remove the distributor and take the gear off the bottom with its roll pin to get the shaft out. that gear is pressed on as well.
cant say that will fix it, but that is by far the cheapest option! you can get a computer from the auto parts stores as well, but i would lean toward the other stuff first. also check your cap, rotor, plugs and wires. your truck might just be telling you it wants a tune up.