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Question: SKIPS(MISSED)WHEN SPEED BETWEEN 40-50, THEN RUNS OK AFTER I SPEED UP

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CHRISTMAS11, 4.2L V6, Bowie, MD, November 06, 2011, 15:27
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ONLY HAVE 74,000 MILES ON IT..THIS HAPPEN AFTER ALOT OF RAIN FROM IRENE STORM IN SEPT. WENT AWAY FOR 6 WEEKS AFTER STORM, WHEN I CAME HOME IT DIDN'T ACT UP. YESTERDAY I WENT TO START IT, AN WOULDN'T KICK OVER RIGHT AWAY. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AN TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED AS SOON AS I TURN THE KEY. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE IT, THOUGHT I WOULD GET STRAINED. SOMONE SAID THAT IT MAY BE A CIRCUIT WIRE. WHICH I DID HAVE ONE FIXED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS 5 OR 6 OF THEM AN IT WOULD COST ALOT IF I HAD ALL OF THEM CHANGED. SOMEONE SAID THEY CAN PUT A CHECK ON WHICH ONE IS GIVING ME TROUBLE AND CHANGE JUST THE ONE'S THAT ARE BAD. IF THEY CHANGE ALL IT WOULD COST ME 1600 TO 1800 DOLLARS.. IS THIS THE COST, AN CAN YOU TELL ME IF THIS MAY BE THE TROUBLE?

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    dandd November 06, 2011, 17:43
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    Really need to have your truck inspected by a good tech. If it is the ignition wires/plugs etc. then that is a few hundred say 3-400. Just because your truck only has 74 k does not mean that the components do not age and begin to fail, especially ignition system
    and battery etc.

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    CHRISTMAS11, November 06, 2011, 19:11
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    IS THERE MORE THAN ONE IGNITION WIRES FOR THIS PROBLEM? THE LAST TIME THERE WAS ONE(THEY CALLED CIRCUIT WIRE) AND THEY CHARGED ME LABOR AND WIRE (APPROX 350 DOLLARS).IS A CIRCUIT WIRE SAME AS A IGNITION WIRE? DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT SHOULD NOT COST 1600 TO 1800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM?

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