haha no problem good buddy! Glad you got it all taken care of!

Now the CPS you got from Autozone, I will warn you that Autozone electronics are fairly cheap and DO NOT last long! But neither do the original Ford CPS's. CPS's have been a common problem on 7.3's for a long time. What color was the CPS that you pulled out? Ford had a recall on the black CPS's because they would cause issues like this and shutting the engine off going down the road. They would replace that black one with a gray one, but they still have SOME issues.
An easy way to look for a bad CPS if the truck wont start, is if the Tachometer won't move while cranking. (that will only work for trucks and vans using an analog odometer, not digital)

And good thing you checked inside your IDM! Moisture combined with 90-120Volts is a bad combination haha.

Tough luck on the lottery haha, better luck next time!

 

On principle alone, I would rather buy the one from Autozone than the stealership. It was the gray one, I will pick-up 2 more and keep them for spares. I'll look at Internationals site, or call Dieselmann to see who makes a good CPS. I wonder if jump starting the vehicle adversely affects the CPS. I did jump the hell out of it lately. The thing runs so nice now. The vans do not come with a tach, just the speedo in the center, fuel, oil pressure, radiator temp., and battery charge level. Oh well. As far as the Lottery, I think I am supposed to win next week. In which case I will buy a brand new F650 Crewzer, then modify the Hell out of it.

 

Ok the gray one was supposed to be the "fix". The one's from Ford are supposed to be the best, the same company makes them for International and Ford. Another CPS that's supposed to be better and work is one for a DT466 (which is a straight 6), it's blue, that you can get from International. If you go to International and ask for a CPS, you need to ask for one for a T444E.

And no jumping the truck wont effect it, all the CPS looks for is an indentation or a slightly raised dot to give a digital pulse (Hall Effect Sensor). Because there is no Crank Position Sensor like on a 6.0, the CPS on a 7.3 needs to monitor where the crank is in relevance to cam position in order for the PCM and IDM to come up with fuel injection timing (because HEUI injectors are not governed by cam profiles).

And I approve the F650 idea

 

I replaced all cables, 2 new batteries and a battery relay. The truck sits for a couple of days and then the batteries are dead. Can anyone help me with this problem?

 

tomcp start a new thread in the 99-03 forum just click new post so we dont go through an old post to see yours