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do this, Ive had that happen more than once

never had a issue with them.

Ok, so it's not the conventional manual/electric shift I though it was. It's the hydraulic auto. And the PCM isn't the one I was thinking of either. My bad jumping to conclusions without checking. So I had a read and it looks like you need to ignore the PS until the engine is running. The PS, gear shift and engine control/start though might both have a common cause. In every section I read it kept saying the same things. Check all the power supplies to all of the control units and the actuators, and check all the earths to all those same things. Then the next thing apart from the actual PCM being crook, or the dash being crook, is the communication between them. Looking at the systems individually it should be fairly easy to check the crank position sensor, the injectors have switching power, that power is getting to the coil, and it's peak voltage, and the fuel pump is running and got pressure. For testing things that only have very momentary pulses, such as the injectors and the crank position sensor it's best to use an old fashioned analogue gauge with a needle. The needle will flicker with a momentary pulse where the multi-meter with it's slow count can very easily miss a pulse. The transmission. The gear position and angle change switches are both suspects if all the power supplies and earths are good. The switch tests are a bit complicated but can be done with a multimeter. But in every case it keeps saying.. power and earths. On cars and trucks when we get a whole bunch of problems, it's often all caused by a bad power or earth, and they can sometimes set trouble codes, and often they do not set codes. The manuals mostly do tell us everything we need to diagnose problems, and in that manual it mentions the conditions under which lights and indicators flash or don't flash, and codes get set or don't get set, but without being there checking all the combinations of conditions and symptoms It's a bit beyond me to figure. If you read each section though, right through, going back several times if necessary as you start to understand the interconnections between systems, you'll probably eventually realise which lights and indicators are behaving normally in staying on or flashing, but not actually meaning there is a faulty part in that system. Concentrate on getting the engine going, then the other systems can be tested, but keep those other systems in mind as you look at the engine problems, they are likely all connected. Good luck with the reading and the checking. Let me know anything interesting you find and I'll have another read and hopefully we'll be able to get this thing fixed without a PCM, or, at least be confident it is the PCM before splashing out..

I think first i would try adjusting the clutch and see if that helps, and if the oil hasnt been changed in a while might try that, sometimes oil get contaminated and looses its viscosity.

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