Q: 1992 Ford F-350 won't start or when it does only drives 20 ft then dies

asked by on August 14, 2016

I'm getting power to my fuse boxes but it's not sending power out but every now and then it will and the truck will start and run but soon die

My car has 188 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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