'94 limited with a few issues

[rhowe7op]

so i got a few problems as of late. first off i got a '94 limited with 60k miles and it's never really had any major problems. recently my brakes went out while i was driving so the last thing i've done was replace the entire brake system. so heres the issues i would greatly appreciate any help:

1) this one is not that important but it's a little weird, lately when i start my truck the ABS light comes on and stays on till i stop the engine. The weird thing is it only does this if i start the truck then immediately back out/pull forward fairly quickly, it has to be a pretty fast accelaration.

2) here's the main problem... after driving for a while say 2+ hours my check engine light will come on. it'll only stay on for a little while(maybe 30 seconds) then it'll go off and then come on some random time later(a minute, 10 minutes, whenever) it keeps doing this till i let the truck cools down for about 30 minutes then it takes a another couple hours. Also if i drive for a while after it comes on at first, i had it one time come on and stay on till i pulled over and turned it off and on then it stayed off. the problem is after it comes on i notice that the truck loses all power, i can floor it and the revs stay at whatever they were and then after about 5 seconds will slowly go up taking about 15 seconds to get up there when the acceleration will kick in.
now is this a sign of the problem thats causing the check engine light, or is this a result of the check light as the truck goes into a like "limp" mode or something...

thanks for reading and thanks for any help.
cheers,
russ

 

[MrShorty]

SOP when the CEL comes on is to pull the trouble codes from the computer. If nothing else, there should be a code stored in memory to indicate what fault the computer saw. See www.fordfuelinjection.com or www.troublecodes.net/Ford or any other of a number of web sites with instruction or a good repair manual for instructions. Only requires a paper clip.