well thank you jim. do you have any idea where it is located on the vehicle? cause i found the diagram i was looking for and it has an auto shutdown relay that runs just about everything under the hood. so i switched it with one of the other relays i know is good and so far so good but i dont know cause everything i have done to it is runs fine for a couple of days before it messes up again so who knows what will happen. and it seems to run good no matter the temp. sometines it acts up only when its cold and sometimes after i hae been driving it for a few miles. so im not saying your wrong but do you think it still could be that even though it still does it pretty much whenever it wants to hot or cold? and the stupid thing about it is it really likes to mess up after dark. it can run fine all day and i go somewhere after dark run in to the station really fast or sit somewhee for 2 hours but as soon as it starts getting dark it tries to mess up like its trying to tell me its bed tome or something. but i dont know so if you can help any further it would be appreciated.

thanks again

Marty