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miesk5's responses are so... right on. I didn't read through it, but considering that your battery light came on before it stalled, I'd consider a blown alternator. try giving that a smell. Perhaps disconnect it and see if she'll start. Puling codes is a good place to start looking

In miesk5's first response to you, he included a link on how to test for codes when the CEL is burnt out. Did you do that? It can be done with either a volt meter, or a 12V test light. I snipped this from a instructional I wrote a long time ago. It starts at post #5...

https://www.broncozone.com/threads/cross-fire-ingniton-wires.19499/

When you turn the ignition key ON the CEL and other lamps light. Do they then turn off? If I read your posts correctly, the CEL... NEVER turns off. I think that you really need to track that down. Regarding a rough idle, perhaps you have a misfiring cylinder. Perhaps you have crossed wires, or...

Hi miesk5, glad to see you are still doing your thing! You're the best! jbford, Did you/ can you swap in the PCM from the other truck?

VSS has nothing to do with your pump. You jumped the pump. What do you mean? How did you do it? If you applied power and ground directly to the pump, then you got a bad part.

Please consider taking pictures as you go along and posting an instructional tutorial for those who follow. Have fun, and good luck!

Welding is not in my skill-set, so i'd probably just use JB-Weld, and cover it with flex seal. Most of the cutting can be done with a pair of tin snips. Regarding dropping the tank, IIRC, it has a 40 gallon tank, and depending upon the amount of fuel in it, it could crush your chest. Most drain...

An option to dropping the tank is to create an access panel. Certainly there are links to how to do that. Personally I would follow that route. Remember to use a plastic or brass punch when removing the sending unit from the tank.

I suppose that you can pull the ignition lock cylinder, and bring it to a lock smith who can make it so that you don't need a key. THen you can simply turn the key/switch to ON/RUN and push the start button, or totally eliminate the start button, and just turn the ignition switch to Start!

I agree with @Skitter302

That is a significant clunk. YOu need someone locally to help you localize where it is coming from.

Agreed. New one, or rebuilt one. That's what yo need to do.

How much gas do you think you have in the tank?

This has to be a joke. I shine a flashlight on my engine, and it never starts to turn over.

If you could supply pictures, that would be helpful. If not, then you need to use MANY more words in your description to paint a picture of your problem so that we can help.

I agree with mieks5. Access panels really make life easier. :)

LOL... if we had to pay a mechanic for everything that fails on 30-40 year old vesicles, they'd cost us more than they are worth. :)

Miesk5, I'd bet that would do the trick. It's a shame that some try to upgrade and the salesman doesn't know enough about his product to properly advise the buyer.

I agree with the others. Did you fix it?