98 Ford Explorer starts and then dies?

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I drove to the gas station perfectly fine today..no wierd noises..no rough ride..nothing..turned the car off to get the gas..hopped back in and the car would not start period..a lady tried to jump me off but as soon as she took the cables off the car died..I have a 2-3 month old alternator so that can't be the problem..it brought me to Jacksonville, Fl from Dallas, Tx..I got it towed to my house and my dad looked at it and we got it jumped and running once he took the cables off but as soon as I took it out of park it died..now it only turns on if I push the gas pedal all the way to the floor but it still dies once its out of Park..what's wrong with it?
 
Sounds like your battery has shorted out internally. Do this check. Without hooking up another battery with jumper cables turn the key to the on position. Do the dash lights come on? If they do are they nice and bright or dim? Then try to start the engine, do the dash lights go out completely? If the lights go out or are very dim when trying to start the engine the battery is very low, perhaps shorted out internally. If that is the case then the alternator does not have enough voltage to operate. Judging by the way it happened I would say the battery is bad. You can take the battery out and take it to Checker or Autozone and they will test it for free. Even though your alternator is not very old it can also be bad it does happen from time to time. Quality control is not what it use to be
 
The problem is it's a 98 Ford Explorer. You can fix it by pushing it off a cliff.
 
i would try cleaning the whole fuel system lines and all including the carb it sounds like the engine is being starved for gas. Being there might be dirt in the fuel line slowing down the flow of gas.
 
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