"Ideas" is what I need. It will start first time, but if I leave it for less than 15 minutes, it won't start. I'll get a "tik-tik-tik" or I may get no sound at all...just the dash lights coming on.
It's a standard, 4-speed.
The starter was replaced in October when I got the truck, but I don't know where the starter came from, as my son-in-law put it in. (He owns this place: http://www.renegadehybrids.com )
I plan on leaving Wednesday morning for Vegas and he can check it out then, but I'm worried about the trip...I have to stop for gas once, and I'm now paranoid...this is the second time it has done this in the last week ~~ it's never done it before.
Another piece of information is whether it will start on a roll during this period. You said it was a standard transmission. That sometimes adds a clutch or brake switch into the confusion.
Worst case, keep somebody handy to give you a push-start, or always park on a hill.