drivers side of transmission pan just below the solenoid harness/ronnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 7:14 PM
Subject: DML: Update: Starting Problem
> Well this is odd, and not sure if it could be related to my cold rough
idle
> or not.
> About two months ago, I posted a message concerning a starting problem I
> have/had with my truck. I went to start it one day, and nothing happened.
> Not even a crank, just completely dead. Everything worked though, CB,
radio,
> lights, horn, etc. Well about an hour or two after tinkering with it, it
> fired right up. I was pretty set that the starter solenoid was starting to
> die/short out. Since then, I have had only 2 problems with it. Both times
> since the inital problem, when I went to start it, nothing....completely
> dead. Not even crank. Same exact conditions as above. The second time it
> happened, I remembered someone saying they had a Park/Neutral switch
> problem. So I turned the key over, so I could move the tranny lever back
and
> forth through the gears and then returned the tranny into park. It fired
> right up. This last time it died, I ran the lever through the
gears/ranges,
> and put it back into park, where it fired right up.
> Where is this 'safety park/neutral switch' located at? Think this is my
> problem? Could this switch eventually 'die' so much that it would not
allow
> me to even do the tranny lever trick....thus leaving me stranded? Would my
> truck still crank though if this swtich was fautly? During the 3 times it
> has acted up, I couldnt even get a crank out of it, like there wasnt even
a
> battery in my truck. If not, I wont fix it, otherwise, it might be a good
> replacement if it is easy to get to.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
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