Ok well I found out the problem. I was stupid (shutup Ed!) when I took off
the old battery cable as well as the body ground. Well it turns out that I
forgot to tighten down the body ground bolt that also has some other wires
attached to it. I am still confused about the function of the pig tail wire
as the truck runs fine without it. I did notice the voltgauge shows a
little over 14. It was right at 14 before. I will hook it up tomorrow to
see if it changes.
Chris Oertell
Arcadia, Ca
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 5:57 AM
Subject: DML: Re: Negative Battery Cable Pig Tail
> > Can anyone tell me what the purpose of having a pig tail on the negative
> > battery cable is. I just installed a new cable and the new pig tail is
> not
> > long enough to reach the stock location. Right now after replacing the
> > cable I have found out that none of my gauges work. I am wondering if
> this
> > is directly related or a different problem. I think I have checked all
the
> > fuses in the fuse box near the door. I will triple check tomorrow.
> Thanks
> > for any help.
>
> Chris,
> I am pretty sure it is a ground. On my Dak there is the larger 4-6guage
main
> negative battery cable and the a smaller 10-12 gauge wire which is the
> ground to the body. Just run a smaller wire with a ring style terminal
> bolted onto the negative terminal bolt/nut and ground it somewhere good.
> This should solve your problems.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
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