This past summer when I replaced my fuel pump in my
'94; I found out that it was easier to unbolt the bed
and move it back a little. Plus my tank was full at
the time. Luckily it went kaput in my own drive.
--- ABeerCan@aol.com wrote:
> OK, had to get that smart-@ss subject out of me.
> OK, question, my friends 97
> Dakota was acting up again. The usual crank it up
> and listen to it sputter
> and die almost immediately. Didn't matter if it was
> cold (sat over night) or
> just driven over to my house and warm. It would rev
> up momentarily and die.
> Tried the cheap way first, injection cleaner. I
> won't mention brands since
> everyone prefers their own type, but the brand we
> used is dang good. No
> help, once it turned cold again, same situation,
> crank and die. We then
> pulled the tb and cleaned it good, checked the IAC
> motor and cleaned that
> passage way as well. Same thing. All this while no
> codes were being stored.
> Just to rule out possibilities, we disconnected the
> MSD, took out the Jet
> stage II chip and reinstalled the factory air box.
> This reset the comp and
> it worked good for about 3 hours. The battery has
> 1150 cranking amps (not
> cold cranking amps), so we know it is good. We
> checked voltages while it did
> this, no change, constant 14.1 volts. We have
> already replaced the
> crankshaft position sensor since an ohm meter read a
> little too high for us
> (that and we were wanting something to work!!). The
> only weird thing is the
> 5 volt supply to the comp, when plugged in we get
> 5.1 volts, when unplugged
> we only get 2.81 volts at the terminal in the plug,
> is this normal?? One
> other thing, he says he has noticed that it usually
> acts up it might have
> less than 3/8 of a tank of gas. Is it easier to
> yank the bed off or is it
> easier to drop the tank and drain it? We want to
> see what is in it. Thanks
>
> Will
> 96 Paxton huffed 408 Dakota
> Look out Lightnings! Here comes a MOPAR!!!
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