Look under the transmission by the bell housing. There should be a steel
(or black plastic) cover on the bottom of it. Four or six screws and it
should come right off. It allows you to "Inspect" the Flex-Plate and Torque
Converter.
The Flex-Plate is what it used on an automatic to attach the torque
converter to the crank and what allows the starter to "turn over" the engine
at startup. Just like a flywheel is used to connect the clutch assembly (on
a manual trans) to the crank. (It's a little bit more in-depth that
that...but this gives you a basic idea on what it is.)
If the new CPS was hitting something, take it out. If it's the wrong one,
you will have problems down the road...or right there in your driveway.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Kyle Kozubal
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:12 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Truck Stalling Update
Ok, well #1 where in ther heck in the inspection plate? #2 what is the
flexplate? Where is it at and what does it do? I assume something with the
CPS which has the magnet on it? This noise was happening before I put the
new CPS on last night, and the old CPS sensor's tip was in perfect
condition, no signs of something hitting it or damaging it. I am thinking
now about just making an appointment with a good tranny shop and have them
analyze it. Can they hook my truck's tranny up to a computer/analyzer and
see what is going on and if it is tranny related or not? Since Bob suggested
to look at the torque converter and the torque converter solenoid, I figure
the tranny shop should be able to tell if the tc is the culprit, right? Next
question, how would a bad torque converter or bad solenoid cause my truck to
stumble and stall on ocassion and not allthe time? I am just going to make
another appointment with another place, possibly even Dodge, and take this
thing in. No sense wasting my money anymore on parts which arent bad just
hoping that new ones will fix the problem.
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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