RE: 3.9 1988 Hall Effect Switch

From: Sam Parthemer (srp@home.com)
Date: Wed May 30 2001 - 01:30:38 EDT


They are failing for a reason. I'll bet your voltage regulator is going
south, as that's what happened to my '91 LE. Had replace the battery too,
as it was fried.

Sam '00 RT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:50 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: 3.9 1988 Hall Effect Switch
>
>
> Does anyone know how to temporarily wire around a failed Hall
> Effect switch
> in the distributor of an 88, 3.9 Dakota. This switch tells the
> computer how
> fast the distributor is turning and when it fails,the computer thinks the
> engine is not running and shuts everything down and the truck
> stops dead. I
> have had three switches fail in 76K miles and they fail at the most
> inconvenient times. Thanks Dave A.
>



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