My 92 did that at 99000 miles. While it was at the dealer to be fixed they
replaced the distributor drive gear and the bushing. Those are a couple of other
things to watch out for with the Magnum engines. The mechanic told me these were
common on the V6 and V8s. I saw the parts when he pulled them out and the
bushing was egg shaped and the teeth that were left on the drive gear looked
like knife edges.
Doug Fedeli
Mark Kuzia wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >Re: My Dead Dakota
> >From: "Ronald Wong" <ron-wong@home.com>
> > Hey Mark,
> > Where's this splice you're talking about?
>
> Right below the underhood fusebox, about 8" down the harness is a splice
> (#115), from that splice, it powers the PCM, Fuel Pump, and Coil. All four
> wires are Red/white, one comes from the fusebox, two go right back up to the
> relays, and the fourth goes the opposite direction to the PCM. You will have
> to unbolt the fusebox, pull it out of the way, and cut open the tape on the
> harness to find the splice.
>
> I guess what happens is that water gets into the fusebox, drains down the
> harness, and eventually corrodes the splice into green powder (oxidized
> copper). You cannot tell if it is bad by looking at it, you will have to cut
> the tape off of the splice and inspect the connection. If you see and green
> or white residue on the connection under the tape, it has started to go bad
> and needs to be re-done (preferably by soldering).
>
> This problem can be very intermittent, sometimes just a single miss while
> cruising down the highway, sometimes just a long cranking time, mine was
> even sensitive to temperature (28-40F) and high humidity. The problem in my
> 94 Dak occurred intermittently 30+ times and over $1000 in parts over a
> year. Finally one day it just died in Toledo, luckily I was walking distance
> from Vin Devers Dodge. When I got there, they were closing in 5 minutes, one
> of the mechanics there said he new exactly what the problem was, grabbed
> some tools and drove me back to my truck to fix it, AFTER CLOSING TIME! This
> guy earned every penny CryCo pays him. Never had the problem since, 80,000
> miles later.
>
> My 95 Dak just refused to start one day after I replaced my 14x3 K&N with a
> 14x4 filter. When I was done it would not start! It was just a coincidence,
> as it turns out, but I sure was confused at the time. I checked the splice
> as a hunch after I could not get a voltage reading at the PCM. Sure enough,
> after I cut the harness to get a better look at I thought that the splice
> looked fine, but I gave it a little tug to get a closer look, and IT SNAPPED
> IN HALF! Up until that time, I never had it die, it never stumbled, nothing.
> I even drove the truck the night before and never even a stumble.
>
> A guy I work with also has a 93 Dak that had the exact same problems.
>
> The point I'm tying to make is that this is a big problem on 92-95 Daks and
> you need to check it if you own one. Chances are if you ever drove in the
> rain, yours has already started corroding.
>
> Mark Kuzia
> flyboy01@mediaone.net
> http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
> 1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph
> ~360ci, 5-spd, 4.11 LS (8 3/4 [3.90 SG] coming soon)
> 1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
> ~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)
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