Good news???
I drove the Dak out to the local cruise nite and back and only started it
twice! Once each way, and I actually needed to turn the key to stut it
down. I think this is the first (maybe second) time that this has happened
in nearly a year.
I'm thinking of tempting the gods of fate and driving it in to work I've
only done that once this year and I fell about 5 miles short:(
I tried calling a few local dealers to see if I could get a new coil
connector. Does anyone have an six star dealers near them, cause the 5 star
ones that I've called so far in Detroit havn't been much help. None can
sell the coil connector unless you get the whole wire harness. Which is
discontinued and no dealer or junkyard in the country has one (I already
tried to find one as a hopefull easy fix to my problem).
Alternatives.
1. (good) Anyone know any electroics place that would sell this connector?
2. (good) What's a good aftermarket coil to use to replace the stock coil
that doesn't have an OEM connector on it?
3. (ok) I'm going to try to see if a junkyard that has an already hacked
harness will sell me the connector and I'll pull it apart and re-wire it to
my recently spliced wires.
David 94 CC 4x4, 5spd, Lifted BFG 33" MT
----- Original Message -----
From: David Henry <DML@HenryWeb.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: re:Subject: DML: Dak wont't start / run / stalls
>
> Here's the update from my weekend of work.
>
> Swaped the AC & Auto Shutdown Relays in the PDC.
> Swapped the Fuel Pump & Starter Relays in the PDC.
>
> It still stalled out a couple times with the relays switched, so it
doesn't
> look like a relay problem.
>
> Spent about 6 hours pealing off electrical tape from the wire harness.
>
> Unscreewed, scrapped the screws and connectors from all of the ground
> connctions I found on the firewall & fenders.
>
> Snipped off and re did about 6 or 7 splices that didn't look that great on
> the wire harness.
> Replaced the wire going to the coil up to the splice above the valve
covers.
> I'm going to see if I can get a new connector from the dealer, but the
> connector didn't look that bad, and the coil is fairly new.
>
> Covered the wires back up with some new split loom tube to protect them
and
> still make it easy to get back at if I need to again.
>
> After all this it still starts and runs and hasn't stalled since the last
> batch of changes but I only started it 2 or 3 times and didn't let it run
> until it stalled out. Unfortunatly, all that proves is that I probably
> didn't make the problem worse.
>
> I'll finish bolting a few things back down that I pulled off tomorrow and
> see if I can get it to die again. Pavement other than my driveway seems
to
> help with stalling as I can't just get out and walk back into the house :)
>
> David
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