I have lots of old Dakota coils all over the place, does yours have a funny
connector on it or something? Just so everyone knows I can get just about any
OEM and after market Mopar part at a VERY reduced proce :p (don't ask)
David Henry wrote:
> 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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