If you are now replacing the post connectors Pepboys has the gold plated
version for 3.95 each. I never had problems with these.
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Steven St.Laurent
C4I System Engineer
Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
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a woman by the name of Egyptus, daughter of Ham, son
of Noah. She discover while it was still under a level of water.
Maybe her discover was based on the Sphinx (dedicated to
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Gary Hedlin
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:50 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Starting Joy
Dude, I'm gonna sound like a retard, but check the battery cables at the
posts. I had the same problem with my 98. The truck wouldnt start, but the
accessories were working. It turned out to be a loose connector on the neg
post.
Gary Hedlin
in article avuu7g$eqd$1@bent.twistedbits.net, "Kyle Vanditmars" at
kylevan@telus.net wrote on 1/13/03 11:49 AM:
>
> AGH!!!!!!!!!
>
> Ok, this is freaking great. The truck won't start with any kind of
> "regularity," I've diagnosed it as the starter. When it doesn't start,
> there's no solenoid click when key turned to start. All accessories work
> fine. To get it home from work, I had my dad come down and turn the key
> after I bashed the living crap out of the starter with a screwdriver
handle.
> :-) It cranks really well when it cranks, so the motor itself is fine,
> plus, when I took it out, all contacts were tight and clean, obviously
> leaving the solenoid as the culprit. After taking it out of the vehicle
> this morning ("I've removed more starters before 9AM than most people do
in
> a lifetime!") I can see that the solenoid contacts inside the housing are
> quite worn. The 'noid itself looks ok, no obvious wear marks, etc.
Anyway,
> I'm hoping I can just replace the contacts, since they look removable. I
> guess I get to go to the parts store right after university.
>
> Ah, the joys of owning an 11-year-old vehicle... :-|
>
>
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