if that doesn't solve it you might try going to the faq section of the DML
homepage, there's all sorts of good info in there, that's where this is
from. http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/Electronics/gen2_stalling.html <--
same as below text
-- -Josh 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L<kenallgood@cox.net> wrote in message news:20030325190424.KBCT2793.lakemtao02.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net... > > Here Mark, I found a good writeup by one of the other members in the archives. Tells you how to locate the wiring harness to see if it's corroded. > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > From: "M Smith" <gtv684@hotmail.com> > > Date: 2003/03/25 Tue PM 01:07:43 EST > > To: kenallgood@cox.net > > Subject: Re: DML: 95 Dakota Trouble > > > > I'll check it out, Thanks!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: <kenallgood@cox.net> > > >To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net > > >CC: gtv684@hotmail.com > > >Subject: Re: DML: 95 Dakota Trouble > > >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:55:45 -0500 > > > > > >Sounds like the infamous Wiring Harness problem. Check the archives on > > >www.dakota-truck.net for Wiring Harness, and that'll show you messages on > > >where the wiring harness is, etc. What it boils down to is a wiring > > >harness getting corroded over time, likely due to water trickling down to > > >it (that's my understanding anyway)... > > > > > >Ken Allgood > > >97 CC SLT 5.2L > > > > > > > > > > > From: "M Smith" <gtv684@hotmail.com> > > > > Date: 2003/03/25 Tue PM 12:42:36 EST > > > > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net > > > > Subject: DML: 95 Dakota Trouble > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My normally reliable 95 CC 4X4 with 3.9 is about to drive me nuts! It > > >will > > > > cut out and die and not restart. Sometimes. It will run great for an > > >hour > > > > and when you stop for gas it won't start. Sometimes. > > > > Whole story...the truck has been cutting out and dieing for the past > > >week, > > > > wait about an hour and it'll start right up. I found a burnt coil wire > > >where > > > > it had been touching the manifold so I thought HA! I found it! Replaced > > >the > > > > wire and it ran fine the rest of the day. Next day drove 65 miles to > > >work no > > > > problem. Went to lunch and stopped for gas and it wouldn't re-start, > > >spins > > > > over just fine, plenty of fuel at the fuel rails, pushed it to the side > > >and > > > > came back for it an hour later and it started right up and I drove 60 > > >miles > > > > home. Went out about an hour later and it wouldn't start. Called my > > > > father-in-law to pick me up and went back outside and it started (of > > > > course!). Drove it 20 miles to the in-laws and no problem. Went out 30 > > > > minutes later and no start, put a timing light on it and no signal. AHA! > > > > Swapped coils and she fired right up! Next morning jumped in and drove > > >60 > > > > miles to work no problem, went to lunch and after about 30 minutes it > > >just > > > > died, wouldn't re-start back so I left it on the side of the rode and > > > > hitched a ride back to work. That's where I am now. > > > > I'm in digest mode so if you have any "hey, it's the________" please > > > > e-mail it direct also. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance..... > > > > > > > > Mark with a dead Dak! > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > >
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