Yes, they do go bad and can fail like what you're describing.
Replacements run about $290-$350 depending on dealer.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Ron
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 1:51 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Help! Dead Dakota
Replying to myself again.
I tried the screwdriver stuck in the end of the coil wire close to the
engine block. Nothing on either the old or new coil when cranking.
Also tried the screwdriver direct from the top of the coil to near the
block, no spark.
I retested the voltage feeding into the coil taking each lead to ground,
no voltage.
Haynes calls the electronic thingy a SMEC (Single Module Engine
Controller). Do these things go bad? Are they expensive? How many vote
that I give up and take it to a shop :)
Thanks,
-Ron M
95 V6 CC Sport
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <menoldre@adelphia.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Help! Dead Dakota
>
> Okay, today's saga. I bought a voltmeter and checked the voltage at
> the
new
> solder/splice and it read battery voltage, so it was a good solder
> joint. I then put the two leads into the connector that feeds the
> ignition coil. It read zero. I turned the ignition on it still read
> zero. I had my wife crank the engine and it still read zero.
>
> Question, is the voltage to the ignition coil a constant voltage or is
> it intermitent as fed by the PCM. If intermitent, or instantanious,
> would a voltmeter set on DC volts read the voltage?
>
> Also, can you take the ignition coil and hold the top (where the spark
plug
> wire goes) close to ground/engine block and expect to see a spark when
> cranking? I haven't done this yet, but it seems like you should be
> able
to
> do this.
>
> Thanks,
> -Ron M
> 95 CC V6 Sport
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 9:08 PM
> Subject: RE: DML: Help! Dead Dakota
>
>
> >
> > Coil or coil pickup, (in the distributor)...
> >
> > Rascal
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Ron
> > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 8:42 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Help! Dead Dakota
> >
> >
> > Am I allowed to reply to my own message :)
> >
> > Hey, so I finally pulled one of the spark plugs, reattached the
> > wire,
> wife
> > cranked the car and no spark. Went to the store, they thought
> > ignition
> coil
> > and talked me out of cap and rotor. 33 dollars later, still no
> > spark.
> Next
> > trip is cap, rotor, and wires I suppose.
> >
> > I am thinking I should also buy an ohmmeter and check power to the
> > coil.
> >
> > Any other thoughts as it just started raining and the truck is
> > outside,
so
> I
> > am in.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Ron M.
> > 95 CC V6 Sport
> >
>
>
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