Yea, the stock batteries can go without warning!.....mine went to heaven
while I was on vacation last July....
2 DAYS after I got back from Chrysler's at Carlilse!......went to go run a
few errands on a Tuesday morning, tried to fire it up to pull it out of the
garage........all I got was a snap, crackle, and pop from under the hood and
that was it when I turned the key!
Ron-
01'Dakota Sport 3.9 4WD
Street,Strip,and Show!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jayson Woodruff" <woodrufj@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: DML: 4.7L not starting (showing off new battery)
>
> Yeah, it was the battery, I just couldn't imagine a battery being fine
> on Saturday and So dead it won't idle on Sunday (all the while the
> little green dot lit up). The dealer replaced the steering pump for me,
> then wanted to charge $150 for a battery (bite me). So I swapped
> batteries in thier parking lot (in front of all the people test driving
> Dodges ;-))
>
> Anyways, a broken part always opens the door for an upgrade.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/woodrufj/dakota/batteries.html
>
> This ought to help the autoXing a little.
>
> BTW does anyone for some weird reason need the stock battery hold down
> stuff? If not, it goes in the trash tomorrow.
>
> Jay W
> 505/287 Dakota
>
> Rick Barnes wrote:
> > Yes, a very weak battery will not even hold idle. You will have to
> > really
> > rev it to keep the engine running, this is normal.
> >
> > Rascal
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Jayson
> > Woodruff
> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:46 PM
> > To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: 4.7L manual not starting
> >
> >
> > The bigger problem is it won't hold an idle. I've had a truck run
> > without a battery before, so would a dieing battery really cause the
> > idle to stall?
> >
> > It's in Tuttle-Click's hands now. It needed to go in for the Power
> > steering pump anyways, that's why I let them have first crack.
> >
> > Jay W
> > 505/287 Dakota
> >
> > Patrick and Kelly Engram wrote:
> >
> >>Hmm, wonder if that harness under recall rubbed through?
> >> Anyway, if the clock and radio reset, then I bet the battery is going
> >>south, or the ASD relay may be not functioning well. Always start at
> >>the battery with an electrical problem. You want at least 12.4 volts
> >>after removing the static charge (turn truck off, then turn headlights
> >>on for 30 seconds, then back off again, and check battery voltage)
> >>Patrick
> >>
> >>
> >>>2000 4.7L manual
> >>>
> >>>Weird. It start by acting like the battery was going south,
> >>>struggling to start. Then after about 5 weak starts, it fired up, but
> >>>wouldn't idle. The exaust sounds a little weak at idle, but normal
> >>>with the throttle on a little.
> >>>
> >>>Then I stopped for gas, it struggled a lot to start. And it actually
> >>>cut all the power out of my acceries (reset my radio's setting and
> >>>clock).
> >>>
> >>>Any thoughts? Probably going to the dealer tomorrow.
> >>>
> >>>Jay W
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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