Good Thinking :-) Rascal
Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318 LA SPT, RC Short Box
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From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Re: Re: Dead Dak - part 2
>
> But could that have suddenly made his Dak die on the way home? I guess if
> the battery kept weakening...maybe it's a lousy alternator ?
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Biff Byrum
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 4:10 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Re: Re: Dead Dak - part 2
>
>
> Naa, I already told him about the volt drop check. My guess is the
contacts
> inside the solenoid, unless the starter armature bearings went and it's
> shorting.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JAMES KNOX" <knox.james@sympatico.ca>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:54 AM
> Subject: DML: Re: Dead Dak - part 2
>
>
> >
> > Hey Steve! Hi Check the starter power cable for corrosion or grounding
> > causing short.
> > Regards
> > Jim Knox , 91 Dak
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Cecil" <scecil@npc.net>
> > To: "Dakota List" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:06 AM
> > Subject: DML: Dead Dak - part 2
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone who responded with ideas. I cleaned off all the
> ground
> > > contact points I could find with sandpaper and tightened them back
down.
> > That
> > > seemed to solve the burning insulation on the main engine ground
strap,
> > but the
> > > motor would still only crank slowly.
> > >
> > > I then swapped in the battery (an identical Optima) from my wife's
car.
> > Same
> > > problem with cranking. Her's measured ~12.7V at rest. Mine still
reads
> > ~12.3V.
> > >
> > > I'm going to pull the starter and test it tonight along with all the
> > cables to
> > > and from the battery. The FSM is pretty clear on how to do this and
> I've
> > got a
> > > multi tester, although it is only rated for 10A. I may take the
starter
> > to
> > > Autozone for testing that piece.
> > >
> > > Thanks again and I'll post another update when I run into another
> > roadblock or
> > > find a solution.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > > 00 CC Sport+ 4.7L Auto 3.5 LSD
> > >
> >
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