sound like you got the speed sensor that goes in the front. I have a 99 5.2
and there is a speed sensor that does screw in. but it goes in the front, in
the trans housing if i remember correctly.
also check to see if any of the fuses are bad. Check the distribution block
in the engine bay. I cant remember if there is any relays or not. would be
worth checking into.
I dumped the truck into second going bout 80. i thought i had blown the
tranny for sure. it made an awful whining sound. it threw a couple of codes.
So i preceeded to replace both sensors in the valve body and the speed
sensor. I think i spent some where near 100-150 bucks on sensors, come to
find out it was a $7 relay in the distribution block under the hood. So it
is worth checking into.
>From: "Charlie" <cmarino12@cox.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: RE: DML: New member with a question
>Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:51:17 -0400
>
>
>I went to Advance Auto and asked for a speed sensor. Took it home
>crawled under the truck and right of way noticed that the sensor in the
>differential was different from the one I purchased. The one installed
>pried out after removing a retaining bolt, not screw in and the one
>purchased was a screw in. Took it back to Advance and the guy told me
>the sensor I purchased was for the transmission but said that if it was
>bad the truck wouldn't shift properly; mine shifts fine. My truck is a
>1999 Dakota Extended Cab SLT 3.9 6cyl. Is what I need a dealer item? Or
>is it possible the sensor on the transmission is giving me the problem?
>Any help is greatly appreciated....the speedometer stopped working
>completely now, really miss the cruise control during my 45 minute drive
>to work!.....thanks, Charlie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Gary
>Hedlin
>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:51 PM
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: New member with a question
>
>
>
>Sounds like your rear wheel speed sensor is the culprit. Pretty cheap
>fix, just screw the old one outa the rear differential (on top of the
>pumpkin)and screw the new one in.
>
>$20 and 20 mins should fix it! :)
>
>
>Gary Hedlin
>2005 SLT 4.7 5spd
>1998 Sport 3.9
>www.garyhedlin.com
>
>Charlie wrote:
> > Hello to all. I have read some of the past posts to the list and it is
>
> > very informative. I belong to a similar list for my '87 Jag and
> > learned an unbelievable amount from others and their experiences; hope
>
> > to have the same success with this list. I do have a question that
> > hopefully someone out there can help with.
> >
> > So I'm driving down the road with my cruise control on and all is
> > fine. All of a sudden the cruise drops off. I look at my instrument
> > panel and the speedometer is at zero and my ABS and Brake warning
> > lights are on. I look down again and the Speedometer is working but
> > both ABS and Brake warning lights are still on. When I got to where I
> > was going, I pulled the fuse for the ABS in the drivers side dash fuse
>
> > access panel, the fuse looked good but put in a new fuse since I
> > didn't have a meter with me to properly check. Start the truck again
> > and everything is working properly. Go back on the road and again the
> > ABS and Brake warning lights come on but this time the Speedometer is
> > intermittently working. Sometimes it works all the time, sometimes
> > not. Usually if I pull the fuse and re-insert it everything returns to
>
> > normal. I disconnected the battery, thinking maybe it would reset the
> > computer and magically fix the problem; it worked for two full days,
> > but now it's back to doing the same thing again. I'm thinking there is
>
> > a common relay or sensor somewhere. What do you think? I have a Haynes
>
> > book but it does not show any schematics (that I found anyhow) for the
>
> > ABS/Brake light and speedometer.
> >
> > Has anyone had this problem? Can you direct me to a good source for a
> > schematic diagram?
> >
> > Any and all responses are more than welcome.
> >
> > Thanks to all ahead of time.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
>
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