Re: 92 dakota down... need help... relays clicking on fuel pump... HELP!!!!

From: Steve Mills (srm804@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed May 25 2005 - 11:20:33 EDT


While you are in there repairing one splice, cut open the other one about 5
inches away. I had this problem with a no crank situation.The relay clicked
but no crank. The wires were just green dust! Hope this helps, Steve

>From: andy levy <andy-dml@levyclan.us>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: 92 dakota down... need help... relays clicking on fuel
>pump... HELP!!!!
>Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 21:45:59 -0400
>
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>On 5/21/2005 16:18, WiLieR[SS] wrote:
>| On 5/21/05, Ryan Arsenault <wibbyo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>|
>|>well here is my problem.. it started about 2 months ago.. dam truck
>wouldnt
>|>start.... i just sat there and cursed... but after awhile some relays
>|>started to click and when they stoped it started up.. fine.... over time
>|>this was takin longer and longer... talked to my mechanic he said sounds
>|>like fuel pump gettin lazy... so i changed that... didnt do
>anything... then
>|>he put the ole snapon scanner on it.. to see if he could manually get
>it to
>|>fire or make itclick... nothing.. not recognising the computer... anyone
>|>else have any probs like this... change the relays... fuel pump and
>the auto
>|>shut down relays... brand new... and still nothing ... couldnt get it
>to do
>|>anything.. but still if it sits long enough the relays start to
>click.. slow
>|>at first then speed up .. then stop... wait a min and then the truck
>fires
>|>up and drives fine.... ANY ideas at all people... im gettin
>frustrated....
>|>and i have a can a gas and a match....... loosing my patience
>fast...... so
>|>please let me know.... or if anyone wants to e mail me directly send to
>|>wibbyo@hotmail.com
>|>thanks for any info at all
>|>
>|>Ryan Arsenault
>|
>|
>| Grab a pocket knife, some heat shrink tubing, some electrical tape, a
>| solder gun and some solder. Unhook the battery and take the bolts out
>| of the power distribution center on the driver's fender. Start going
>| through the wiring underneath it. You will find a splice that has
>| something like 5 wires going into it. Split it open. I bet you find
>| all kinds of crap under there. This splice is known for going bad and
>| causing no starts in the gen-II. Clean all the wires really good and
>| solder them together nice and tight. Now shrink them up and tape them
>| good so they don't corrode again. Try cranking it now. Majority of
>| time this is the problem, and if it isn't you will find it in such
>| crappy condition that it soon would be the problem. Hit up the
>| archives and search for the word splice to get a better idea of the
>| location.
>
>http://faq.dakota-truck.net/Electronics/gen2_stalling.html
>
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>
>http://home.rochester.rr.com/alevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
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