Man, awesome job on the fix Greg, definitely stayed with it, way to go!
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Andy Levy
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 1:42 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: '95 Dakota Speedometer finally fixed
On 10/10/05, Greg K. Cooper <gkcooper3@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> I finally fixed my speedometer that has caused so much grief. The K7
> circuit (18GA Orange) carries 8V supply from the SBEC to the distributor
> pickup and the speed sensor. I had high resistance from the SBEC to the
> VSS. I opened up the factory harness and found green corrosion in the
> splice. I replaced the corroded wires and the speedometer functions
> perfectly. The truck also runs much better now that the SBEC knows the
> vehicle speed.
I admit I didn't read the original discussions but your mention of
corrosion in the harness reminded me of this:
http://faq.dakota-truck.net/Electronics/gen2_stalling.html
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