RE: RE: 1991 Dakota 4-banger won't start

From: Pindell, Tim (TPindell@otterbein.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 29 2005 - 14:54:25 EST


>I can hear what sounds like relays clicking from under the bed of the
>truck, but I couldn't actually hear the pump humming as I expected.

Try to backfeed the fuel pump circuit with +12 from the battery to the +
side of the coil with a jumper. If the pump springs to life, then you
know that the wiring and pump are electrically intact.

>
>I didn't change the pick up myself so I don't know... and yeah the
>timing belt covers were in place... the engine sounded weird to me when
>it was cranking over... almost as if there was no compression... I
>chalked it up to not knowing what a 4 cyl Dak sounded like when it
>cranked over... if the timing belt went bad and the cam wasnt opening
>and closing the valves, then that would cause the sound I heard. It
>sounded just like Christines engine spinning over with the plugs out...
>I'll go back and check things out...

Ooooh! Ooooh! I'd be on that symptom like a bum on a ham and cheese
sandwich!

Tim



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