That's one TSB I never heard of before and I thought I knew them all for
our Dakotas! Can a higher quality wire (MSD, etc) help or eliminate the
problem?
I guess I need to check the routing of my wires. It may solve the
mysterious hesitation I feel once in a while. However it's on my '93 and
the TSB is for '94 and up. Wonder why...
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
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Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: DML: RE: 318 pinging; programming updates
Regarding the plug wire routing that Bernd mentioned, here is a link to a
copy of the plug wire routing TSB:
http://autorepair.about.com/cs/faqs/l/bl654h.htm
Basically what you want to do is to route your wires so as to minimize
the potential for induction firing or arcing by keeping each wire away from
the wires for cylinders which are adjacent to it in the firing order. When
these wires have to cross, its best to have them do so at a 90 degree angle
so as to create as small of an intersection as possible. The biggest
problem is cylinders 5 and 7 since they are not only physically adjacent,
but also in the firing order, so it is likely for these wires to be routed
parallel to each other, but that is a no-no. As the wires reach the
distributor, they all get pretty close, so although the 5-7 issue is the
most obvious, other combinations of adjacent wires getting too close can
occur in that area. (Just a little background theory there, you don't need
to know that to perform the TSB, but I like to know why I'm doing something
instead of just blindly following the directions.) :-)
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