jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "Jamie Calder" <jcalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>> 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...
>
>
>
> Yes, a better quality wire with more insulation will help.
> Basically, the more space you can put between the wire conductors, the
> better. A wire with thicker, better quality insulation is one way to
> do it so that when wires do touch, there is more space between the
> conductors, and re-routing the wires is another way to do it by putting
> more air between the wires or making it so that they don't touch at
> all.
>
> Apparently, induction firing is more of a problem with the
> el-cheapo wire sets that one might pick up in an auto parts store.
> The factory wire is probably better than that (though not necessarily)
> but not quite as good as a high quality aftermarket set. Another thing
> that can happen is as the insulation ages and/or cracks, the sparks
> can jump through those cracks to other wires or grounded metal parts
> on the engine. If you can run the engine on a really dark night or in
> a garage with all the lights off, you can see the sparks. (Obviously,
> do not run the engine in an enclosed garage for very long.) ;-)
>
> As far as why it is for '94-up, I'm not sure. I know the exhaust
> manifolds on the '92-93 engines were bigger, maybe that transferred
> more heat out of the engine and the pinging isn't as much a problem?
> I dunno, that's just a wild guess. '94 was also the first year for
> the return-less fuel line plumbing, but I can't see how that would
> increase the likelihood for pinging.
>
Hmmm - this raises a question for me... could this be what's causing my
Ram to run like shit intermittently? I changed the wires a few years
ago and went to a Bosch set... now that I think about it - I think all
these problems started after I changed to the Bosch wires. I think I'll
throw a nwe set on there - MSD or something.
PS - I just upgraded to a new version of Netscape - it has a spell
checker! Woohoo! I was using Mozilla 1.0 up until just now.
I just took the Honda out for a little ride hehehe - its good to be in
the saddle again...
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