My 94 had a similar problem a while back. It would just shut off while driving.
I'd just press the clutch and it would usually it would restart, but sometimes
not. When it didn't I'd have it towed to the mechanic, who may or may not have
been able to find any issue, as it would start working again at some point.
It's been a number of years since it's done it, so I guess I must have fixed the
problem. What I did was spent most of a weekend unwraping every wiring harness
connection under the hood, and looking at the splices. Anything that looked
somewhat corroded and I didn't like the looks of, I snipped and re-soldered.
Major PIA, but there really wasn't a good way to know what it was since it was
so intermittent. I could go for a couple weeks with nothing, or have days when
I'd need to restart the truck a dozen times on the way home. Sometimes it would
just do it once and wouldn't restart. Really sucked for a daily driver.
-- David 94 CC Sport 4x4, 318, 5spd, Lifted with 33" BFG MT's
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Calder" <jcalder3@cfl.rr.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: DML: Shuts Downs
>
> My '96 OBDII 318 occasionally shuts down all by itself. If I'm at a light, it
> will just turn off, in drive or neutral however will easily start back up when
> the key is turned. Sometimes it stumbles to the point of almost stalling
> (POAS) but doesn't. It also happens when moving but it starts back up right
> away by itself. Kind of like the key is being turned to off then run quickly.
> A friends mechanic dad said he has seen it once in a 318 van and once a Jeep.
> Replacing the computer was the permanent fix while wiggling the computer
> connector was a temporary fix. I recently (5 months ago) replaced the CPS
> when the truck died and wouldn't start up again.
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> James
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