I dunno if this might help, but I had a Datsun, King Kab, I forget
what year it was, it was the first year of their King Kab. It was a
four speed, 4WD. It had the Z engine and a guy gave it to me cause it
had this "stumbling" problem that drove him crazy and he eventually
bought a new something or other truck. So, I am driving this thing
home, all happy with my self and I say what he meant...it would not
make sense when it would stumble...but what the heck, truck was free
and it was not a clunker. Anyways, I am checking things here and
there and making no difference of course. I decided to drive it to
the corner store for some gas and realize that just when I touch the
clutch, it would stumble. This silly truck had cruise control too.
There was a switch on the clutch to turn off the cruise if one touches
the clutch, a safety feature. I adjusted it a bit and boom, no
stumble...dunno why, I am not good at explaining these things on
trucks like some of the very knowledgeable people on this board can,
but I was all happy with myself. Drove the heck out of that sweet
little truck, then gave it to my youngest son and he drove it a few
more years then sold it for $2k. Maybe that will help, good luck.
Rascal
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:18 AM, David Henry <DML@henryweb.net> wrote:
>
> 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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