On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Azie L. Magnusson wrote:
> PS. I found that the Servos from just about any MOPAR of
> the same vintage will work if it will plug up..
Original post below, since it's been 3 months.....
I swapped in the servo module from my '99 Grand Cherokee, I think I'll
have the issue licked. The 'apply' vacuum valve's coil was flat out
dead. It's a common issue for that particular valve to get sticky on
Rams due to module placement and exposure. Mine was not rusty, just
plain dead. The other two worked fine.
It'll be oot for a test drive tomorrow, hopefully all is well.
I finally got 100% finished with my exhaust brake install too, looking
forward to having that fully operational. Just need my turbo
wastegate actuator to magically repair itself, and my heater
temperature controls to allow me off of full hot, and I'll be all set!
Virginia trips the next two weekends, so the fresh oil change I just
did will be half used soon enough :)
Mike
On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Michael Maskalans wrote:
>
> '97 Ram issue, I think the pertinant pieces would match most Gen II
> Dakotas though, so I was wondering if anyone has some ideas...
>
> The cruise on my Ram quit on Friday. Slight background: this is the
> 2 spoke wheel with center airbag, 2 small horn buttons and cruise
> controls across the bottom edge like so [on/off|indicator light|
> resume/accel|set/coast] <http://www.jimsautoparts.com/images/94-02-ram-steering-column.gif
> >
>
> The initial failure was when hitting the brakes with cruise set:
> rather than cancel, and be able to resume; the indicator light would
> go out and I could not turn cruise back on until a key off cycle.
> Otherwise, cruise would work fine. If I turned it on and off with
> the on/off button and never hit the brakes while it was on, all was
> well. That indicator light /should/ stay on when tapping the brakes
> as far as I recall.
>
> after about 500 miles of that behavior, the cruise quit working.
> the indicator light will still go on and off with the on/off button
> but that's all.
>
> I checked the vacuum line feeding the cruise module and it's
> connected and whole. My HVAC controls are fine so the vacuum system
> has to be working properly.
>
> I've come across one fellow saying a bad button module cause similar
> issues for him. I have wiring diagrams now but have not looked
> through them. Was wondering if anyone here had seen similar issues
> on a Mopar with that generation cruise and could share some insight.
>
> Thanks.
> Mike
> dumpbus pilot
> dakota crawler
>
> PS - other than an injector line breaking, bad door hinge bushings
> getting worse, and the cruise problem, my 1200 mile shakedown was a
> flawless success.
>
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