On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Scott May - Computing & Telecommunications - SUNY Delhi wrote:
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 14:38:48 -0500 (EST)
> From: Scott May - Computing & Telecommunications - SUNY Delhi
<MAYSA@snydelab.delhi.edu>
> To: dakota@csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Ignition Problem
>
>
> Hello all.
>
> I own a '93 Club Cab 2WD 3.9L V6 with 91K miles on it. It ran like a
> dream until about 3 days ago. I am having some ignition problems and thought
> that someone might have some experience with a similar problem.
>
> Problem: The ignition cuts out intermittently. Sometimes while
> driving and sometimes it won't even start. I have replaced the coil
> because I thought that was the culprit. It started up and ran 3
> times. While driving it would cut out for a fraction of a second and
> then pick right back up. Now it won't start I don't have any spark.
> The problem must be coming from the feed to the coil. I have ordered
> a repair manual but am waiting for it to arrive tomorrow.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas, and are there any easy checks I can
> run on culprit sensors that might save me some time and money. I know
> that some of them can be checked with a v-ohm meter, but I don't have
> the information I need to do this.
>
> Thanks for any assistance you can lend.
>
> Scott...
Scott,
Sounds like the hall effect module that is in the distributor.
What sort of error messages are you getting?
Cheers,
1994 Dakota 5.2l 5 speed (R/T in progress)
Bill Countie
e-mail wgcount@husc7.harvard.edu
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