Joe, have you checked the archives? You might want to try a search for
something like "wiring harness" or "broken wire" ya know somehting like
that...
Thinking more about your description it would seem to be computer related,
either bad module or bad wire or bad sensor. The ais motor will make it
die, but it shouldn't die if you are driving down the road. The ais will
only cause it to die while it is at idle. And it is also posible for the
ais motor to crap out on you and not produce any trouble codes. Hope this
helps, and good luck.
---Mike, near Houston.--- http://www.mikesdakota.com
'93 V8 4X2
Houston Area DML Meet Page
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/9221
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe zuvanich <zuvanich@mindspring.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Intro
>
> I appreciate the ideas I've heard. Just to clarify, I've changed the
fuel
> filter, distributor cap, plugs and wires. My brother who owns his own
> garage hooked his diagnostic computer up to it and there were no trouble
> codes. I took it to a mechanic here and he checked out various possible
> causes. the weird thing is that when he sprayed the computer with circuit
> coolant the problem disappeared for two or three days,, then came back and
> got much worse real quick!
>
> This is why I thought the problem might be in the wiring harness, or the
> plug that goes into the computer,, was hoping someone else had experienced
> this, will definitely check out the O2 sensor, the mechanic I went to
> replaced the hall effect pickup in the distributor with one he had to see
if
> that was it,, and will definitely check out the ais motor on the throttle
> body!
>
> Thanks for the help and if anyone knows about that page I mentioned in my
> previous post let me know,, if it is a wire in the harness would be nice
if
> I could find it without having to take it back to a mechanic first!
>
> JZ
>
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