Jon,
FWIW I saw this on the net for '95 Daks...
"A common problem on this vehicle is failure of the Battery Feed Wire to the
Fuel Pump and ASD Relay. This failure will prevent the vehicle from starting.
The cost to repair the Battery Feed Wire is estimated at $65.00 for labor."
Good luck!
Tom
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Subject: DML: Dak stalled yet again
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 7/21/99 2:07 AM
Well, the Dak stalled again. :-P
It happened when I left work. I started up the Dak, and let it idle
while I was screwing around with my cellphone. It was idling for maybe 10
minutes, and it just quit. The outside temp wasn't extremely hot (about 80
I think), but the truck *was* idling for a while and the engine was pretty
hot. I'm thinking heat has something to do with it. The other times it
has stalled are after running for about 30-40 minutes on the freeway with
the A/C on (on a very hot day). (It also stalled a couple of more times on
that hot day.), and also at stoplights on a warm but not overly hot day.
(though in all cases, the engine was quite hot)
I let it sit for a while thinking I'd let it cool down a but, but it
still didn't want to start. According to my fuel pressure guage, I've got
fuel, so I thought maybe I'm not getting spark. I pulled the wire off the
coil, stuck a screwdriver in the end, and braced it up on the air cleaner
next to the S-bolt so I could watch for a spark while cranking the engine
(I've gotta get one of those trigger things so I can crank the engine from
the engine bay.) After realizing that I was being a complete idiot (hey, it
was a bad day at work) :-), I re-connected the coil wire to the coil,
pulled the other end off the distributor, and tested THAT. I didn't see any
spark. I tried a few times, but didn't notice anything. So, I reconnected
the coil wire, pulled the #2 and #4 spark plug wires (they are in a loom
together so its easier to pull both than take 'em out of the loom so I can
just pull one). ANYWAY, I did the screwdriver thing again (with a plug
wire), got inside the truck, and cranked it. This time I definitely saw
sparks, and the engine started. I shut it down, reconnected the plug wires,
and fired it up. Its been running fine ever since.
Interestingly, the first time this happened, (several weeks ago) I was
checking for spark, and as soon as I pulled the wires from the plugs to
check, it started. I don't know if its just a coincidence or not, but if
this happens again, that's the first thing I'm going to try. Of course, it
may just be that by the time I got around to that, the engine had cooled down.
The things I've done already to try to fix this problem are:
replaced fuel pump module (prior to getting a fuel pressure guage)
replaced distributor pickup
tried using a different relay in the starter relay slot
I'm starting to think this may be an ignition or coil problem. I thought
I'd post here to see if anyone had any ideas before I try to explain this
to the dealer. :-)
Thanks!
-Jon-
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