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justin
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7/26/2003
17:54:22
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I'm having problems with my 87' 3.9L 4x4 stalling out. It seems to do it when im slowing down or traveling over 55mph. After it stalls it wont start up for around 5 minutes. I've had the truck for about a year now and its been doing this for about 8 months. The engine, carb, distributor, plugs and wires, and coil are all new. I'm at a loss so any help will be greatly appreciated.
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justin
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7/26/2003
17:56:23
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By the way its an automatic, sorry bout that.
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97 dak
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7/27/2003
16:36:55
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Have you changed the fuel filter.
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justin
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7/27/2003
21:39:02
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all the filters are brand new, so is the fuel pump
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Dakota88
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8/26/2003
00:33:51
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did you resolve this issue? '88 4X4 with 143 just died and will not start.
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Brent
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8/29/2003
15:34:20
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My truck 87 3.9 was doing the same thing for about a year. I just changed the Hall effect plate in the distrubter and it seems to have fixed the problem, but time will tell.
Brent
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J and J Auto
Dodge Dakota
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8/29/2003
16:45:23
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Next time it stalls you need to quickly pull the
the coil wire out of the dist cap hold it
about an inch away from a good ground and have
someone turn it over and check for spark.
It almost sounds to me like a fuel pump but if you
are carborated it should have the old type pump
that bolts on the motor.
On the older trucks there were only 2 basic
components for the ignition, the control box
and the pickup in the dist, another thing that
used to happen is on the fire wall you will see
a ballast resistor with 4 wires on it what would
happen is the porclin would fall out of the back
and they would short to the fire wall and lose
spark.
87 88 is the year they went to throttle body
injection and elec fuel pumps.
Larry
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BSAsteve
Dodge Dakota
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11/04/2003
07:24:20
|  RE: 1987 3.9L stalling
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Sounds like ign. to me! check you're relucter wheel inside you're dist.make sure it's in good shape and also you're ecm and ballast resistor if it is you're ballast by two keep a spare in glove box these things always go. Also the EGR circuit and valve don't forget the wiring my 73 coronet did this and the mice ate through a wire going to my ecm. Hope this helps
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Jimithang
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11/05/2003
12:18:13
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I have a 91 Dodge Dakota that stalls when I use the brake, Its because I have a vacumn plug. So if you can't figure it out check some of your vacumn lines. My truck would stall at intersections and wouldn't start, but it was just a vacumn line running from the TB.
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Brent
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11/06/2003
09:26:55
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As can be seen at the bottom reply, I fixed this same problem by changing the Hall Effect plate in the distributer, but since you changed the distributer in yours, I don't know what else to tell you. Like you, I also changed a lot of other parts before I found the one that was causing the problem. I was about to put a bullet in the truck. Good luck. Brent
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87Dak3.9
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10/12/2011
12:24:44
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My dakota has had a stalling issue, and plenty of other flooding and ignition issues, changed entire ignition, changed carb, nothing fixed it.
finally took the dash apart to fix speedometer and found my module, it had a small black door on the side so i instinctively pulled it off, and to my wonders theres a 9v battery for the memory on the module, replaced it and it fixed all of my problems, starts first turnover, no problems since.
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87Dak3.9
Dodge Dakota
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10/12/2011
12:57:05
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also auto trans, and old school fuel pump.
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drew
Dodge Dakota
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12/10/2011
00:07:41
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IT IS THE COOLANT SWITCH ,, A VACUUM RUNS FROM CARB
TO SWITCH , TO OPEN EGR AT ABOUT 150 DEGREES, DRIVER
SIDE , FRONT , NEXT TO THERMOSTAT ..ITS CALLED A
PORTED VACUUM SWITCH $25 AUTO ZONE, PART # e903 JUST
WENT THRU IT U WILL HAVE TO ORDER IT BUT ITS WORTH
IT
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bigcountry
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4/23/2014
15:20:32
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as soon as mine hits 40-45 spits sputters passing gear wont work....pissed off changed pump and everything you guys listed as well...time for the AK??
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Jack
Dodge Dakota
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4/30/2014
19:35:19
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87s never die... and neither do their threads, apparently.
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@sshat
Dodge Dakota
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5/02/2014
20:02:43
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Quit living in the 80's and buy a truck built in this century for f*cks sake!
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Colby Jack
Dodge Dakota
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5/02/2014
21:51:34
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Seriously! Get with the times people!
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