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Dakota88
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8/27/2003
22:56:51
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 Subject: My '88 is dead! Plz help
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My '88 4X4 3.9 died on saturday and I'm at a loss.This is what happend and heres what I did. I had no spark so I changed the Hall effect Pickup in the distributor. Since it has 143k I went ahead and changed out the coil too. Just to really make sure, I replaced the cap-rotor. Result-Had spark and gas, but no start up. Checked spark at both ends, ok there. Pulled a couple of plugs and found they were washed out. Put in fresh plugs and still same thing.
I'm not a mechanic by trade but know my way around enough to get by, but I'm at a loss. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
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J and J Auto
Dodge Dakota
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8/27/2003
23:25:23
|  RE: My '88 is dead! Plz help
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Line up TDC on the vibration damper and see if the
rotor is pointing at the #1 wire if about 180 off
rotate 1 turn to TDC mark again and check.
at 143k your timming chain may have jumped a few
teeth.
That is just about the right milage for that to happen
Larry
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jerseybud
Dodge Dakota
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8/28/2003
19:02:13
| RE: My '88 is dead! Plz help
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Try the MAP sensor on the firewall. It went on my 88 W-100 and killed it dead until replaced. Other problems include low fuel pressure that really messed it up. Needs 14 psi if a TBI system. Or at least a 88 318 TBI does.
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Dakota88
Dodge Dakota
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8/30/2003
11:19:58
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UPDATE******
I wasn't getting fuel as I thought. I'm not getting anything from the fuel pump. Before i pull it, does anyone know where the fuse is for that or is that the map sensor that jerseybud is referin to?
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Dakota88
Dodge Dakota
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8/30/2003
11:20:14
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UPDATE******
I wasn't getting fuel as I thought. I'm not getting anything from the fuel pump. Before i pull it, does anyone know where the fuse is for that or is that the map sensor that jerseybud is referin to?
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J and J Auto
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8/30/2003
14:19:52
| RE: My '88 is dead! Plz help
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There is a fuel pump relay under the hood in the
power dist box 30 amp you can just change them
around with one of the other 30 amp relays to
see if that is the prob.
Heres the best way to test, there is a second plug
on the fuel punp wires about 2 feet out from the
pump, unplug and use a test light or volt meter
1 side to a good ground and test the wires for
power, if there is power there first be sure the
ground for the pump is good if it is I would say
its time to replace the pump, If it has power
a good ground but does not run its shot
Larry
J&J Auto
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Dakota88
Dodge Dakota
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8/30/2003
23:37:07
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Thanks for all the help. I contacted the previous ownder and he said the timing chain was replaced about 20k ago.
After reading many related posts, I hope to find the problem. Thanks again.
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vince
Dodge Dakota
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5/09/2010
21:45:38
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I have a 88 dakoda 3.9 my straps broke on the tank do it fell to the ground. got a new tank and sending unit from the yard use pump that was in sending unit so put it all back togeather and it starts for like 3 seconds then shuts off. press the gas peddle dies even faster what is wrong????
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fotodak
Dodge Dakota
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5/15/2010
03:09:43
| RE: My '88 is dead! Plz help
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Vince, start a new thread for a new problem instead of resurrecting a seven year old thread.
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