02 Dakota SXT

From : john smith jones

Q: i gather you are trying to swap a 360 in where a 318 is now first make sure it will pass emissions inspections if that is required the ecm may be able to increase fuel flow enough for the larger engine one of the mounts is different i think lh side the balancer is different the flex-plate may or may not be different the converter for the transmission will need to be changed that being said id go with a long block to avoid un-necessary parts-swapping plus dodges are bad for valve guides needing to be replaced; what you save on head work will make up for the extra cost of lb vs sb which do i want will they both fit in a 98 4x4 dodge durango -- plaidfro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ plaidfros profile http//www.usenetcars.com/member.phpuserid=1829 view this thread http//www.usenetcars.com/showthread.phpt=245234 .

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From : johnny thunder johnny

david price wrote my 02 dakota has been the most trouble free vehicle ive ever owned. i say the same about my 1994 dakota. jam .

From : john smith jones

i had the same problem with a ford years ago. turned out to be a bad ignition switch. 1992 dakota 318 a/t will intermittently shut down if i am travelling at road speed the engine continues to turn and in approx 8-10 seconds it will start back up own its own. its just same as if you turned the ignition off and back on except.when it happens the tach falls to zero and the maint reqd light goes off it has been on for some time but all of the other guages continue to register normally. it has been doing this for about a year and nobody has been able to find it. the distributer module was replaced .. waste of money. it acts exactly like some circuit breaker is tripping then resetting itsself. it is totally intermittent. it may do it once/month or several times/day. can find no commonality like i just hit a bump or am in a hard turn or whatever except -- maybe -- it seems to be more frequent during hotter weather. if it was the fuel pump then the tach and ck eng lamp should not shutdown. if it was the ign switch then all of the other guages should quit. also or am i wrong about that have checked the batt cables tugged and pulled on all harnesses with it idleing have looked and puzzled and beat on everything in sight under the hood have cursed and jumped up and down. i have a factorty manual have studied the wiring diagrams for circuit breakers etc can find none. the thing has got me stumped. any help/suggestions appreciated. thanks in advance. so many garys and clydes ..so.. leroy .

From : david price

i know nothing of lpg conversions but i do know something about back-emf/inductive kick. i guess im left wondering how someone doing the conversion knew enough about putting in the resistors to fool the computer but didnt know that the lack of inductive kick would create a computer problem i.e. didnt know enough to do a totally successful real-world conversion. but i guess that doesnt help you. i hope someone presents you with the answer which it would seem would be simple and off-the-shelf rather than you having to re-invent the wheel so-to-speak. bill putney to reply by e-mail replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter x peter wrote dodge durango 99 5.9l converted to run on lpg single point. when running on lpg injectors are disconnected to prevent them from working or rather the common positive lead is routed thru resistor so that voltage drop on injectors is insufficient for them to operate and naturally pcm complains about open injector circuits. alldata is pretty vague about p0201-p0208 codes and only says if induction kick is not detected pcm will set the code. apparently it checks not just for correct resistance but also for the inductive kick. anybody knows how to properly emulate injectors on this engine peter .

From : johnny thunder johnny

john smith jones wrote hi just bought an 02 dakota. 86000 miles. any tips you can give me would be helpful. thanks bob i guess its to late to tell yo about my 2002 dodge dakota lemon. you have my condolences. jam .

From : tbone

on wed 01 jun 2005 164358 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote snip its nice to just sit in cooler water in the spa and cool off.. i checked with my wife she said that it was set at 78 last summer oh yea i forgot where you live. it still seems strange to get in the spa to cool off lol. yeah its that or turn it off and drain it for the summer... when its 75 degrees out at 10 pm you dont have a lot of folks climbing into 102 degree water.. lol it works great since we have our entertainment center on the patio and you can see and hear the tv from the spa.. that is what i used to do with mine 4 times a year although at 450 gallons it took a while to drain it. if i started early enough in the morning i could get it drained cleaned refilled and back up to temp in time to use it before going to bed. i never heard of a propane heated unit like you were talking to roy about. they may just not be available in the north east due to the cold winters. i must say that i miss mine now that i moved and am looking foward to getting a new one hopefully by the fall. i use a clear water pump from harbor freight... drains it pretty low in about 45 minutes.. most of the larger spa here and all of the commercial ones resorts hotels etc. are propane or natural gas... have to be fuel oil on the right coast i guess.. weve been shopping for a spa for the house were building in baja.. best deal yet is about 250 gallons and propane fired... has to be fairly light because its going on the roof.. the contractor will be running water to the roof plus propane bibs for the spa and bbq.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : johnny thunder johnny

oops..it was p 0442. .