'87 Dakota side mirrors

From : cricket

Q: nope - no computer on a 97... the engine is completely mechanical. the only things electrical are the starter and the fuel cutoff solenoid. oops sorry...didnt realize my husbands 95 didnt have a computer i was answering based on my 2003 ram.... .

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From : cricket

tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in yes it does. cool thanks. just understand that the scan tool isnt always right. more to the point just because it says theres a problem with xxx sensor doesnt mean that xxx sensor is bad. case in point a friend of mine had a ce light on scanned it and saw that the o2 sensor pre-cat was reporting lean. he replaced the sensor cleared the code and within minutes the code was back. when we actually looked the engine over we found the intake manifold gasket was leaking allowing more air in than the maf was reporting and causing a lean condition. the o2 sensor was working perfectly - the mixture was too lean. he thought he could fix the problem in 10 minutes with an $80 part. as it turned out it only cost about $20 but about three hours to do the job right. needless to say he didnt get his $80 back and after buying lunch and beer was out even more cash excellent point. always best to dot all your is and cross your ts before swapping parts. again thanks -- regards slick willy remove the bendover to reply .

From : news

on tue 23 aug 2005 200428 -0500 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote if the speed sensor is bad shouldnt it effect the cruise speedo odometer trip computer or something when it gets very bad yes. it may just be generating an erratic signal right now which the abs computer is particularly sensitive to. when it gets worse your speedo will either not function at all or only above a certain speed. ditto with the odometer. if the speedo is working cruise control isnt affected. the sensors about a $30 part either from dealer or aftermarket and takes all of 5 minutes to change. $300.... i really hate people like that. go ahead mike... defend that one. cant defend that one but if the dealer took the diff back apart looking for a problem along with the brakes etc. that could have run the cost up to that range. wish i could be of more help but i unlike some others in the group cant intelligently comment or pass judgement on what i dont have all the info on mike mike... the $300 was what they wanted to change the sensor... well tehn that is a mite exhorbitant! shoot i woulda only charged you $295.00! ;^ it cost us $165 for them to tell us that the brakes were ok.. and we shouldnt have had to pay anything for them checking the rear end imo since theyve rebuilt it twice and it was suspect yeah i always do stuff like that for free on the odd chance we might have screwed up something. the tech is never happy having to do it for free but i usually try to make it up to him in some other way as compensation. its better to be safe than sorry cause i have found on occasion we have loused something up. mike mac please remove splinters before emailing .