94 Dakota / all 318 Magnum's

From : dufus mcgoob

Q: this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart00007a401c35672.bab57320 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable i had a nissan that went through 3-4 fuel pump relays over 125k miles. = there was a debouncing problem when you killed the engine and you could = actually hear the toggle a few times. might have something similar. = mine always shut off on the highway as well. my 94 dakota 135k has = not had this problem. dufus i have a 1995 dakota slt v8 4x4 with 126000 miles on it that i use = exclusively to tow my boat back and fourth to the lakes. recently it = has developed a problem that mystifies both myself and my mechanic. = when driving it for a while after it has heated up to normal operating = temperature it will abruptly stall out for no apparent reason. it = doesnt sputter to a stop but rather just stops dead. after coasting to = the shoulder and waiting about a minute or so with the ignition off it = will start right back up again as if nothing has happened. i first = thought it to be a fuel pump problem so we dropped the tank and replaced = the fuel pump. didnt fix it although the broken fuel guage is now = fixed but thats another story all together. the mechanic looked = everything else over connections plugs etc. and found nothing out of = place yet the problem persists. =20 this truck has always been regularly serviced and is in perfect = mechanical condition for 126000 miles and always starts right up. = unfortunately it will die at random when going down the highway. = incidently it seems as though there is a greater propensity for it to = die with the engine under a load ... in other words while = accelerating off a light accelerating out of a turn or going up an = incline. it also seems as though the truck has to be up to normal = operating temperature for this to happen. i can drive it for 45 minutes = without so much as a hiccup and then all of a sudden it will stall 3 = times in 5 minutes. =20 any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. =20 thanks =20 ryan =20 the information contained in this electronic mail transmission = is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated = recipients named above. this message may also be attorney - client = privileged. if the reader of this message is not the intended recipient = or an agent or employee responsible for delivering it to the intended = recipient you are hereby notified that you have received this = transmission in error and that any review dissemination distribution = or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. if you received this = communication in error please notify us immediately via telephone. = thanks. =20 =20 ------=nextpart00007a401c35672.bab57320 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta content=3dtext/html; charset=3diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3dcontent-type meta content=3dmshtml 5.00.2920.0 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont size=3d2i had a nissan that went through 3-4 fuel pump = relays=20 over 125k miles.  there was a debouncing problem when you killed = the engine=20 and you could actually hear the toggle a few times.  might have = something=20 similar.  mine always shut off on the highway as well.  my 94 = dakota=20 135k has not had this problem./font/div div /div divfont size=3d2dufus/font/div div /div div /div blockquote=20 style=3dborder-left #000000 2px solid; margin-left 5px; margin-right = 0px; padding-left 5px; padding-right 0px divryan r. healy <a=20 href=3dmailtorhealy707@sprynet.comrhealy707@sprynet.com/a> = wrote in=20 message a=20 = ..atl.mindspring.net/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2i have a 1995 dakota slt v8 4x4 = with 126000=20 miles on it that i use exclusively to tow my boat back and fourth to = the=20 lakes.  recently it has developed a problem that mystifies both = myself=20 and my mechanic.  when driving it for a while after it has = heated up to=20 normal operating temperature it will abruptly stall out for no = apparent=20 reason.  it doesnt sputter to a stop but rather just stops = dead. =20 after coasting to the shoulder and waiting about a minute or so with = the=20 ignition off it will start right back up again as if nothing has=20 happened.  i first thought it to be a fuel pump problem so we = dropped the=20 tank and replaced the fuel pump.  didnt fix it although the = broken fuel=20 guage is now fixed but thats another story all together.  the = mechanic=20 looked everything else over connections plugs etc. and found = nothing out=20 of place yet the problem persists./font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div div

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From : mulatz

in my 02 dqc i can stomp on the brakes and the front will grab for a second and then release for a few seconds. this has been the source of more than a few serious scares. i brought it to 3 different 5 star service departments and they all told me it was normal with the rear abs. how in the hell can the rear abs cause the front non-abs brakes to release my 02 dakota has the same problem with the same brake setup. i can 2 foot the brake pedal and the fronts wont lock unless thay are on ice or snow. kevin campbell then you need to have it towed to the shop. you have serious problems if the front disks wont lock. budd dick wrote i only have the std. rear only abs. when i need to stop it doesnt! scary question do you have abs ill bet you do. if you have thats why you cant lock up. budd dick wrote my 97s brakes are dangerous when in a panic stop situation like im sliding on ice. no lockup.i just ordered a master cylinder 15/16 vs 1 on 97 & a booster for 10.5-31 x 15 tires off a 2000 durango. anybody see any problems with this replacement/conversion i noticed in 2000 dodge offered 11 rear drums as an option does anyone here have them on their dakota or have an opinion on converting mine i assume i would have to replace the preportioning valve also anything else besides backing plates w/ shoes etc.& drums cables from doaner truck. i know disc would be better but cost is too high. dick .